Tag: Sarah Bratko
UNCLEAR CARNAGE: Just how badly has pandemic hurt R.I.’s small businesses?
Heather Wall still gets emotional when she drives past the empty storefront on Frenchtown Road in North Kingstown.
The darkened space in Hunt River Commons...
Many companies say they can’t afford to enact vaccine mandate
Rhode Island companies in sectors spanning retail, hospitality and even nursing homes say they worry that implementing a strict employee COVID-19 vaccine requirement could...
Hospitality’s headache: How to attract, keep workers
Erin Umbdenstock spent her four-month stint of unemployment trying to keep busy.
She cooked and cleaned her Coventry apartment and took up several new hobbies....
House unanimously approves pay equity bill
PROVIDENCE – The House on Tuesday unanimously approved legislation mandating equal pay for women and minorities by updating the Equal Pay Act of 1963.
The...
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’...
Hospitality Association unveils new job board website
CRANSTON – As lawmakers fast-track changes to state unemployment benefits aimed at getting people back to work, the Rhode Island Hospitality Association is also...
Unemployment benefit changes advance in General Assembly
PROVIDENCE – Legislation aimed at getting people back to part-time work advanced in both chambers of the General Assembly on Tuesday.
The Senate bill, sponsored by...
McKee committed to PPP taxation over $150K
PROVIDENCE – Gov. Daniel J. McKee's proposal to tax forgiven Paycheck Protection Program loans greater than $150,000 would generate an estimated $67.7 million in revenue...
Businesses frustrated by potential PPP taxation
PROVIDENCE - Members of the Rhode Island business community are up in arms over a state budget proposal in the House from Gov. Daniel...
Many R.I. hotels have checked out for now
It’s early spring, a time when people normally are planning their summer vacations.
But 2020 isn’t normal, for reasons that have become distressingly obvious to...
