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PublishedMay 26, 2020
Scammers target Maine’s stressed unemployment system
Criminals have used stolen personal information to file fraudulent jobless claims across the country as unemployment offices dole out historically large benefits.
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PublishedMay 20, 2020
State prison inmates were paid nearly $200,000 in unemployment benefits
The corrections department says 53 inmates were paid an average of $3,750 each after their work-release jobs were halted to reduce the risk of spreading the coronaviorus.
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PublishedMay 10, 2020
The Maine Millennial: A waiting game for those of us unemployed by COVID
Relief is slow in coming for the people who have lost their jobs as a result of the global pandemic.
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PublishedMay 6, 2020
Manufacturer’s layoff of workers in Scarborough allowed by law, state says
The labor department says Whitcraft Group is not subject to a statute requiring a 90-day advance notice to affected workers and a week's severance pay for every year of service.
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PublishedApril 30, 2020
Our View: Maine too slow on unemployment claims
On Friday, self-employed workers can apply for benefits. They should not have to wait to get them.
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PublishedApril 24, 2020
Decisions on thousands of unemployment claims fast-tracked by labor department
Rather than keeping people wondering until July about pending unemployment claims, the Department of Labor makes some assumptions and decides on 12,000 cases.
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PublishedApril 20, 2020
Maine Labor Department holds line on teen work hours during pandemic
Some employers have asked for looser rules on teen work permits, but the state says limits on hours that apply during the school year remain in effect.
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PublishedApril 17, 2020
Maine will end its 51-month run of low unemployment
The state's preliminary unemployment rate estimate of 3.2% for March was unchanged from February, but April's rate will be much higher.
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PublishedMarch 29, 2020
Sagadahock Real Estate offers Bath tenants rent relief amid coronavirus outbreak
John Morse IV, whose family owns Sagadahock Real Estate Association, said he hopes the reductions in rent help employers stay in business and prevents them from laying off employees.
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PublishedDecember 31, 2019
Minimum wage increase means overtime pay for more Maine workers
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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