Jobs and Income Testimony in opposition to LD 1553, “An Act to Improve the Workers’ Compensation System” “The bill under consideration would remove the voice of Mainers from any future changes to the determination of employee status for workers’ compensation purposes. That determination, and […] Mark Sullivan Posted February 2, 2016 Tags Employment, Incomes
Jobs and Income, Maine’s Economy Shop ‘til you drop ― It’s no holiday for retail workers Too many Mainers today work too few hours for too low pay. The data show over and over and over how part-time, low-wage, and benefit-less jobs trap […] Jody Harris Posted December 2, 2015 Tags Incomes, Job Quality, Wages
Jobs and Income Testimony in Support of LD 1318, An Act To Promote Individual Private Savings Accounts through a Public-private Partnership Part-time workers are mostly ineligible for employer retirement plans. Just over 40,000 Mainers work in part-time jobs. Maine has the sixth highest rate of “involuntary part-time” employment […] Mark Sullivan Posted May 7, 2015 Tags Incomes, Job Quality, Jobs
Jobs and Income Testimony in Opposition to LD 489 and LD 1353 “Maine needs policies that increase the wages of workers, not reduce them. We can’t sustain our state’s economy with jobs that don’t compensate workers adequately.” Good Morning […] Mark Sullivan Posted May 4, 2015 Tags Incomes
Jobs and Income Testimony in Support of LD 843, An Act to Raise the Minimum Wage and Index It to the National Average Wage “An increase in Maine’s minimum wage is long overdue. Adjusted for inflation, the minimum wage in Maine is lower than it was forty years ago. Wages for […] MECEP Posted March 23, 2015 Tags Incomes, Minimum Wage
Jobs and Income Fewer than One in Five Maine Households Have Incomes above $100,000 per Year Mark Sullivan Posted October 21, 2014 Tags Incomes, Job Quality
Jobs and Income Maine’s Lack of Population and Job Growth Tamps Down Growth in Wages and Salaries Today’s data release from the Bureau of Economic Analysis shows Maine’s personal income growth kept pace with the nation and the region in the second quarter of 2014, but […] Joel Johnson Posted September 30, 2014 Tags Employment, Incomes, Job Quality, Jobs
Jobs and Income Maine Has Less Wage and Salary Income, More Transfer Payments than Nation as a Whole Mark Sullivan Posted September 30, 2014 Tags Incomes, Job Quality
Jobs and Income Maine's Growth in Wage and Salary Income Trails the Nation Mark Sullivan Posted September 30, 2014 Tags Incomes, Job Quality
Jobs and Income MECEP Analysis: Latest Personal Income Data Confirms Continued Slow Growth in Maine Transfer payments including Social Security and Medicare account for a disproportionate share of personal income in Maine and reflect the state’s aging demographic. Augusta, Maine (Tuesday, September […] Posted September 30, 2014 Tags Incomes, Wages