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Does your company employ independent contractors for certain tasks?
Yes: 67%
No: 33%
Do you find independent contractors require more, or less, effort to manage than existing...
Steward Health Care announces closure of 2 Mass. hospitals
BOSTON (AP) – Steward Health Care announced Friday that it is closing two hospitals in Massachusetts because it received no qualified bids for the...
Work policies may need refresh after NLRB ruling
A recent National Labor Relations Board ruling may force employers of all sizes to rewrite their employee policy handbooks to meet a new legal...
BofA Report: Small-business owners expect increased revenue, fewer supply chain and...
PROVIDENCE – Small-business owners across the United States continue to have a favorable outlook on their business, according to Bank of America Corp.’s 2023...
U.S. applications for jobless benefits increased last week
WASHINGTON (AP) – More Americans filed for unemployment benefits last week, but the labor market remains strong even in the face of persistent inflation...
Suddenly, the new U.S. union movement
In a result that could reverberate across the U.S., the independent Amazon Labor Union – first formed in 2020 by Chris Smalls, an Amazon.com...
Report: Nearly 10% of Rhode Island’s employers misclassify workers
PROVIDENCE – Misclassification of workers as independent contractors is a growing problem in the Ocean State, with nearly 10% of Rhode Island employers doing...
U.S. employers shrug off omicron, add 467,000 jobs in January
WASHINGTON (AP) – U.S. employers added a burst of 467,000 jobs in January despite a wave of omicron inflections that sickened millions of workers,...
U.S. jobless claims fall for 2nd straight week
WASHINGTON (AP) – After three consecutive weeks of unemployment claims that appeared to rise in tandem with omicron, fewer Americans applied for unemployment benefits...
R.I. unemployment rate ticks up to 5.4% amid largest monthly...
PROVIDENCE – The state’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate edged higher in October as the number of jobs fell for the first time this year,...
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