Tag: Unemployment
End of federal payments leaves thousands in need of jobs
The state in May resisted calls from some business groups to end supplemental federal unemployment benefits months early to help fill thousands of job...
R.I. has 2nd-highest unemployment rate in N.E. in July
PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island had the second-highest unemployment rate in New England at 5.8% in July, according to data released by the Bureau of...
R.I. unemployment rate ticks down to 5.8% in July
PROVIDENCE – The Rhode Island unemployment rate in July was 5.8%, a slight decline from 5.9% one month prior and a drop from 14%...
DLT: Over 40K to lose benefits in R.I. as federal unemployment...
PROVIDENCE – Over 40,000 individuals in Rhode Island are set to have their unemployment benefits expire on Sept. 4, as several COVID-19-related federal unemployment...
R.I. continuing unemployment claims increase by nearly 700 last week
PROVIDENCE – The number of people collecting weekly continuing unemployment benefits in Rhode Island increased by 693, to 59,520 last week, the R.I. Department...
R.I. has 2nd-highest unemployment rate in N.E. in June
PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island had the second-highest unemployment rate in New England in June at 5.9%, having fallen from 6% in May, according to...
R.I. unemployment rate remains nearly level in June at 5.9%
PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island’s monthly unemployment rate declined 0.1 percentage points in June, to 5.9%, level with the United States unemployment rate that increased...
R.I. continuing unemployment claims decline again, by nearly 2K
PROVIDENCE – The number of people collecting weekly continuing unemployment benefits in Rhode Island decreased by 1,942, to 58,827, the R.I. Department of Labor...
Report: R.I.’s initial unemployment claims declining slowest of all states
PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island’s initial unemployment claims for the week of June 21 had recovered the least of any state since the start of...
R.I. unemployment, temporary disability benefits rising
CRANSTON (AP) – Rhode Islanders collecting unemployment benefits and temporary disability insurance are getting more in their checks starting next month, the R.I. Department...
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