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Published
September 6, 2018

For workers willing to move on, wages are rising

Pay raises for people who have stayed in the same job for the past year remain relatively stagnant.
Published
September 4, 2018

Quality of service slumps at businesses as jobs go unfilled and turnover rises

Seventy-one percent of respondents in a June survey of 2,002 Americans said they started avoiding a store, restaurant or service provider this year because of a negative interaction.
Published
September 2, 2018

Maine’s small, midsized farms suffering from labor shortage

The 'relentless challenge' of finding workers is leaving crops rotting in the field.
Published
August 30, 2018

Trump cancels federal employees’ pay raises, citing cost of maintaining federal workforce

Federal employees were supposed to see pay raises in January, but Trump said he was cancelling them in favor of raises based on performance.
Published
August 16, 2018

CEO pay jumps to $19 million annually

A new report shows the gap between executive and employee pay at its highest point in about a decade.

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Published
August 10, 2018

Commentary: Invest more in successful programs to energize Maine’s economy

MaineSpark, FAME, NextGen and others are already creating jobs, training workers and helping retain graduates, and they could use more funding.
Published
August 9, 2018

Internships could lead college students to stay in Maine, Sen. King says

The independent senator envisions a program that would boost the state's economy by helping to address the need for young workers.
Published
July 26, 2018

After wild swings last year, Maine economic growth off to sluggish start in 2018

The first quarter saw an annual expansion rate of just 0.6% as workforce problems persisted, but a pickup in growth is forecast for all of 2018.
Published
July 19, 2018

Open office plans are as bad as you thought

Researchers found that an open workspace actually cuts down on face-to-face interactions among co-workers.
Published
July 3, 2018

Why your eating-out tab is about to get a bit more expensive

Rising wages are eating away at already razor-thin margins at restaurants, where some owners say they have no choice but to raise menu prices.