The estimated amount of pandemic unemployment compensation paid out to fraudulent claims has risen to $45.6 billion, according to recent…
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Maine’s unemployment rate increased in August, rising to 3.1 percent from July’s rate of 2.8 percent. The labor force participation…
While the number of jobs available in Maine has recovered to near pre-pandemic levels, the state’s labor force participation rate…
Maine’s unemployment rate was 2.8 percent in July, down from 3 percent in June, and averaged 3 percent in the…
At least 20 percent of federal dollars paid out through pandemic-related unemployment programs went to fraudulent and ineligible claims according…
Following an upward revision to March’s jobs numbers, Maine’s unemployment rate was “essentially unchanged” at 3.3 percent in April, according…
A law related to pay for vacation time at the end of employment that was enacted in April has the…
In March, Maine’s unemployment rate was 3.6 percent, a decrease from February’s 4 percent unemployment rate. According to the Maine…
Maine’s unemployment rate was 4 percent in February, a small change from January’s rate of 4.1 percent. The number of…
Ten months ago, Jeremy Siegel issued a dire warning about the trajectory of prices. “The money supply since the beginning…
Maine’s unemployment rate was unchanged from December 2021 to January 2022. The unemployment rate remained at 4.1% in January. The…
Maine’s unemployment rate decreased slightly to 4.7% in December 2021, according to a release issued Tuesday by the Maine Department…
For the month of November, Maine’s unemployment rate remained at 4.8%, a number that has largely been unchanged since February.…
Maine’s workforce conditions in October were little changed from September according to new data released by the Department of Labor…
Maine’s unemployment rate remained largely unchanged between August and September. The unemployment rate ticked down slightly, from 4.9% in August…
The Maine Department of Labor (DOL) recently announced the state’s minimum wage will increase by 60 cents on January 1,…
According to the Maine Department of Labor’s (DOL) Center for Workforce Research and Information, the number of nonfarm payroll jobs…
Despite some improvements to Maine’s economy, the leisure and hospitality industries remain among the slowest to recover from the pandemic.…
The Maine Department of Labor (DOL) announced on August 11 it is extending the deadline for its Back to Work…
On August 6, the Maine Department of Labor (DOL) announced that approximately 7,400 unemployment claimants receiving federal Pandemic Unemployment Assistance…
The Maine Department of Labor’s (DOL) Back-to-Work grant program will close applications on Friday, August 6. The program allows employers…
The government has spent its way into an inflationary mess, which we’ve already felt at the gas pump, among other places. Don’t be surprised if everyday expenses continue to be more costly and your disposable income starts to fall.
If all 300 workers received the $1,500 benefit, the grant program has already paid out $45,000, or 4.5%, of the $10 million available.
A new report in the Wall Street Journal (WSJ) quotes an analysis from economists who found that states that have…
The National Federation of Independent Businesses (NFIB) issued a press release Monday raising concerns about the implementation of Maine’s new…
Lawmakers on both sides of the aisle voiced frustration last Thursday after Department of Labor Commissioner Laura Fortman failed to…
The Maine Legislature next session will consider another bill that would be harmful to Maine’s small business community and employers…
Yesterday, a U.S. district judge appointed by President Obama blocked the Department of Labor’s overtime pay rule that would have…
Today, Governor Paul LePage joined a number of other states in filing a federal court complaint challenging the United States…
Last week, the Obama Administration announced a proposal that would make nearly 5 million more workers eligible for overtime benefits, but…