workforce
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PublishedOctober 4, 2018
California startup turns to robots for farm labor
Robots are key to a new wave of agriculture that aims to raise produce in metropolitan areas while conserving water and sidestepping the high costs of human labor.
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PublishedOctober 4, 2018
Amazon’s new $15 minimum wage rankles some of its longtime warehouse workers
Those already earning at least that much will be paid an extra $1 an hour, but they also will lose two valuable benefits, resulting in a net loss overall.
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PublishedSeptember 27, 2018
Federal officials say no to LePage job-training penalties
The governor wants workforce boards to help job-seekers learn skills instead of offering other services.
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PublishedSeptember 20, 2018
Wells Fargo plans to cut as much as 10% of its workforce
The bank expects to reduce the number of employees through attrition and layoffs over three years.
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PublishedSeptember 6, 2018
For workers willing to move on, wages are rising
Pay raises for people who have stayed in the same job for the past year remain relatively stagnant.
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PublishedSeptember 4, 2018
Quality of service slumps at businesses as jobs go unfilled and turnover rises
Seventy-one percent of respondents in a June survey of 2,002 Americans said they started avoiding a store, restaurant or service provider this year because of a negative interaction.
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PublishedSeptember 2, 2018
Maine’s small, midsized farms suffering from labor shortage
The 'relentless challenge' of finding workers is leaving crops rotting in the field.
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PublishedAugust 30, 2018
Trump cancels federal employees’ pay raises, citing cost of maintaining federal workforce
Federal employees were supposed to see pay raises in January, but Trump said he was cancelling them in favor of raises based on performance.
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PublishedAugust 16, 2018
CEO pay jumps to $19 million annually
A new report shows the gap between executive and employee pay at its highest point in about a decade.
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PublishedAugust 10, 2018
Commentary: Invest more in successful programs to energize Maine’s economy
MaineSpark, FAME, NextGen and others are already creating jobs, training workers and helping retain graduates, and they could use more funding.
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