Maine’s minimum wage to go up to $11 an hour on Jan. 1
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Maine’s minimum wage will go up from $10 an hour to $11 a hour on Jan. 1, as yearly increases approved by voters in 2016 continue. |
Groups announce initiative to combat childhood poverty
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A collaboration of groups, including Maine Equal Justice, the Maine Community Foundation and the Maine State Chamber of Commerce, have launched an initiative to reduce childhood poverty in the state. |
Maine State Chamber launches work-based learning programs with $95K grant
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The U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation selected the Maine State Chamber of Commerce to participate in its Career Readiness Lab, and receive $95,000 to implement a work-based learning program to... |
Addressing workforce challenge 'No. 1 priority' for Maine nonprofitsJennifer Hutchins, executive director of the Maine Association of Nonprofits, today called on the state's nonprofit organizations to address the workforce challenge as a matter of urgency. |
What do millennials want? How a younger generation is influencing the workplace
Laurie Schreiber |
In researching job opportunities, millennials are seeking firms that offer flexible scheduling and workplace options, a focus on work-life balance, plus interesting challenges, career advancement... |
Focusing on the three P's is the best way to improve customer outcomes and profit
Steve Musica, Lean East |
Q: Where should I spend my time and money to improve customer outcomes and profit? |
North, south, east and west: Businesses continue to struggle to find workersA topic that has dominated business talk in the past year has been companies' challenges in finding qualified workers. |
Businesses partner with community colleges to meet workforce shortage head-onDead River Co., Central Maine Power and Appalachian Mountain Club are among the Maine employers that are partnering with the Maine Community College System to develop short-term training programs in... |
Hiring pressures push companies to unprecedented lengths to find workers
William Hall |
With unemployment remaining below 4%, Maine employers are facing an ever greater scarcity of job-seekers. Around the state, employers are stepping up their hiring efforts, offering signing bonuses, a... |
Able to work: Disability is not a handicap at some Maine employersFrom 2012-16, fewer than a third of working-age Mainers with a disability were employed, compared to 80% employment for others, according to the Maine Department of Labor. But a number of Maine... |
