Tag: R.I. Department of Labor and Training
Kirby Perkins to lay off approximately 58 employees
MIDDLETOWN – Kirby Perkins Construction is set to lay off dozens of employees in September.
The company is planning to lay off about 58 employees...
R.I. monthly unemployment stays at 4.3% in June
CRANSTON – Rhode Island’s seasonally adjusted unemployment in June was 4.3%, same as the previous month, the R.I. Department of Labor and Training said...
Curry College will offer graduates a job guarantee. Should local colleges...
PROVIDENCE – Less than a year after becoming Curry College’s new president, Jay Gonzalez needed to find a way to make his Milton, Mass.-based...
Pipeline grows wider for trained cannabis workers
The legalization of cannabis for recreational use in Rhode Island is giving new meaning to the term “green jobs.” There are no more than...
DLT: Weekly unemployment, temporary disability insurance payments going up
CRANSTON – The R.I. Department of Labor and Training announced Thursday that unemployment and temporary disability insurance payments will increase in July.
For new claims...
R.I. monthly unemployment rises to 4.3% in May
CRANSTON – Rhode Island’s seasonally adjusted unemployment in May was 4.3%, two-tenths of a percentage point higher than the previous month, the R.I. Department...
RIC researchers forecast continued rise in teen employment this summer
PROVIDENCE – Following a decade-plus slump, Rhode Island teenagers last year led most of the U.S. in an overall increase in teen summer employment...
CCRI launches first cannabis training program
WARWICK – The Community College of Rhode Island is launching an eight-week free cannabis training program through the college’s Division of Workforce Partnerships in...
CHASING WEALTH: Incomes in some R.I. communities have climbed in last...
Kevin Breene’s family history in West Greenwich goes back 11 generations, beginning when the rural hamlet had a few hundred residents and was one...
Real Jobs RI eyed for changes under McKee’s ‘Rhode to Prosperity’...
Real Jobs Rhode Island has been a popular workforce development program since it was launched in 2015 under former Gov. Gina M. Raimondo. Now...
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