The rules taking effect Wednesday will raise the threshold – from $33,000 to $36,000 a year – at which salaried employees must be paid overtime for working more than 40 hours a week.
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Maine hospitality industry plans free culinary training
A grant will fund training for 125 Mainers to fill gaps in the state’s food service businesses.
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BIW union hopes to sink subcontracting plan that company says it needs
The shipyard says it needs temporary workers to complete a backlog of military orders, but the machinists’ union says that would violate its contract.
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UAW counters GM’s offer in hopes of a deal
The two sides begin a weekend of negotiations to end a strike that began nearly a month ago.
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UMaine professor loses appeal in lawsuit contesting union representation
The economics professor at Machias wants to block a union from representing him in contract negotiations and plans to file to have the case heard by the U.S. Supreme Court.
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Commission to consider raising Maine judges’ last-in-the-nation salaries
Judges’ relatively low pay will be the focus of study by a commission set up to review compensation for top state officers, including the governor.
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Commentary: Mainers need Congress to pass U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement
The USMCA will create a level playing field for our exporters, protect our local workers and give small businesses more access to Canadian and Mexican customers.
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Labor Department issues new overtime rule, replacing more generous proposal
The rule will make overtime pay available to 1.3 million additional workers, though the proposal replaces a more generous one advanced by former President Barack Obama.
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Maine labor board dismisses York County deputies’ grievances
The ruling noted ‘hostility’ in labor-management relations.
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Maine AFL-CIO director: The workers are getting restless, and politicians better listen
Corporate profits and worker productivity have soared, but wages have stagnated – and people have had enough.