Help is not wanted, it’s needed. Everywhere.

Some services companies are turning away new customers. Some stores and restaurants have had to curtail hours of operation. Qualified workers are in high demand and short supply.

WOXO, Chamber team up for weekly job fair broadcast

New state law aims to help former prisoners get jobs

In most cases, employers will not be able to ask job applicants about criminal history until later in the hiring process.

Why many workers won’t return to jobs held before COVID-19 pandemic

Many workers emerging from the pandemic don’t want to return to the jobs they once had

Job openings surge to a record high 8.12 million

The number of vacancies exceeded hires by more than 2 million, the largest gap on record and evidence of current hiring challenges.

Hiring picks up in Maine, but jobless rate stays flat at 4.8%

Maine employers added more than 4,000 jobs in March, but the statewide unemployment rate was unchanged from February.

With offices closed, work lunch gets a new look

Lunch is much better mid-pandemic, offering a sense of community and a real break. Lunch is much worse – what, now we have to cook for ourselves? And everything in between.

When will Maine office workers go back? For some, maybe never

Many Maine companies are extending remote work policies at least through the end of the year, and most office workers are happy about it.

Maine unemployment stood at 3.2% in February

The state's unemployment rate is expected to increase dramatically in March as a result of mass layoffs tied to the coronavirus outbreak.

Pro-labor groups want Maine to crack down on forced arbitration

As these binding agreements become more common as a condition of employment, lawmakers debate a measure that would effectively deputize private attorneys to take employers to court in state labor and discrimination cases.