Tag: Workforce
Why Diversity Matters
Diversity widens viewpoints and takes different ideas and perspectives into account. This can translate into creating richer solutions, obtaining better results and maximizing productivity, innovation...
Building community
Harold M. Horvat | Centreville Bank chairman, CEO and president
Almost 195 years after our founding, Centreville Bank continues to feel a personal responsibility to serve...
Businesses can do more for schools
Three years ago, R.I. Education Commissioner Angélica Infante-Green asked for more business support of Providence’s troubled public schools. The pitch was part of her...
Available Staffing Network’s growth attributed to strong investments in workforce
PBN Fastest Growing Companies 2022
2. $5 MILLION to $25 MILLION: Available Staffing Network LLC
CEO (or equivalent): Danilo Reyes, founder and president
2021 revenue: $11 million
2019 revenue:...
Toby Ayers, Rhode Island for Community and Justice executive director
Leaders & Achievers 2022
TOBY AYERS
Executive director, Rhode Island for Community and Justice
WHILE ATTENDING COLLEGE, Toby Ayers won a fellowship to study in...
Merger fallout claims CNE leader
Fallout from the latest failed attempt to merge the state’s two largest health care systems continues.
Care New England Health System CEO and President Dr....
Suddenly, the new U.S. union movement
In a result that could reverberate across the U.S., the independent Amazon Labor Union – first formed in 2020 by Chris Smalls, an Amazon.com...
Young workers prize balance
Douglas H. Sherman | New England Institute of Technology senior vice president and provost
There has been a lot of discussion about the “Great Resignation,” which includes baby...
Is union influence waning in Rhode Island?
Rhode Island remains the most unionized state in New England, but the percentage of union members among its workforce dropped from 17.8% to 15.7%...
PBN summit panel: Companies need to fine-tune their perks
In today’s job market, companies that hold strictly to pre-pandemic work expectations, such as rigid schedules and full-time office hours, tend to struggle to...