Jobs and Income

While supportive of Medicaid funding, public pushes back on cuts in Mills’ short-term budget fix

Last year, the Maine Center for Economic Policy in partnership with the Maine Council on Aging released a report that found sizable gaps already exist between care needed and […]

Maine Morning Star

Posted January 24, 2025

Tags Caregiving, Direct Care Work, Job Quality, Wages

Jobs and Income

Maine speaker seeks higher wages for health care workers

The push for higher pay among direct care workers who work in rehabilitation centers, nursing homes and behavioral health facilities is backed by the Maine Center for […]

The Center Square

Posted January 23, 2025

Tags Caregiving, Direct Care Work, Job Quality, Wages

Jobs and Income

Maine Speaker proposes bill to boost wages for direct care workers

The Maine Center for Economic Policy estimates that Maine needs 2,300 more direct care workers to meet the state’s demand. A raise could help recruit more workers. […]

WGME

Posted January 14, 2025

Tags Caregiving, Direct Care Work, Job Quality, Wages

Jobs and Income, Taxes and Budget

Speaker of Maine House unveils bill to ease health care workforce shortage

A June 2024 analysis by the Maine Center for Economic Policy think tank said that Maine needs to hire an additional 2,300 full-time direct care workers — there are […]

Portland Press Herald

Posted January 13, 2025

Tags Budget, Direct Care Work, Job Quality, Jobs

Taxes and Budget

Increasing tobacco tax, AI protections among 2025 Maine health priorities

Jess Maurer, executive director of the Maine Council on Aging, and Arthur Phillips, the economic policy analyst with the Maine Center for Economic Policy, both said they […]

Maine Morning Star

Posted January 2, 2025

Tags Budget, Direct Care Work, Job Quality, Jobs

Jobs and Income

Maine’s minimum wage will get a boost Jan. 1

According to the Maine Center for Economic Policy, there are about 37,000 hourly workers in the state earning less than $14.65 hourly and an additional 50,000 employees […]

Portland Press Herald

Posted December 30, 2024

Tags Job Quality, Jobs, Minimum Wage, Wages

Jobs and Income, Maine’s Economy

How Maine can safeguard economic policies to protect consumers and workers

In Maine, companies are already prohibited from forcing non-compete agreements for employees earning at or below 400% of the federal poverty level (which in 2024, is around […]

Beacon

Posted December 19, 2024

Tags Federal, Job Quality, Jobs

Jobs and Income

Teen entrepreneurs mean business

James Myall, an economic policy analyst at the Maine Center for Economic Policy, pointed to the tight labor market and inflationary pressure as the two most likely […]

Portland Press Herald

Posted November 11, 2024

Tags Inflation, Job Quality, Jobs, Wages

Jobs and Income

Report: post-inflation wages for Mainers up over the last 4 years

A new report from the Maine Center for Economic Policy, a progressive-leaning research and advocacy group, finds many workers in the state are faring better compared to those in […]

Maine Public

Posted October 24, 2024

Tags Inflation, Job Quality, Jobs, Wages

Jobs and Income

In the words of workers: Rebekah

Rebekah shared her story as part of MECEP’s State of Working Maine 2024 report. Click here to read the full report. Rebekah has worked for the Maine Department of […]

MECEP

Posted October 23, 2024

Tags Job Quality, Jobs, Stories, Wages

Job Quality

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While supportive of Medicaid funding, public pushes back on cuts in Mills’ short-term budget fix

Maine speaker seeks higher wages for health care workers

Maine Speaker proposes bill to boost wages for direct care workers

Speaker of Maine House unveils bill to ease health care workforce shortage

Increasing tobacco tax, AI protections among 2025 Maine health priorities

Maine’s minimum wage will get a boost Jan. 1

How Maine can safeguard economic policies to protect consumers and workers

Teen entrepreneurs mean business

Report: post-inflation wages for Mainers up over the last 4 years

In the words of workers: Rebekah