The Commission on Paid Family and Medical Leave is in the midst of crafting its recommendations for Maine’s statewide Paid Family and...

Among the many fragile systems exposed by the pandemic was a lack of job security for scores of American workers. In higher education...

Maine’s rural forestry industries, like the state’s economy as a whole, sustained significant blows in the face of the pandemic. Loggers,...

On November 10, Governor Mills announced that 524,754 working Mainers will receive one-time Disaster Relief Payments of $285, to be...

Last month, Maine’s Paid Family and Medical Leave Commission met for the first time to begin development on a statewide PFML program....

The Chamber of Commerce is a well-known presence in any community. For owners of businesses large and small, it represents an opportunity...

Maine’s Commission on Paid Family and Medical Leave will meet for the first time on Friday, October 29 at 9:00 AM to begin developing a...

Planning for retirement can be a terrifying prospect for many working families. Between housing, healthcare, and child care costs, plus...

Pfizer this week announced that its COVID-19 vaccine is effective for children ages 5 to 11. While this is great news in a time where...

The federal government has dealt working families across the country a one-two punch in the past few weeks. On August 27, the Supreme...

Governor Mills and state legislators this session moved to establish a commission to develop a statewide paid family and medical leave...

Without a statewide paid family and medical leave program, taking time off from work to care for a loved one in need means giving up a...

More than a year after the pandemic began, working parents are struggling to re-enter a workforce that had already stretched them too...

Maine is one step closer to creating a statewide Paid Family and Medical Leave program. On June 3 and 7, respectively, the State Senate...

Senate President Troy Jackson and a coalition of small Maine business owners yesterday announced LD 1411, "An Act To Establish the Maine...

Speaker of the House Ryan Fecteau introduced legislation on Wednesday to invest in Maine’s Career and Technical Education (CTE) Center...

If employees work hard and put in extra hours, they should be paid for that time.

Mainers are being required to give up their right to sue their employers in the event of wrongdoing and instead having to agree to forced...

More than 250 companies who do business in Maine have their employees sign away their rights to sue. Mainers who face harassment and...

We traveled across the state to talk with folks about what guaranteed overtime benefits would mean to them. Their message to our...