R.I. job market could take years to recover
NEW TASKS: Alexandria Kitsilis Cardoso, left, and Christine Kitsilis, co-owners of Angelo’s Palace Pizza in Cumberland, prepare food in the kitchen. Restaurant employees were cross-trained to become delivery drivers or cooks to keep them working when dining room sales dropped due to the COVID-19 pandemic. / PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO Economists foresee a long, slow rebuilding period following the devastation of the COVID-19 pandemic, with the replacement of lost jobs in Rhode Island taking place gradually over the next several years. The state’s labor force had nearly 541,000 people in November, according to data from the R.I. Department of Labor and Training. That’s the lowest…
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R.I. COVID-19 unemployment insurance claims climb by 7.4K
COVID-19-related unemployment insurance filings totaled 7,425 last week. / AP FILE PHOTO/LM OTERO PROVIDENCE – COVID-19-related unemployment insurance filings in Rhode Island rose by 7,425 last week, a rise from 6,865 one week prior, the R.I. Department of Labor and Training said on Tuesday. To date, COVID-19 UI filings total 272,930. Pandemic unemployment assistance filings in the state totaled 4,712, a decline from 5,302 one week prior. The…
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Nearly 900,000 workers applied for jobless benefits last week in the United States, extending recent increases in claims.
Unemployment claims rose to 885,000 from 862,000 a week earlier, the Labor Department reported Thursday.
The RI Department of Labor and Training reports that the state’s unemployment rate jumped to 7.3% an increase of two-tenths of a point over October and more than double November of 2019 when the unemployment rate was 3.5%.GET THE LATEST BREAKING NEWS HERE SIGN UP FOR GOLOCAL FREE DAILY EBLAST
More than 90% of economists in a recent Wall Street Journal survey said they expect the rollout of coronavirus vaccines will cause hiring to accelerate in the second quarter of 2021.
R.I. unemployment rate ticks up to 7.3% in Nov.
THE RHODE ISLAND unemployment rate increased to 7.3% in November. / AP FILE PHOTO/STEVEN SENNE PROVIDENCE – The unemployment rate in Rhode Island was 7.3% in November, an increase from 7.1% one month prior and higher than the United States unemployment rate of 6.7%, the R.I. Department of Labor and Training said on Thursday. The state unemployment rate was 3.5% one year prior. There were 501,700 employed Rhode Islanders in…
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