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NEW LEADERSHIP: House Speaker K. Joseph Shekarchi, D-Warwick, faces a host of challenging issues this year, including a pandemic-induced deficit estimated at up to $500 million. / PBN FILE PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

Pandemic’s effects will dominate 2021 General Assembly session

Coronavirus 01/08/2021

The landscape has changed dramatically, literally and figuratively, for state lawmakers for what is shaping up to be among the most consequential General Assembly...

TEXTRON expects to layoff 6% of its workforce as it grapples with the impact of COVID-19 on its operations.

Textron to lay off up to 6% of workforce, citing COVID-19...

Coronavirus 06/19/2020

PROVIDENCE – Textron Inc. is planning layoffs, facility consolidations and other cost-saving measures to combat the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, the company announced...

U.S. EMPLOYERS laid off 7.7 million workers in April while job openings declined 16% month to month. / AP FILE PHOTO/NAM Y. HUH

U.S. employers laid off 7.7M workers in April

Economic Activity 06/09/2020

BALTIMORE (AP) – United States employers laid-off 7.7 million workers in April – a deep the economic hole that was created by the closure...

After pandemic, replacing workers will be costly

Advice 04/24/2020

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....

LIFESPAN has announced a round of layoffs and early retirements.

Lifespan announces layoffs, early retirements

Health Services 03/12/2020

PROVIDENCE – Lifespan Corp. has initiated a round of layoffs and early retirements, the health care provider announced on Thursday. The organization, which along with...

NESTLE has filed a WARN notice to the Mass. Department of Labor informing the state of a site closure in Taunton that will affect 49 workers. / BLOOMBERG NEWS FILE PHOTO/MICHELE LIMINA

Nestle/Dreyer’s Ice Cream site in Taunton to close, 49 workers impacted

Food & Agriculture 08/30/2019

TAUNTON – Nestle USA Inc. and Nestle Dreyer’s Ice Cream Co. will be closing the distribution and transfer center at 455 John Hancock Rd....

PROVANT HEALTH filed a notice with the R.I. Department of Labor and Training that it was laying off 94 workers and closing, following a previous announcement that the Kansas-based company had declared bankruptcy and had been acquired by a subsidiary of Quest Diagnostics.

Provant Health to lay off 92 workers, close following acquisition

Health Services 11/05/2018

WARWICK – Hooper Holmes Inc., doing business as Provant Health, filed a Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notice, or WARN, with the R.I. Department of...