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PublishedMarch 5, 2023
With no place to go, some patients in Maine spend months in hospitals
A lack of beds and staffing at assisted living facilities and nursing homes creates an unwelcome situation that benefits neither the languishing patients nor the hospitals shouldering their care.
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PublishedFebruary 12, 2023
Office romance in work-from-home era? It’s not as remote as you think
Maybe it's isolation fatigue, but surveys and psychologists suggest workplace relationships could be on the rise and are definitely here to stay.
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PublishedDecember 4, 2022
Child-care funding cliff nears, putting Maine families and facilities at risk
As pandemic relief dwindles, 'the workforce behind the workforce' worries about its ability to keep providing high-demand services without significant and sustained support.
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PublishedSeptember 25, 2022
Maine companies turn to automation as labor shortage persists
Automating functions isn't always aimed at reducing staff, but it helps when human workers are harder to find.
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PublishedSeptember 4, 2022
Where have all the workers gone? And when will they return?
Short answer: Most of them won't. The past two years have upended the job market and created a vast labor shortage. It won't improve anytime soon.
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PublishedAugust 19, 2022
Maine’s unemployment rate heads toward record low
The state's jobless rate hits the lowest point since the start of the pandemic and nears record lows set three years ago.
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PublishedJune 22, 2022
Debate begins early over raising Portland’s minimum wage to $18
Voters will likely be asked in November if they want to increase the city's minimum wage, which at $13 an hour is already above the statewide minimum and on its way to $15 in 2024.
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PublishedJune 17, 2022
Economist: May decline in Maine’s workforce likely a seasonal blip
The state lost 2,900 jobs in May, probably the outcome of a changeover in the seasonal workforce from winter recreation to summer tourism.
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PublishedJune 7, 2022
Maine launches incentive programs to boost state’s medical workforce
Gov. Janet Mills announces newly funded student loan repayment and scholarship programs for health care professions.
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PublishedMay 20, 2022
Maine unemployment rate hits pandemic low of 3.3%
The state's jobless rate in April was the lowest in two years, and the number of jobs was nearly back to the pre-pandemic level.
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