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In R.I., you may have to look for work to stay on unemployment


In R.I., you may have to look for work to stay on unemployment
By Brian Amaral Globe Staff,Updated April 21, 2021, 2:38 p.m.
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Rhode Island Department of Labor and Training building in Cranston, R.I.Courtesy of the Rhode Island Department of Labor and Training
PROVIDENCE — Rhode Island is preparing to bring back the requirement that you have to look for work and be available and able to do it while you’re collecting unemployment.
Acting Department of Labor and Training Director Matt Weldon said in an interview Tuesday that those rules, suspended at the outset of the COVID-19 pandemic, would be back in place “in the coming weeks.” ....

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In R.I., you don't have to look for work to stay on unemployment. That could soon change.


In R.I., you may have to look for work to stay on unemployment
Brian Amaral
© Courtesy of the Rhode Island Department of Labor and Training
Rhode Island Department of Labor and Training building in Cranston, R.I.
PROVIDENCE Rhode Island is preparing to bring back the requirement that you have to look for work and be available and able to do it while you’re collecting unemployment.
Acting Department of Labor and Training Director Matt Weldon said in an interview Tuesday that those rules, suspended at the outset of the COVID-19 pandemic, would be back in place “in the coming weeks.” ....

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Local lawmakers look to extend outdoor dining beyond pandemic


RHODE ISLAND – House Small Business Committee Chair Carol Hagan McEntee (Dist. 33 – South Kingstown, Narragansett) has proposed legislation that would allow restaurants to continue providing al fresco dining for at least another year.
When life eventually returns to normal and emergency orders are lifted, McEntee doesn’t want to immediately do away with an important lifeline for the restaurant community. Because municipalities relaxed ordinances and zoning requirements, small businesses were able to “Take It Outside” and survive a period of incredible financial hardship. 
But this lifeline didn’t come without significant efforts and investments. 
“Before emergency orders are lifted, I want to see a moratorium from cities and towns from shutting down all the efforts that these businesses have made to ‘Take It Outside,’ to continue to survive,” McEntee said during the most recent Small Business Committee meeting. â ....

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