Maine’s unemployment rate increased in August, rising to 3.1 percent from July’s rate of 2.8 percent. The labor force participation…
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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…
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…
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…
On January 1, Maine’s minimum wage increased to $12.75 per hour. The increase is the result of a law passed…
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 unemployment rate in Maine remained stuck at 4.8% for the fifth straight month, according to recent report from the…
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.
On June 14, Gov. Mills announced a program to incentivize unemployed Mainers to return to work. Called “Back to Work,”…
Maine’s Department of Labor currently has no plans to end enhanced employment benefits.
The National Federation of Independent Businesses (NFIB) issued a press release Monday raising concerns about the implementation of Maine’s new…
I have been deeply disappointed to see the strike going on at Bath Iron Works (BIW). As a resident of…
Since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, the website MoneyGeek has been analyzing unemployment in state economies by sector and updating…
Lawmakers on both sides of the aisle voiced frustration last Thursday after Department of Labor Commissioner Laura Fortman failed to…
High school guidance counselors, parents and popular culture have spent decades telling young people that the key to success is…