Maine’s Economy Retirement crisis: Mainers in part-time and low-wage jobs face living out their retirement years in poverty “One-third of workers in America have no retirement savings and those who have savings, do not have enough to live comfortably. Of those closest to retirement (age 55-64), one […] Jody Harris Posted June 24, 2015 Tags Infrastructure, Jobs
Jobs and Income Testimony in Support of LD 1373, An Act to Create the Put ME to Work Program This proposal would not only benefit working families, but help the state economy. By working to determine which skills are in demand and working with postsecondary institutions […] Mark Sullivan Posted May 18, 2015 Tags Education, Higher Education, Jobs
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
Health Care, Jobs and Income Governor’s Credit Ratings Claims Ignore Maine’s Precarious Financial Position “The governor may tout his health care policies as good for the state . . . But he is wrong. And Maine’s “AA” credit rating from Fitch, […] Christy Daggett Posted April 28, 2015 Tags Health Care, Jobs
Jobs and Income Labor Force Participation Falling (graph) Mark Sullivan Posted March 20, 2015 Tags Employment, Jobs
Jobs and Income, Maine’s Economy The only surprise in Maine’s labor force participation decline is why it took so long to happen Maine’s labor force participation was 64.1% in 2014, down from 65.1% in 2013, according to model-based estimates from the Labor Department released earlier this year. Maine’s 2014 […] Marpheen Chann-Berry Posted March 19, 2015 Tags Employment, Jobs, Unemployment
Jobs and Income Maine's Jobs Recovery Trails the Nation and New England Mark Sullivan Posted December 19, 2014 Tags Employment, Jobs
Maine’s Economy Maine Jobs Recovery Continues to Trail the Nation and New England Beyond the good news, bad news stories of businesses expanding or shuttering are broader trends that affirm a critical challenge that too many Maine families are facing: […] Garrett Martin Posted December 19, 2014 Tags Economy, Jobs, Unemployment
Jobs and Income Maine's Injured and Disabled Workers: A Humanitarian Challenge and an Economic Opportunity Workers hurt on the job have no lobby in the State House, so little fanfare accompanied the Bureau of Labor Statistics release on workplace injury this week. […] Christy Daggett Posted December 15, 2014 Tags Employment, Jobs
Jobs and Income Maine's Jobs Recovery Still Weak Today’s jobs report from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) doesn’t give us much new information. Maine’s unemployment rate is about the same as the national […] Garrett Martin Posted November 21, 2014 Tags Employment, Jobs