Tag: Matthew Weldon
A reversal of fortune on jobs front
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After working for years to create new jobs in Rhode Island, state labor officials have been faced with an unusual problem recently. In some...
R.I. monthly labor market data raises accuracy questions
PROVIDENCE – If the state’s monthly labor market report should usually be taken with a grain of salt, the latest statistics call for a...
U.S. Labor Secretary Walsh hears about R.I.’s workforce issues during tour
PROVIDENCE – U.S. Labor Secretary Marty Walsh toured Rhode Island with state leaders on Monday to learn about the state's workforce challenges and needs...
DLT: 536 R.I. companies, 186K workers subject to Biden vaccine/test requirement
PROVIDENCE – Fewer than 2% of private state employers would be subject to the new vaccine and testing mandates announced by the Biden administration,...
Getting the unemployed to take unfilled jobs isn’t so simple
About 45,000 Rhode Islanders have lost their federal unemployment benefits, but prodding them back into the workforce to ease a labor shortage in some...
End of federal payments leaves thousands in need of jobs
The state in May resisted calls from some business groups to end supplemental federal unemployment benefits months early to help fill thousands of job...
DLT director anxious over end of federal unemployment benefits
PROVIDENCE – R.I. Department of Labor & Training Director Matthew Weldon has one message to the 45,000 Rhode Islanders slated to see their federal...
DLT: Data shows unemployment benefits changes are working
PROVIDENCE – Two weeks after the state made changes to unemployment benefits with the intention of getting people back to work, R.I. Department of Labor...
Unemployment fraud claims continue to put RIers’ identities at risk
PROVIDENCE – Pandemic restrictions may be ending, but fraudsters masquerading as unemployed Rhode Islanders seeking government benefits are alive and well.
The R.I. Department of...
Will changes to R.I.’s unemployment policies ease hiring woes?
The age-old debate between academia and the business world has resurfaced, this time over whether generous unemployment insurance benefits are to blame for employers’...
