Trade Licensing Application Portal The portal is back online and test results can now be accessed here: Application Status
Disaster Unemployment Assistance for the 9/10/2023 Severe Storm Individuals who worked or lived in Providence County and experienced a loss of employment or self-employment as a direct result of the 9/10/23 severe storm that brought flooding and tornadoes to Rhode Island may be eligible for Disaster Unemployment Assistance. Click here to learn more. --- Asistencia de desempleo por desastre: las personas que trabajaron o vivieron en el condado de Providence y experimentaron una pérdida de empleo o trabajo por cuenta propia como resultado directo de la tormenta severa del 10 de septiembre de 2023 que provocó inundaciones y tornados en Rhode Island pueden ser elegibles para recibir Asistencia de desempleo por desastre. Haga clic aquí para obtener más información.
Equal Opportunity is the Law It is against the law for a recipient of Federal financial assistance to discriminate on the following bases: Against any individual in the United States, on the basis of race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, and related medical conditions, sex stereotyping, transgender status, and gender identity), national origin (including limited English proficiency), age, disability, or political affiliation or belief; or against any beneficiary of, applicant to, or participant in programs financially assisted under Title I of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act, on the basis of the individual's citizenship status or participation in any WIOA Title I - financially assisted program or activity. The Federal financial recipient providing services must not discriminate against customers in any of the following areas: Deciding who will be admitted, or have access, to any WIOA Title I - financially assisted program or activity; Providing opportunities in, or treating any person with regard to, such a program or activity; or Making employment decisions in the administration of, or in connection with, such a program or activity. Recipients of federal financial assistance must take reasonable steps to ensure that communications with individuals with disabilities are as effective as communications with others. This means that, upon request and at no cost to the individual, recipients are required to provide appropriate auxiliary aids and services to qualified individuals with disabilities. What To Do If You Believe You Have Experienced Discrimination If you think that you have been subjected to discrimination under a WIOA Title I - financially assisted program or activity, you may file a complaint within 180 days from the date of the alleged violation with either: Bryana L. DelSanto Equal Opportunity Officer Rhode Island Department of Labor and Training 1511 Pontiac Avenue Cranston, RI 02920 bryana.l.delsanto@dlt.ri.gov 401-462-8887 The Director Civil Rights Center (CRC) U.S. Department of Labor 200 Constitution Ave, NW Room N-4123 Washington, DC 20210 or electronically as directed on the CRC Web site at www.dol.gov/crc If you file your complaint with the recipient, you must wait either until the recipient issues a written Notice of Final Action or until 90 days have passed (whichever is sooner), before filing with the Civil Rights Center (see address above). If the recipient does not give you a written Notice of Final Action within 90 days of the day on which you filed your complaint, you may file a complaint with CRC before receiving that Notice. However, you must file your CRC complaint within 30 days of the 90-day deadline (in other words, within 120 days after the day on which you filed your complaint with the recipient). The Department of Labor and Training is an Equal Opportunity Employer/Program. Auxiliary aids and services are available upon request to individuals with disabilities.