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The annual rankings this year compared 100 companies that made an initial evaluation in August. The competition grades each on the basis of employee benefits, workplace policies and feedback in a satisfaction survey.
Logically, which employs 400 people including 45 in Portland, named a board member with her own startup experience to succeed Mike Cowles. She began her new role on Monday.
Meeting Maine's renewable energy goals — 80% renewable energy by 2030, 100% by 2050 — means hiring workers for clean-energy jobs. Efforts are underway across state agencies and higher education to tackle workforce development issues.
Employees with the state and with city of Bangor ratified separate contracts that called for wage increases.
Maine's largest bank said about half of its workforce will receive a raise of $2 per hour, as Bangor Savings and other employers compete in an increasingly tight labor market.
The funding will provide free or low-cost training for up to 24,000 workers at various stages in their education.
The union, the Bates Educators & Staff Organization, would be affiliated with the Maine Service Employees Association. Organizers say unionizing is an effort to improve working conditions and compensation and expand diversity efforts.
Guest columnist Kyle Banfield, an HR professional, says companies need to be cautious about how they enforce vaccine mandates, and stick to HR protocols.
Hiring remains difficult across a broad range of jobs in the tight labor market, despite the fact that the additional payments to jobless Mainers have stopped.
Derek Fassett, the former director of workforce for Military Talent Source LLC in Auburn, also worked as a specialist for the Maine Department of Labor’s apprenticeship program.
Nearly 500 interns and 38 employers took part this summer in Maine Career Catalyst, a joint program of FocusMaine and Educate Maine designed to introduce youth to working and living opportunities in the state.
Acadia National Park officials are proposing a joint initiative to develop a 55-acre parcel for affordable year-round and seasonal housing. But the proposal would require an act of Congress.
Amid serious labor shortages in early every Maine industry, employers are discovering that opportunities for giving back to the community are a valuable tool for retention and recruitment.
State law requires annual adjustments to the minimum wage based on the cost of living index for the Northeast region.
New data from the Department of Health and Human Services shows employee vaccination rates are up, especially at hospitals. But five weeks before the state-mandated vaccination deadline, not all health care providers have made progress.
Out of 12 people who graduated last week from the Mechanized Logging Operations Program, nine have committed to jobs and three are evaluating offers.