June 21st 2018

SENEDIA TECH TALK

Business Workforce Center

• Assess applicants for work skills

• Customize recruitments and jobs fairs for organizations

• Connect companies to tax credits and grants

• Support companies workforce during a transition or downturn

• Guide employers to services offered by other agencies

www.EmployRI.org

EmployRI helps RI businesses meet their employment needs.

Registered employers can:

• Conduct and manage customized talent searches.• Create results-producing job descriptions and post them to a

free, statewide searchable database used by thousands of job seekers.

• Review a continuously updated bank of job seeker résumés.• Match the skills of applicants to selected specifications for

improved recruitment results.• Compare job requirements and wages to similar openings of

other area employers in the same industry.

www.netWORKri.org

The netWORKri one-stop career centers are a partnership of professional labor, training and education organizations that match job seekers with employers.

Located in Providence, West Warwick and Woonsocket, the centers offer an array of services including: employer and adult job seeker research and placement services; exploration and placement; veterans’ career services; online learning; and occupational skills training referrals.

The Reemployment Center in Wakefield focuses specifically on career and training services.

Unemployed adults

Paid internships for RI College Students

Recent RI college graduates

RI High School Students enrolled in Career and Technical Education

RI Employers

• Participants are eligible for the program if they have not previously completed 400 hours in the Work Immersion Program

• Employers are eligible for up to 10 Work Immersion participants (students or unemployed adults) per fiscal year

• Employers must be registered with the RI Secretary of State’s Office

• To qualify for reimbursement, the temporary work experience or internship must offer the participant paid employment for a period of 20 consecutive weeks or less

• Helps employers train new hires

• $12.40 per hour/30 hours minimum

• Unemployed Rhode Island residents

• Long-term continued employment

• Reimbursement: 50% of hourly rate during training ($21 max)

• Training can be up to 6 months

• Based on candidate’s skills and skills required for the job

OJT is a successful and unique partnership with various state divisions including:

• Position posted in EmployRI.org• Simple application process:

1. Application,2. Training Outline and 3. Résumé

• Program eligibility through netWORKri• OJT Contract: 2 pages• Candidates can start work!

• The GWB Incumbent Worker Training Grant program is funded by the Job Development Fund and provides matching grants to businesses to increase the skills of current employees and increase the competiveness and productivity of RI businesses and workers.

• May receive up to $50,000 in matching funds

• Proposals to be submitted any time will be reviewed and awarded within 30 days

• On-line application

ON DEMAND WORKFORCE SOLUTIONS

• Real Jobs RI, as a first-of-its-kind workforce development program, is part of the business recruitment/retainmentpackage offered by DLT

• Real Jobs RI and DLT staff are available, as needed, to determine exactly what current or prospective businesses’ workforce needs are

• Real Jobs RI will build workforce solutions to spec, and on the business’s timeline; either by engaging one of our current Partnerships or identifying new partners

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Work Opportunity Tax Credit

• $2,400 for each new adult hired $9,600 for each new long-term family assistance recipient hired over a two-year period

New Employment Tax Incentive

• To allow a tax incentive in the form of a deduction or modification of 40% of the employee's first year wages up to $2,400 per employee

www.dlt.ri.gov/ui/WS.htm

Workshare is an alternative to layoffs.When an employer experiences a temporary reduction in business, a qualified employer can reduce the hours of multiple employees and the employees can enjoy the benefit of a supplemental unemployment insurance payment.

Who is eligible for Workshare?• Workshare is open to any employer with two or

more employees.

• The employers account must be up to date with taxes or reimbursements

• The reduction cannot be the result of a seasonal business slow down

• The reduction must be applied evenly to all employees in the same unit

Advantages of Workshare

• The employer is able to retain skilled workers

• Reduce hiring and retraining costs when business improves

• Improves employee morale

• Avoid the financial and emotional hardships usually associated with layoffs

Rapid Response is the only approach to overcoming the fears of permanent layoffs and closures. A special team of reemployment experts will visit your place of business to ease this fear and assist with the transition of your dislocated workers.

Rapid Response Benefits Employers by:

• Assisting with early intervention to allow employers and workers to communicate about their concerns • Improving morale and productivity and lowing absenteeism due to reduced stress • Assisting in managing your human resource needs • Counseling affected workers in their efforts to return to work • Educating employers on such topics as Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act (WARN), Trade

Adjustment Assistance Act (TAA), Workforce Investment Act (WIA), and other programs. • Helping maintain a good corporate relationship with the community.

BUSINESS WORKFORCE NAVIGATORMany Solutions.One Location.

Many Solutions. One Location.Rhode Island offers a range of tools,

programs, and services to help businesses meet their workforce and

talent needs, but connecting with these programs can be a challenge.

WorkforceRI simplifies the employer experience with our Business Workforce

Navigator.

WorkforceRI.com

Olivia ByronCoordinator of Labor & Training Operations

(401) 278-9144Olivia.Byron@dlt.ri.gov

Business Workforce Center toll free line 1-888-616-5627 or dlt.esu@dlt.ri.gov