Tag: Workforce
Providence metro unemployment ticked down in Dec.
PROVIDENCE – The non-seasonally-adjusted unemployment rate in the Providence-Warwick-Fall River metropolitan area declined 0.1 percentage points year over year to 4.1 percent in December,...
U.S. adds 200,000 jobs; wages rise by most since recession
WASHINGTON – U.S. hiring picked up in January, and wages rose at the fastest annual pace since the recession ended, as the economy’s steady move...
BLS: R.I. Dec. unemployment rate 2nd highest in N.E.
PROVIDENCE – The Rhode Island unemployment rate was the second highest in New England in December at 4.4 percent, according to Bureau of Labor...
Progress has been made, more needed
Gov. Gina M. Raimondo’s Jan. 16 State of the State address was a chance to tout the advances made in the first three years...
Report: Most stressful jobs in U.S. are military, public safety officials
PROVIDENCE – Enlisted military personnel ranked No. 1 for most stressful job, according to CareerCast.com’s list of The Most Stressful Jobs of 2018.
According to...
R.I. government employment remains smaller than most of U.S.; compensation dominated...
PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island was the sixth-least productive government workforce in the United States when comparing government and national employment and compensation numbers in...
Providence metro Nov. unemployment ticks down while labor force grows
PROVIDENCE - The civilian labor force in the Providence metropolitan area grew year over year in November while the unemployment rate ticked down, according...
Don’t delay Memorial closing
A lawsuit filed earlier this month by the United Nurses and Allied Professionals Local 5082 seeking a special master to oversee Care New England’s...
Innovation’s cost is real: disruption
Innovation is a requirement of commerce. And right now, one of the industries being most stressed by innovation is health care. Surgery by robot...
Oct. unemployment in Providence metro falls as labor force grows marginally
PROVIDENCE – Employment on nonfarm payrolls in the Providence metropolitan area in October increased 0.5 percent year over year – not seasonally adjusted -...
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