Tag: Covid-19
In pandemic, phishing scams on rise
COVID-19 has led to an unprecedented amount of organizations shifting to telecommuting or working remotely. This sudden surge of remote workers has left many...
Clinician burnout is a fixable condition
In late 2019, the American Medical Association deemed clinician burnout an epidemic. That was before COVID-19. We certainly wouldn’t have chosen this pandemic to...
After pandemic, replacing workers will be costly
The labor market is changing rapidly with the onset of the coronavirus pandemic.
Many organizations have laid off or furloughed workers, or are considering it....
J. Goodison Co. receives $504K federal grant to purchase new shipyard...
NORTH KINGSTOWN – J. Goodison Co. is one of 24 recipients awarded $19.6 million in discretionary grants through the federal Small Shipyard Grant Program,...
Legislators announce formation of COVID-19 Emergency Spending Task Force
PROVIDENCE – Senate President Dominick J. Ruggerio and House Speaker Nicholas A. Mattiello announced April 21 the formation of a Joint Legislative COVID-19 Emergency...
Ocean State Job Lot Charitable Foundation provides 150K surgical masks
NORTH KINGSTOWN – The Ocean State Job Lot Charitable Foundation has distributed more than 150,000 surgical masks to those on the front lines of...
Five Questions With: Barbara Jackson
Manufacturing workforce-development group We Make RI moved into a bigger location on March 1, with more than 12,000 square feet of new space to...
BayCoast Bank donates $128K to 4 local nonprofits
SWANSEA – BayCoast Bank recently donated $128,000 to four local nonprofits in southeastern Massachusetts that are helping people hurt by COVID-19, according to a...
Coping with COVID-19: Windmoeller & Hoelscher Corp.
LINCOLN – Windmoeller & Hoelscher Corp. President Andrew Wheeler's perspective on the COVID-19 pandemic is through the lens of a cancer survivor.
“I think everyone...
FGX International Inc. lays off 341 in Smithfield as part of...
SMITHFIELD – FGX International Inc. has filed notice with the state of a mass layoff of 341 workers at the company’s location here, citing...
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