Tag: Unemployment
Should layoffs and furloughs of state workers be part of the...
Gov. Gina M. Raimondo has so far resisted calls for layoffs of state employees amid the pandemic-induced economic crisis and has sought only limited...
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...
Providence metro unemployment rate hits 6.8% in November
PROVIDENCE – The nonseasonally adjusted unemployment rate in the Providence-Warwick-Fall River metropolitan area was 6.8% in November, a rise from 6.5% one month prior...
R.I. has 2nd highest N.E. unemployment rate in November
PROVIDENCE – The 7.3% Rhode Island unemployment rate in November was the second highest rate in New England, according to Bureau of Labor Statistics...
R.I. unemployment rate ticks up to 7.3% in Nov.
PROVIDENCE – The unemployment rate in Rhode Island was 7.3% in November, an increase from 7.1% one month prior and higher than the United...
Weekly filings continue to climb for COVID-19 unemployment insurance and PUA
PROVIDENCE – Pandemic unemployment-assistance filings totaled 4,027 last week, an increase from 3,807 one week prior, according to the R.I. Department of Labor and...
R.I. unemployment drop in Oct. second largest in nation
PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island had the second-largest percentage point decline in its unemployment rate in the nation in October, dipping 3.5 percentage points, though...
R.I. unemployment rate drops to 7% in October
PROVIDENCE – The unemployment rate in Rhode Island in October was 7%, down from 10.5% in September but still double what it was one...
PUA weekly filings decline, but continuing claims remain high
PROVIDENCE – Pandemic unemployment-assistance filings totaled 3,807 last week, a decline from 4,100 one week prior, according to the R.I. Department of Labor and...
Certain policies can bolster happiness in a crisis
Losing one’s job undoubtedly makes someone less happy, a feeling tens of millions of people around the world are experiencing right now, even as...
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