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Businesses investing in future hires
At Grainger Inc., a national industrial-supply distributor, the work is all about customer needs. Lately, that goes far beyond making sales and filling orders. more

By Rebecca Keister
PBN Staff Writer | 10/15/12

Summit to explore skills gap causes, solutions
Is there a skills gap in Rhode Island? That is, are available jobs going unfilled or being taken by employees who then cost companies, large and small, thousands of dollars in training hours and instruction? more

By Rebecca Keister
PBN Staff Writer | 10/22/12

Workers to get 401(k) disclosures
New federal transparency rules will help employees participating in their company’s 401(k) plan become better educated and more aware of the plan’s intricacies. more

By Michael Souza
PBN Staff Writer | 10/29/12

DLT utilizing grant to boost claims access
PROVIDENCE – The R.I. Department of Labor and Training is using a $30,000 U.S. Department of Labor grant to install specifically formatted computers in local libraries for free and convenient access to that state’s online unemployment insurance-claims filing system. more
10/29/12
Murray announces $780K in STEM funds
BOSTON – Lt. Gov. Timothy P. Murray announced $780,000 in funding to promote and advance Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) education, jobs and workforce-development initiatives. technology, economic development, workforce, education, public policy, workforce development, more
10/29/12
Income inequality grows in R.I.
Income inequality has grown in the Ocean State in recent decades and the incomes of the state’s richest residents “dwarf” those of its poorest, according to a report from the Economic Policy Institute and the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities. more
Planners eye where R.I. lags
In a year of double-digit unemployment and 38 Studios LLC’s bankruptcy, economic-development concerns inevitably move to the front of the line. more

By Patrick Anderson
PBN Staff Writer | 11/26/12

Supporting charity, improving workers’ communities
What makes Amgen Inc. a leader in community involvement and volunteerism is its core values in creating a holistic work/life balance, according to Bill Flaherty, a database administrator who has worked at the biomanufacturing facility in West Greenwich for 10 years. more
By Richard Asinof
Contributing Writer | 12/17/12
Embrace engages with Year Up
Embrace Homes Loans has kicked off a partnership with Year Up Providence with a $2,500 donation. The partnership also includes training and mentoring by Embrace executives for interns. more
Mass. provides $6.84M for workforce training
BOSTON – Gov. Deval L. Patrick last week announced $6.84 million in Workforce Training Fund grants to 87 Massachusetts companies, including several in Bristol County. The grants, which support up to two years of training, will create 682 new jobs and train more than 6,300 workers, Patrick said. more
1/14/13
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