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For general inquiries about employer registration, employer status, tax delinquencies, and wage records, call:
Tel: (207) 621-5120
Toll-Free: 1-844-754-3508
Are you attending the Maine HR Convention in May? Have questions on overtime regulation and compliance? Pamela Megathlin, Director, MDOL Bureau of Labor Standards, and Steven Mckinney, Community Outreach with U.S. Dept. of Labor, will provide analysis of overtime and exemption issues based on both Maine and federal law during a Legal Eagles workshop.
MDOL representatives from SafetyWorks!, Vocational Rehabilitation, Division for the Blind and Visually Impaired, Unemployment Tax, Wage and Hour, and Employment Services will also be available at our booths.
SafetyWorks! Booth: May 9-12
- Workplace Safety and Health
- SafetyWorks! Training Institute
MDOL Booth:
- May 9 - Vocational Rehabilitation
- May 10 and 11 - Unemployment Tax
- May 10 and 11 - Wage and Hour
- May 12 - Division for the Blind and Visually Impaired
Maine-at-Work Booth: May 9-12
- Found in the Keynote Hall
- Employment Services, CareerCenters
- Our Workforce Partners
You can also contact the Department anytime. Click here.
To stay current with solid security practices, the Maine JobLink software has been updated. This update affects accounts that have not been accessed for a long period of time. If you have not logged into your account since July 5, 2016, you will not be able to until your account is enabled by Maine JobLink staff.
Employers: Contact Maine JobLink staff at joblink@maine.gov or 207-623-7697 to
enable your account.
Eligible Training Providers: Tim Griffin at timothy.j.griffin@maine.gov to
enable your account.
The state has proposed changes to the “Rules Governing Employment Leave for Victims of Violence” (proposed rule number: 2017-P028).
Public comments may be submitted by noon on Friday, April 7, 2017, to:
Jeanne St. Pierre, Director of Legislative and Constituent Services
Maine Department of Labor
54 State House Station
Augusta, ME 04333-0054
or by email at Jeanne.StPierre@Maine.gov.
The rulemaking notice is available here.
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The preliminary seasonally adjusted unemployment rate of 3.5 percent was down from 3.8 percent in December and one year ago, the lowest rate since March 2001. The number of unemployed was down 1,300 over the year to 24,300.
Commissioner of Labor Jeanne Paquette stated, “Maine’s 2016 gain in payroll jobs—6,700—was higher than original estimates and the largest gain since 2000. These revisions also show a stronger gain in 2015. Maine ended last year only 400 total jobs away from our 2007 pre-recession peak, and our private sector reached a new all-time high of 517,300 jobs.”
197 Veterans Hired
146 Participating Employers
$22.23/hr. Avg. Placement Wage
Veterans’ employment representatives are available throughout the state and can visit employers to assist you in finding qualified veterans and provide information on the benefits of hiring veterans.
Contact Auta Main, MDOL Veterans’ Program Manager, at (207) 623-7975 or auta.m.main@maine.gov for more information.
Employers and veterans can also contact their local CareerCenter.
Annual revisions to labor force and nonfarm payroll jobs estimates have been published. Those revisions, based on more complete data, indicate the unemployment rate was little changed throughout 2016 and nonfarm payroll job growth was stronger than previously thought.
The monthly release of unemployment rate and nonfarm payroll jobs estimates is among the most widely followed set of economic indicators in the United States. News accounts often portray net payroll job growth as “hiring” or net job loss as “layoffs.” Neither characterization is correct. In any given month the number of people who were hired or who separated from a job is much larger than the net job change.
The 2008–2009 recession and aftermath caused employment to decline among private for profit businesses, the self-employed, and government before the jobs recovery took hold in 2011. The exception was private sector nonprofits, which added jobs throughout the downturn and recovery.
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