Tag: Workforce
Report: Providence metro posts all-around improvement on Inclusive Growth Index
PROVIDENCE – The Providence-Warwick-Fall River metropolitan area ranked No. 71 among the 100 largest metros in the nation for economic growth from 2015 to...
Feb. R.I. construction employment growth No. 28 in U.S.
PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island ranked No. 28 in the nation for 12-month growth in construction employment in February with a 2.1 percent gain, according...
Mixed messages through Raimondo’s term
Now in her fourth year as the state’s chief executive, Gov. Gina M. Raimondo is looking at running for re-election. So it seems as...
BLS: N.E. employer compensation costs total $40.48 per hour in Dec.
PROVIDENCE – Private-industry employers in New England paid $40.48 per hour worked in combined wages, salary and benefits in December 2017, according to U.S....
No budge in R.I. unemployment rate
PROVIDENCE – For a third consecutive month in February, Rhode Island’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate held at 4.5 percent, per a report released by...
AGCA: Providence metro area construction employment up 6 percent in January
PROVIDENCE – Construction employment in the Providence-Warwick-Fall River metropolitan area rose 6 percent between January 2017 and January 2018, according to data released by...
R.I., Conn. have highest jobless rates in N.E. in Jan.
PROVIDENCE – At 4.5 percent, the seasonally adjusted unemployment rates in Rhode Island and Connecticut in January were the two worst performers in the...
NUWC has $1.2B impact on local economy
NEWPORT – The Naval Undersea Warfare Center Division Newport reported that its local spending in fiscal 2017 was $1.2 billion, an increase over the...
Companies in U.S. add more jobs than expected, ADP data show
WASHINGTON – Companies in the United States added more workers in February than expected, underscoring continued strengthening in the labor market, according to data...
Pointing way to better workforce
PBN’s inaugural Workforce Development Summit delivered a strong message: private industry, educators and government must communicate in a much more consistent and robust way...
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