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SHIFTING GEARS: Brown University School of Public Health doctoral candidate Alison Weber says lawmakers in favor of extending Rhode Island’s paid family leave program from eight weeks to 12 should focus on expanding the definition of care from spouse and child to include grandchildren and siblings.  PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

TCI program family leave extended, but can workers afford to use...

Focus 08/16/2024

Employees in Rhode Island needing to care for a newborn or a seriously ill spouse or child will be getting more paid time off...

DLT lowers UI employer tax rate in 2024

Government 12/14/2023

CRANSTON – Employers will pay slightly less in state payroll taxes to support Rhode Island’s unemployment insurance program next year, the R.I. Department of Labor...

DLT: Weekly unemployment, temporary disability insurance payments going up

Economic Activity 06/22/2023

CRANSTON – The R.I. Department of Labor and Training on Thursday announced unemployment and temporary disability insurance payments will increase in July. For new claims...

Former office manager, son charged in scheme to defraud Pawtucket dermatologist

Government 12/15/2022

PAWTUCKET – A former office manager for a dermatologist’s office and her son face federal charges in connection of defrauding the practice of $490,000,...

R.I. decreasing UI taxes in 2023

Economic Activity 12/14/2022

CRANSTON – Employers will pay slightly less is state payroll taxes to support Rhode Island’s unemployment insurance program next year, the R.I. Department of...

Employer UI taxes to stay level in 2022

Financial Services 12/27/2021

PROVIDENCE – Employers will pay the same state payroll taxes to support Rhode Island’s unemployment insurance program next year, the R.I. Department of Labor...

Weekly PUA filings up 17%, top 182K

Coronavirus 08/18/2020

PROVIDENCE – Pandemic unemployment assistance filings increased by 15,178 last week, to 182,275, according to the R.I. Department of Labor and Training. The weekly...

PUA filings climbing again in R.I.

Coronavirus 06/26/2020

PROVIDENCE - Pandemic unemployment assistance filings in Rhode Island continued their multiday climb on Thursday, with 1,051 new filings, according to the R.I. Department...

INITIAL FILINGS for unemployment insurance in Rhode Island have totaled 240,079 since March 9. / AP FILE PHOTO/JEFF ROBERSON

COVID-19 unemployment insurance claims rise another 458

Coronavirus 06/04/2020

PROVIDENCE – COVID-19 related Unemployment Insurance filings increased by 458 Wednesday to total 166,003, according to the R.I. Department of Labor and Training. Pandemic Unemployment...