While the number of jobs available in Maine has recovered to near pre-pandemic levels, the state’s labor force participation rate…
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According to NBC News, there are 4 million fewer students enrolled in college than there were 10 years ago, and there…
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 decreased slightly to 4.7% in December 2021, according to a release issued Tuesday by the Maine Department…
Maine’s requirement that healthcare workers at designated healthcare facilities be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 went into enforcement on October 29.…
Gov. Janet Mills’ administration recently announced it is awarding Maine hospitals and long-term care facilities $146 million to support workforce…
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…
A new Harvard analysis of various data points throughout the pandemic shows that poor Americans, those earning under $27,000 a…
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 coronavirus pandemic has devastated the service sector, made millions unemployed, and forced many of us who still do have…
This piece was first published in the Sun Journal. “We will develop a world-class workforce. Fewer than half of Maine…
Maine is currently the oldest state in the nation and is experiencing a labor shortage. According to the U.S. Census…
To become a hairdresser in the State of Maine, you must be at least 17 years old, complete a 1,500-hour…
Lawmakers on Maine’s Labor and Housing Committee today will hold a public hearing on LD 1345, a bill that would…
Dear State Employees, Recently, the print media and the union bosses at the Maine State Employees Association would have you…