Jobs and Income Testimony on L.D. 516, “An Act To Amend Maine Law To Conform with Federal Law Regarding Employment Practices for Certain Minors” MECEP has reservations about L.D. 516 because we believe it effectively eliminates reasonable, long-standing protections that ensure our teenage workers strike a proper balance between education and […] MECEP Posted March 9, 2011 Tags Job Quality, Jobs
Jobs and Income Testimony Regarding L.D. 1: An Act to Ensure Regulatory Fairness and Reform According to its summary, LD 1 “proposes to amend the laws to improve the business climate in the State and encourage job creation and retention and expand […] MECEP Posted February 15, 2011 Tags Job Quality, Jobs
Jobs and Income Minimum Logic Read about the latest proposals to change the minimum wage in Maine. Garrett Martin Posted February 23, 2010 Tags Incomes, Job Quality, Minimum Wage
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
