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The Rhode Island Department of Labor and Training provides workforce development, workforce security, and workforce protection to the state’s workers, employers and citizens, offering employment services, educational services and economic opportunity to both individuals and employers. DLT protects the workforce by enforcing labor laws, prevailing wage rates, and workplace health and safety standards. The department also provides temporary income support to unemployed and temporarily disabled workers.

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March Unemployment Rate Remained at 3.1 Percent; Rhode Island-Based Jobs Fell by 700 from February

CRANSTON, R.I. – Rhode Island businesses lost 700 jobs in March as the state’s unemployment rate remained at 3.1 percent. Over the year jobs were up 7,700 from March 2022 and the unemployment rate was up one-tenth of a percentage point (+0.1). Through March, Rhode Island has recovered 101,600 or 93.8 percent of the 108,300 jobs lost during the Covid-19 shutdown. ...

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Rhode Island-Based Jobs Rose by 1,900 from January; February Unemployment Rate Remained at 3.1 Percent

CRANSTON, R.I. – Rhode Island businesses added 1,900 jobs in February as the state’s unemployment rate remained at 3.1 percent. Over the year jobs were up 9,400 from February 2022 and the unemployment rate was down one-tenth of a percentage point (-0.1). Through February, Rhode Island has recovered 102,000 or 94.2 percent of the 108,300 jobs lost during the Covid-19 shutdown. ...

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