Maine’s Economy

Wednesday Sit-Down: Political division

In this week’s Wednesday Sit-Down, Garrett Martin, CEO of the Maine Center of Economic Policy, sits down with CBS 13 to discuss the division in politics. Click […]

WGME

Posted July 17, 2024

Tags Federal, Wednesday Sit Down

Maine’s Economy

Wednesday Sit-Down: Feelings about the economy

In this week’s Wednesday Sit-Down, Garrett Martin, CEO of the Maine Center of Economic Policy, sits down with CBS 13 to discuss the economy. Click here to […]

WGME

Posted July 10, 2024

Tags Economic Security, Economy, Wednesday Sit Down

Jobs and Income

Podcast: The ongoing abandonment of older Mainers

Arthur Philips of the Maine Center for Economic Policy joins Cate Blackford to discuss the results of their report on Maine’s direct care workforce. It’s not good. Click […]

Beacon

Posted July 6, 2024

Tags Caregiving, Direct Care Work, Employment, Job Quality, Jobs

Jobs and Income

Wednesday Sit-Down: Overtime Rules

In this week’s Wednesday Sit-Down, Garrett Martin, CEO of the Maine Center of Economic Policy, sits down with CBS 13 to discuss new federal overtime rules and […]

WGME

Posted July 3, 2024

Tags Federal, Job Quality, Jobs, Overtime, Wednesday Sit Down

Jobs and Income

More Maine workers can now receive overtime pay under new federal rule

According to James Myall, an analyst for the Maine Center for Economic Policy, who put together a state level calculation, roughly 3,000 Maine workers will be newly-covered […]

Maine Morning Star

Posted July 1, 2024

Tags Federal, Overtime

Jobs and Income

Maine Dept. of Labor says public is ‘definitely engaging’ in paid leave rulemaking

James Myall, another coalition member and analyst for the Maine Center for Economic Policy, said the rules are “generally good” and “erred on the side of making […]

Maine Morning Star

Posted June 27, 2024

Tags Paid Family and Medical Leave

Jobs and Income

Opinion: DHHS must not bungle home health, direct-care rules

A new study from the Maine Center for Economic Policy estimates the state requires 2,300 more full-time direct-care workers (home health aides and long-term care providers) to meet the […]

Morning Sentinel

Posted June 25, 2024

Tags Caregiving, Direct Care Work, Employment, Job Quality, Jobs

Jobs and Income

Mainers are woefully underserved by home and institutional nursing care, report says

The study, published this week, was written by Arthur Phillips, an analyst with the Maine Center for Economic Policy, a research and policy organization in Augusta. Thousands […]

MaineBiz

Posted June 20, 2024

Tags Caregiving, Direct Care Work, Employment, Job Quality, Jobs

Jobs and Income

Low Pay Behind Staggering Shortfall in Nursing Home, Direct Care Hours in State

The report released Tuesday and produced by the Maine Center for Economic Policy (MECEP), in collaboration with the Maine Council on Aging, follows a prior report that […]

Skilled Nursing News

Posted June 20, 2024

Tags Caregiving, Direct Care Work, Employment, Job Quality, Jobs

Jobs and Income

Overworked and underpaid: Lack of investment in direct care workers leave Mainers without services

According to a new report released this week by the Maine Center for Economic Policy, Maine needs to hire more than 2,300 full-time care workers to provide adequate services […]

Beacon

Posted June 20, 2024

Tags Caregiving, Direct Care Work, Employment, Job Quality, Jobs

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Wednesday Sit-Down: Political division

Wednesday Sit-Down: Feelings about the economy

Podcast: The ongoing abandonment of older Mainers

Wednesday Sit-Down: Overtime Rules

More Maine workers can now receive overtime pay under new federal rule

Maine Dept. of Labor says public is ‘definitely engaging’ in paid leave rulemaking

Opinion: DHHS must not bungle home health, direct-care rules

Mainers are woefully underserved by home and institutional nursing care, report says

Low Pay Behind Staggering Shortfall in Nursing Home, Direct Care Hours in State

Overworked and underpaid: Lack of investment in direct care workers leave Mainers without services