Tag: DLT
Giving employers the skills to speak with their workers
The diversification of Rhode Island’s workforce has resulted in a frequent challenge for many employers. Workers may know enough English to perform their jobs,...
Legal contractors losing out
Labor laws aren’t supposed to be this flexible.
So many companies in the construction industry are misclassifying their workers – paying them less and treating...
R.I. unemployment lowers to 3.6% in June
PROVIDENCE – Unemployment for Rhode Islanders declined 0.4 percentage points year over year to 3.6% in June, according to the R.I. Department of Labor...
How safe is your workplace?
In March 2018, an employee of SMM New England Corp., doing business as Sims Metal Management in Providence, was erecting a sign in the...
More good jobs will improve R.I.’s personal income
Gov. Gina M. Raimondo has been on a mission for more than four years now to grow the number and improve the quality and...
Rhode Island restarts a manufacturing legacy
Rhode Island has been making things ever since Europeans arrived on the shores of Narragansett Bay. First it was boats, then textiles and finally...
R.I. manufacturers learn to manage a ‘good’ problem – training more...
In the last few years, manufacturing in Rhode Island is on a growth spurt of sales, productivity and plant modernization, and that’s led to...
Job, economy growth in R.I. are good signs
Two recent economic reports would seem to indicate that Rhode Island is moving in a positive direction.
The state’s monthly jobs report for June said...
No budge in R.I. unemployment rate
PROVIDENCE – For a third consecutive month in February, Rhode Island’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate held at 4.5 percent, per a report released by...
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