Tag: Workforce
Many women have left the workforce. When will they return?
NEW YORK (AP) – There was a time when Naomi Peña could seemingly do it all: Work a full-time job and raise four children...
State aiding small businesses to hire employees using $4.5M in CARES...
PROVIDENCE – Gov. Daniel J. McKee and the R.I. Department of Labor and Training have announced the Back to Business initiative, a program that...
U.S. Labor Secretary Walsh hears about R.I.’s workforce issues during tour
PROVIDENCE – U.S. Labor Secretary Marty Walsh toured Rhode Island with state leaders on Monday to learn about the state's workforce challenges and needs...
Why do you think more people have not returned to the...
The end of supplementary federal aid to the unemployed has not brought as many Americans back to work as some business groups had hoped.
A...
Where are workers now that jobless aid is gone?
Earlier this year, an insistent cry arose from business leaders and Republican governors: Cut off a $300-a-week federal supplement for unemployed Americans. Many people,...
Rhode Island businesses suffering workforce attendance issue
PROVIDENCE – A group of Rhode Island business leaders recently held an impromptu meeting and the main topic of discussion was how a lack...
Count on core values
Rachel Best | Owner and speech-language pathologist, Small Steps Therapy LLC
Creating a work environment that maintains a positive culture in a female-dominated industry is...
Governor’s panel tackles workforce issues
PROVIDENCE – Issues associated with Rhode Island's workforce were discussed during Gov. Daniel J. McKee's weekly R.I. 2030: Community Conversations event on Thursday.
A panel...
Domino effect
Will the reopening of other Rhode Island-based businesses help your business?
Yes: 85.7%
No: 14.3%
Where do you expect increases in business at your company?
More face-to-face interactions:...
Shift to remote work may alter landscape for commercial property
Has the office changed forever due to COVID-19? For many employers that have successfully transitioned to remote work over the past year, the likely...
