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Sustainable Plymouth will hold a film viewing and discussion of the film “Tidewater” from 6 to 7:30 p.m. May 17 via Zoom.

“We have increasingly found evidence of employers attempting to hire and not being able to find folks to take those jobs," said Flaherty. Restaurant owner Leo Roche says he is facing that exact problem. Roche owns the Harp & Hound in Mystic, the Black Sheep in Niantic, and the Brazen Hen in Westerly. He is hiring for all three of his restaurants, about 12 positions, and is struggling to find people to take the jobs. “Never before did we have this problem. It’s been crazy," said Roche. "T...

As a business reporter, I write about small businesses opening and closing, manufacturing, food and drink, labor issues and economic data. I particularly love writing about the impact of state and federal policy on local businesses. I also do some education reporting, covering colleges in southeastern Connecticut and regional K-12 issues. Erica Moser As a business reporter, I write about small businesses opening and closing, manufacturing, food and drink, labor issues and economic data. I parti...

CT hiring surges in March as workers cycle off unemployment aid Alexander Soule FacebookTwitterEmail Employee Joe Quinlivan works at the deli counter at Cranbury Market Friday, April 2, 2021, in the Cranbury neighborhood in Norwalk, Conn.Erik Trautmann / Hearst Connecticut Media The state Connecticut Department of Labor estimated on Tuesday that employers statewide have created 5,400 jobs. Federal data also showed that 21,700 fewer people received unemployment checks at the end of the March. Ba...

Job creation in Connecticut picked up speed in March as COVID-19 vaccinations accelerated. Here are the sectors that posted gains. Stephen Singer, Hartford Courant © Kassi Jackson/The Hartford Courant/Hartford Courant/TNS Education and health care posted the biggest gains in Connecticut in March, the state Department of Labor reported Thursday. Here, students are dropped off on the first day back to school at Lawrence Elementary School in Middletown last September. Employers ...

THE chief executive of Somerset County Council is on a higher salary than the Prime Minister, figures on the authoritys website show. Patrick Flahertys annual pay was £166,851 at the start of the year - that compares to Boris Johnsons pay of £161,401 at the same time. Council taxpayers also stump up £30,200 into an employers pension contributions for Mr Flaherty. A further nine people in top jobs at County Hall enjoy six-figure salaries and hefty employers pension contributions. Th...

Dr. Terrance Dean and Scot Kirk and Patrick Flaherty The Columbus Dispatch "The Other Side" podcast host, Scot Kirk, and Dr. Terrance Dean speak with Densil Porteous, executive director of Stonewall Columbus and CEO of the venture capital fund Pride Fund 1. Porteous has written an opinion column in The Dispatch on the lack of diversity in business leadership. As a Black queer man in the business world, Porteous says he needs to be visible so that others like him can see that success in a ...

Sluggish economic growth during the pandemic held back hiring as employers dropped jobs and the unemployment rate remained nearly unchanged at 8.1% in January, the state reported Friday. The decline of 100 jobs was slight, but it marked the third consecutive monthly loss after six straight months of gains, the state Department of Labor reported Friday. “Connecticut employment sprinted out of ...

As a business reporter, I write about small businesses opening and closing, manufacturing, food and drink, labor issues and economic data. I particularly love writing about the impact of state and federal policy on local businesses. I also do some education reporting, covering colleges in southeastern Connecticut and regional K-12 issues. Erica Moser As a business reporter, I write about small businesses opening and closing, manufacturing, food and drink, labor issues and economic data. I parti...

The membership ranks of the Friends of Mattiello Club have shrunk.  New House Speaker K. Joseph Shekarchis emissaries spent the legislatures recess week delivering layoff notices to 18 legislative employees. Another four left before the purge, leaving 224 on the part-time General Assemblys payroll. The majority of the laid-off employees were former House Speaker Nicholas Mattiellos hires and/or political allies at the State House. Nine of the 22 departing employees came from the defeated forme...