Tag: Scott R. Jensen
State continues to work to prevent unemployment fraud
PROVIDENCE (AP) – The R.I. Department of Labor and Training continues to see pandemic-related unemployment insurance fraud, but is working hard to detect and...
R.I. job market could take years to recover
Economists foresee a long, slow rebuilding period following the devastation of the COVID-19 pandemic, with the replacement of lost jobs in Rhode Island taking...
DATA MINING: More companies find value in once-overlooked info
John Sullivan starts each workday logging on to his company’s Tableau account.
With a few clicks in the data-visualization program, Sullivan, who serves as BankNewport’s...
Finding an edge in data analytics
When a Department of Labor and Training call center was overwhelmed earlier this year, workers were initially skeptical of the state’s response: deploy more...
Accounting firms trying to make sense of big data
Accounting is inherently a data-driven profession.
Spreadsheets laden with numbers from financial reports and tax filings are staples of the profession. But transitioning from a...
A WORK IN PROGRESS: $45M program aims to reemploy Rhode Islanders,...
Scott R. Jensen watched helplessly as the number of out-of-work Rhode Islanders soared when COVID-19 hit in March.
For months, unemployment claims climbed higher. And...
Going back to work? Here are answers to some tricky questions
Rhode Island’s reopening is picking up speed.
The state is heading into phase three, which means more businesses are set to open and more people...
ACLU sues R.I. over frozen unemployment benefits
PROVIDENCE – The American Civil Liberties Union of Rhode Island has filed a class-action lawsuit against the R.I. Department of Labor and Training in...
Legal issues raised over returning to work
Pama Brown lost her catering job of 13 years at Brown University right before the coronavirus crisis, and she’s been in no rush to...
PBN summit panel: Use crisis as chance to retool
FORMER CHICAGO MAYOR Rahm Emanuel once counseled, “Never let a crisis go to waste” – a point of view that was picked up and...