Maine’s Economy

5 reasons to be optimistic about Maine’s economy

At a glance: Despite consensus that the economy is in bad shape, Americans are broadly optimistic about their own financial circumstances Economic data mirrors this sentiment: unemployment […]

James Myall

Posted July 30, 2024

Tags Economic Security, Economy, Incomes, Inequality, Job Quality, Jobs, Wages

Jobs and Income

Wednesday Sit-Down: How to keep strong job market going

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

WGME

Posted July 24, 2024

Tags Job Quality, Jobs, 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

New federal overtime rule will protect an extra 26,000 salaried Maine workers

At a glance: The federal department of labor is raising the threshold for low-paid salaried workers to be eligible for overtime pay, nearly doubling the number of […]

James Myall

Posted July 3, 2024

Tags Incomes, Job Quality, Jobs, Overtime, Wages

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

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

Jobs and Income

Study shows that Maine needs thousands of direct care workers

When the CBS 13 I-Team met with study authors at the Maine Center for Economic Policy last year, they showed that as the care gap goes unaddressed, […]

WGME

Posted June 19, 2024

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

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5 reasons to be optimistic about Maine’s economy

Wednesday Sit-Down: How to keep strong job market going

Podcast: The ongoing abandonment of older Mainers

New federal overtime rule will protect an extra 26,000 salaried Maine workers

Wednesday Sit-Down: Overtime Rules

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

Study shows that Maine needs thousands of direct care workers