Jobs and Income

MECEP Analysis - Minimum Wage History in Maine versus Indexing

View a chart depicting the history of the minimum wage in Maine and what would have happened historically if the state’s minimum wage had been indexed to […]

MECEP

Posted February 23, 2010

Tags Incomes, Job Quality, Minimum Wage

Jobs and Income

Testimony on LD 192 - An Act to Index the State Minimum Wage to Inflation

This bill will put more money in the pockets of working Mainers and, by doing so, ultimately supports greater economic activity and prosperity for all. Maine workers […]

MECEP

Posted February 18, 2010

Tags Incomes, Job Quality, Minimum Wage

Maine’s Economy

The State of Working Maine in 2008

2007 was a year of conflicting – and sometimes troubling – trends in the Maine economy. On the upside, the Maine economy grew modestly, as did productivity […]

Jody Harris

Posted September 3, 2008

Tags Economy, Incomes, Job Quality

Health Care

Continued Drop in Employer-based Health Coverage Highlights Importance of Maine’s Public Health Care Coverage

Monday October 29th, 2007 The Washington DC-based Economic Policy Institute released today a report called The Erosion of Employment-Based Insurance , by EPI economist Elise Gould , […]

Posted October 29, 2007

Tags Health Care, Job Quality

Jobs and Income

Research Shows Paid Sick Days are a Workplace Necessity

(Augusta, ME) The Maine Center for Economic Policy (MECEP) released today Paid Sick Days are a Workplace Necessity. This report is produced with help from the Institute […]

Posted April 3, 2007

Tags Job Quality, Jobs, Paid Sick Days

Health Care

Survey Finds Maine Small Businesses Shifted Health Care Costs to Employees in Recent Years

(Augusta, ME) The Maine Center for Economic Policy (MECEP) released today the findings from a 2004 survey of Maine small businesses, co-authored by Lisa Pohlmann and Frank […]

Posted July 13, 2005

Tags Health Care, Job Quality

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MECEP Analysis - Minimum Wage History in Maine versus Indexing

Testimony on LD 192 - An Act to Index the State Minimum Wage to Inflation

The State of Working Maine in 2008

Continued Drop in Employer-based Health Coverage Highlights Importance of Maine’s Public Health Care Coverage

Research Shows Paid Sick Days are a Workplace Necessity

Survey Finds Maine Small Businesses Shifted Health Care Costs to Employees in Recent Years