Tag: Employees
Workplace safety
Does your company regularly conduct workplace safety training with employees?
Yes: 50%
No: 50%
How often does your company perform workplace safety training?
Yearly: 50%
Never: 50%
Every six months:...
How healthy is your insurance?
Has your company switched to a new health insurer(s) for your employees this year?
No: 100%
Yes: 0%
What reason(s) do you have in switching health insurers?...
When health care system breaks, everything else follows
Fellow Rhode Island manufacturers, health care costs are no longer a background issue. They are now a front-line threat to our ability to compete, invest and take care...
Study effects of minimum wage hikes
The steady rise in Rhode Island’s minimum wage has put more money in the pockets of many entry-level workers, but at what cost?
Since 2018,...
Health of R.I. workforce is all of our jobs
Rising drug prices, skyrocketing hospital costs, and high-cost claims are hammering employers across the country.
Rhode Island is no exception.
While there are efforts...
Summer’s end
Does your company hold end-of-summer events for its employees?
No: 100%
Yes: 0%
What kind of events does your company hold for employees? (Select multiple)
Our company...
Being a sponsor?
Has your company monetarily sponsored any community initiatives?
Yes: 100%
No: 0%
What initiatives has your company been a sponsor for? (Select multiple)
Nonprofit fundraisers: 60%
Community fairs/carnivals: 60%
School-based...
Skills to pay the bills?
Has your business suffered from a lack of skilled employees?
No: 67%
Yes: 33%
Has your company ever sponsored training programs?
Yes: 100%
No: 0%
No, but we are considering...
A healthy environment
Does your company frequently provide employees with healthy food options at the office?
Yes: 50%
No: 50%
What health activities does your company offer employees? (Select multiple)
Yoga...
Hiring the right people is key to navigating the turmoil
Drivers of our current and projected economies include the spate of business closings, layoffs and bankruptcies that challenge us every day. The grave uncertainties...












