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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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Rhode Island-Based Jobs Fell by 700 from December; January Unemployment Rate Decreased to 3.1 Percent

Thursday, March 09, 2023

CRANSTON, R.I. – Rhode Island businesses lost 700 jobs in January as the state’s unemployment rate decreased one-tenth of a percentage point to 3.1 percent. Over the year jobs were up 9,20...

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December Unemployment Rate Decreases to 3.5 Percent; Rhode Island-Based Jobs Declined 100 from November

Thursday, January 19, 2023

CRANSTON, R.I. - The state’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate was 3.5 percent in December, the Department of Labor and Training announced Thursday. The December rate was down one-tent...

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Rhode Island-Based Jobs Rose 1,100 from October; November Unemployment Rate Increases to 3.6 Percent

Thursday, December 15, 2022

CRANSTON, R.I. — The state’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate was 3.6 percent in November, the Department of Labor and Training announced Thursday. The November rate was up two-tenths...

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