The R.I. Department of Employment & Training

Mission Statement

To Provide the best possible Employment,
Training, and Support Services to our
customers.

Treat all of our customers including each
other with dignity, courtesy, patience, and
respect.

Ensure fair and consistent application of
policies and procedures.

Provide clear, accurate, and timely
information to all of our customers.

Use our resources prudently and effectively
to maintain the public trust.

Share our knowledge and expertise with
others.

Continue to improve the quality of services
we provide.

We take pride in our role as Department of
Employment & Training employees.
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Welcome to the Department of Employment &
Training!

You may have heard of us, we ve been here
since 1933 when the Wagner Peyser Act was
signed into law, establishing a Federal-
State Partnership to provide employment
assistance to America s jobless.  For more
than 50 years this agency has responded to
R.I. s ever-changing employment needs...

Through Temporary Income Support programs,
the Department provides financial assistance
to workers to workers who have lost their
jobs, or who are temporarily ill and unable
to work.

Through Labor Market Information programs,
the Department provides valuable data and
analyses of labor market trends and
conditions, and is a vital tool for economic
development.

Through Job Placement programs, the
Department provides opportunities for skills
training in classroom settings, and on-the
job training in workplace settings.
Through Employer Services Programs, the
Department offers assistance to employers in
recruiting qualified workers for their
companies.

Through Dislocated Workers programs, the
Department provides job referral and
retraining services to workers who have been
laid off from their jobs because of plant
closings or mass layoffs.

Through our Tax programs, the Department
collects taxes for Unemployment Insurance
and Temporary Disability.



 

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