Tag: R.I. Department of Labor & Training
PBN’s 2026 Workforce Development Summit slated for Feb. 19
PROVIDENCE – Emerging workforce trends, including the impact of technology and automation and innovative approaches to upskilling and reskilling employees, will be among the topics...
Employers moving cautiously when it comes to hiring
Employers are adopting a cautious and strategic approach to hiring in 2026, giving careful consideration to economic conditions, which are giving no clear indication...
‘The opportunity’s there, I’m just going to take it’: Insurers eager...
The next generation of insurance agents is being ushered into the industry, thanks to local agencies eager to fill roles vacated by the large...
BUILDING SUPPORT: Women growing in the trades
Catherine Pena was working two jobswith three little boys at home trying to make ends meet when a friend suggested working in the trades....
Pawtucket will seek economic development ‘tools’ as Hasbro prepares to leave
When the Pawtucket Red Sox pulled up stakes and left for Massachusetts in 2020, state officials helped finance a $137 million soccer stadium as...
Union: Striking Butler Hospital employees eligible for unemployment benefits
PROVIDENCE – The union representing the striking Butler Hospital workers announced Tuesday that the R.I. Department of Labor and Training has ruled they are...
Budget proposal would hike employers’ workers’ comp costs
To the Editor:
I write as an advocate for a healthy and stable workers’ compensation system in Rhode Island.
Article 2, Section 2 of Gov. Daniel...
HUB SNUB: Can R.I.’s effort to build blue economy weather missing...
With a team of researchers spread coast to coast, Nereid Biomaterials had a few options when looking for a place to set up a...
Longtime president of Council 94 dies at 70
PROVIDENCE – J. Michael Downey, longtime president of the state’s largest public-sector employees union, has died at the age of 70.
Council 94, AFSCME, AFL-CIO...
NEMIC announces 20 inductees into latest accelerator cohorts
PROVIDENCE – The New England Medical Innovation Center, working in partnership with state labor and commerce officials, recently announced 20 startups have been selected to join...
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