Economy

Rick Jeffers is out as director of the state Department of Unemployment Assistance and Connie Carter is in.

Quinsigamond Community College in Worcester will be running two workshops on biomanufacturing for students this spring, thanks to a new $50,000 grant.

The Massachusetts Nurses Association union has filed charges of unfair labor practice against Saint Vincent Hospital in Worcester, in response to a proposed plan to impose 12-hour shifts on nurses working in the hospital’s inpatient units and emergency departments. 

Tenet Health Corp., the Dallas-based multinational parent company of Saint Vincent Hospital in Worcester, on Wednesday reported $139 million in profits for the first quarter, the first one since the 301-day nurses strike ended at the Worcester hospital.

In the latest round of the fight between Silicon Valley and Massachusetts regulators over whether workers for companies like Uber and Lyft should be considered full-time employees, the businesses are pushing a UCLA study showing gig workers have had an economic impact of $899 million in Worcester County.

The labor force in the Greater Worcester metropolitan area continued to grow in March, with the unemployment rate in the region dropping to 3.9%.

Brian Treitman’s love of BBQ starts with its inherent role of taking cheap cuts of meat and turning them into savory dishes enjoyed by the masses.

Fueled in part by transformative grants since the start of the coronavirus pandemic, the Worcester medical school is expanding. To maintain this level of growth, however, there is one key ingredient: people.

Even as the Fresh Start’s services earn accolades and are in demand, Kiser has struggled to find consistent funding for his nonprofit.

Massachusetts had one of the largest decreases in unemployment in March, falling 0.4 percentage points to 4.3%.