How much the increase to 125% of the state’s minimum wage would cost the state is not yet clear.
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Maine’s delegation pushes for more visas to help fill seasonal jobs
The number of federal H2B visas available typically falls far short of demand, forcing some tourism and other businesses to cut hours and services.
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Maine low jobless rate continues historic run
December’s preliminary unemployment rate of 2.9% marks the 48th consecutive month of rates below 4%.
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Maine Senate president defends his criticism of BIW tax credit
Sen. Troy Jackson says his work for a union that represents shipyard workers doesn’t constitute a conflict of interest.
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Exemptions limit benefit of Maine’s new hearing aid law
People whose employers self-insure and those who get their health care coverage through Medicare won’t benefit from the law mandating coverage for hearing aids.
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New year brings raise for minimum-wage workers, in final phase of voter-approved plan
Maine’s minimum wage has risen from $7.50 to $12 an hour since voters approved the increases in 2016. Supporters say it has helped low-income workers, but critics say it has hurt small businesses.
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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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November jobless rate continues Maine’s historic trend
If December’s rate also comes in under 4%, Maine will have had four years of record low unemployment.
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Symposium explores ways to close widening gap in Maine’s workforce
The state will have to add an estimated 158,000 trained people to its workforce by 2025 to maintain economic growth, Educate Maine tells participants at its annual symposium.
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Our View: Proposed asylum rules are deliberately cruel
Denying people the ability to earn a living is the wrong way to treat those escaping persecution.