Posted on April 22, 2012
Rhode Island unemployment has once again climbed, according to recent stats from the Bureau of Labor and Statistics. In March 2012, nonfarm payroll employment increased in 29 states and the District of Columbia, decreased in 20 states, and was unchanged in Alabama. The largest over-the-month increase in employment occurred in New York (+19,100), followed by […]
Posted on January 21, 2012
Rhode Island’s unemployment rate has once again ticked up. The RI Department of Labor and Training said that the states seasonally adjusted unemployment rate for December 2011 was 10.8 percent, up three-tenths of a percentage point from the previous month. This marks the second consecutive monthly increase in the unemployment rate. The U.S. unemployment rate […]
Posted on December 18, 2011
Rhode Island unemployment has actually increased, according to a release from the Rhode Island Department of Labor and Training. According to the Dept., the states seasonally adjusted unemployment rate for November 2011 was 10.5 percent, up one-tenth of a percentage point from the previous month. This represents the first monthly increase in the unemployment rate […]
Posted on November 20, 2011
According to the Rhode Island Dept. of Labor, Rhode Island unemployment has decreased from 10.4 percent, down one-tenth of a percentage point from the previous month and down one and one-tenth percentage points from October 2010. The number of unemployed RI residentsthose residents classified as available for and actively seeking employmentdecreased by 200 over the […]
Posted on May 30, 2011
The Rhode Island unemployment rate continues to plague New England, according to recent BLS stats. In March, four New England states posted jobless rates that were significantly different from that of the United States. New Hampshire (5.2 percent), Vermont (5.4 percent), and Maine (7.6 percent) recorded lower-than-average unemployment rates and were among 22 states in […]
Posted on July 28, 2009
The State of Rhode Island is among those that are not seeing any relief from the current economic recession, with the state continuing to lose more jobs and Rhode Island unemployment continuing to increase. During June, Rhode Island saw its unemployment rate increase from 12.1 percent to 12.4 percent, which is higher than the national […]
Posted on June 23, 2009
Good news is around the corner for those without a job in Rhode Island. The maximum amount of money that the State of Rhode Island allows people to collect in unemployment benefits each week is about to increase, according to the Rhode Island Department of Labor and Training. It was recently announced that the maximum […]
