Tag: Workforce
Job, economy growth in R.I. are good signs
Two recent economic reports would seem to indicate that Rhode Island is moving in a positive direction.The state’s monthly jobs report for June said...
The working poor need help
Bloomberg recently reported on some interesting new data from the Economic Policy Institute. The percent of Americans earning poverty wages – pay that would...
CNBC ranks R.I. No. 45 on top states for business list
PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island ranked sixth lowest on the CNBC “America’s Top States for Business 2018” released Tuesday, tied with Maine.The study uses more...
Are immigrants – both legal and undocumented – a net positive...
After simmering as a national issue for the better part of three decades, immigration – of both the legal and undocumented kind – has...
May construction employment up 500 workers in both Providence, New Bedford...
PROVIDENCE – Construction employment in the Providence-Warwick-Fall River metropolitan area increased 500 workers year over year in May, a 2 percent increase, to 24,100...
DLT: Unemployment Insurance benefits increase first time in 7 years
PROVIDENCE – New maximum weekly benefit amounts for Unemployment Insurance and Temporary Disability Insurance were announced Thursday by the R.I. Department of Labor and...
Providence metro unemployment 3.9% in May
PROVIDENCE – The unemployment rate in the Providence-Warwick-Fall River metropolitan area was 3.9 percent in May, not seasonally adjusted, a 0.2 percentage point decline...
May construction employment up 500 workers in both Providence, New Bedford...
PROVIDENCE – Construction employment in the Providence-Warwick-Fall River metropolitan area increased 500 workers year over year in May, a 2 percent increase, to 24,100...
PBN on WJAR-TV, May 14, 2018
Every week, PBN Editor Mark S. Murphy appears on WJAR-TV NBC 10’s Coffee Break to discuss the newspaper’s most recent cover story and other...
MassBenchmarks: Mass. economy strong, but faces ‘headwinds’
PROVIDENCE - In the most recent MassBenchmarks, “Excerpts from the Boar” release on Wednesday, the board said that the Bay State economy is at...
