Department Labor and Training

The Department of Labor and Training provides a wide-range of services for Employers and Job Seekers, including distribution of Unemployment Insurance (UI) and Temporary Disability Insurance (TDI) Benefits, Workers' Compensation Benefits, Workforce Development Services, Employer Services, and Labor Market Information. We strive on quality assistance for job seekers and employers, as well as the business and economic community.

Office of Training & Development

Office of Training & Development provides a roster of all courses offered for state employees and instructions as to how to apply and other related criteria.

For more information, please contact Melissa Day at 401-222-2178, and relay 711 (for Hearing impaired).

Other Training Opportunities

There are more training opportunitieshere .

See Diversity website http://www.diversity.ri.gov/index.html

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STATE JOBS

http://www.diversity.ri.gov/jobs

OTHER JOBS

PUBLICATIONS

http://www.diversity.ri.gov/publications.htm

Link to RI Gov website Executive Orders online 2005-01 and 02
http://www.governor.ri.gov/executiveorders.shtml

Rhode Island Laws & Policies

· How a Bill Becomes a Law
· Rhode Island Laws Explained
· A History of Rhode Island Laws
· Rhode Island Constitution
· Public Laws (1994-2004)
· General Laws

Fed Law: Federal Legal Resources
Rhode Island

Click on the link below
http://www.diversity.ri.gov/doa.htm
Go to State Regulations
Go to state library
Go to Laws & Legislative Information
You will see the following options about RI Laws:
Laws Governing Equal Opportunity

U.S. (Federal) Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

Contained within the Federal EEOC link provided here for your information is valuable resource links that are of a statutory, regulatory, and administrative nature.

http://www.eeoc.gov/

Other Links for RI Laws
http://www.rilin.state.ri.us/gen_assembly/genmenu.html
http://www.rilin.state.ri.us/law revision/2004topics.htm#Labor

EOO Regulations
http://www.diversity.ri.gov/personnel/large/personnelrule12.html

Human Rights Commission
http://www.richr.state.ri.us/frames.html
http://www.rilin.state.ri.us/Statutes/TITLE28/28-5/28-5-8.HTM
http://www.richr.state.ri.us/frames.html

· Federal Laws Prohibiting Job Discrimination- Questions And Answers
http://www.eeoc.gov/facts/qanda.html

· Facts About National Origin Discrimination
http://www.eeoc.gov/facts/fs-nator.html

· Facts About Age Discrimination
http://www.eeoc.gov/facts/age.html

· Facts About Pregnancy Discrimination
http://www.eeoc.gov/facts/fs-preg.html

· Facts About the Americans with Disabilities Act
http://www.eeoc.gov/facts/fs-ada.html

· Facts About Disability-Related Tax Provisions
http://www.eeoc.gov/facts/fs-disab.html

· Facts About Compensation Discrimination
· Equal Pay Act
· Title VII, ADEA, and ADA
http://www.eeoc.gov/facts/fs-epa.html