Tag: R.I. Department of Labor and Training
R.I. unemployment rises to 4.5% in January despite adding jobs
CRANSTON – Rhode Island’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate edged up to 4.5% in January even though the state added 400 jobs month over month,...
Owners of shuttered Plants to Food miss deadline to pay $171K...
LINCOLN – The owners of shuttered manufacturer Plants to Food LLC still owe 39 employees $170,811 in unpaid wages after closing last summer and...
State launches free workforce training for hospitality workers ahead of World...
CRANSTON – The R.I. Department of Labor and Training has awarded $183,750 to the Rhode Island Hospitality Education Foundation to support a statewide training...
Northeast Transportation Services to leave Pawtucket, lay off 52 people in...
PROVIDENCE – South-Carolina-based Northeast Transportation Services LLC will cease its Pawtucket operations after its current contract expires on May 9.
On March 19 the third-party contractor,...
Our workforce behaves like a system, everything is connected
After participating as a panelist at Providence Business News’ 2026 Workforce Development Summit last month, one realization became clear: The workforce is not something we can manage, it behaves like a system.
When...
Pawtucket job fair to assist workers affected by Hasbro’s move to...
PAWTUCKET – In response to Hasbro Inc.'s planned move out of the city, a state-backed job fair will be held March 28 at 100 Freight...
CCRI steps into apprenticeship gap
Rhode Island reached a record number of jobs in 2025 – with the count exceeding 515,000 last April – but industry leaders warn that...
DLT urges employers to use Real Jobs RI amid uncertain federal...
Rhode Island has built what Matthew Weldon, director of the R.I. Department of Labor and Training, calls one of the most replicated workforce systems...
Utilize workforce training
The state’s Real Jobs Rhode Island workforce-training program has made a difference, serving 50,000 workers and roughly 7,000 employers since its inception in 2015.
Despite...
PBN summit: Skills gaps, demographics challenges linger for R.I. workforce
PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island’s labor market is stable by the numbers, with unemployment below 5% for more than four years, yet for many employers,...
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