The legal industry across Maine is seeing changes in recent years, including growing staff, migrations between firms, new service models and the entry of a New Hampshire practice.
Maine’s new benefits law will give employees the option of taking up to 12 weeks of paid time off at up to 90% of their compensation rate. The plan is the most generous in the country, but employers, large and small, see challenges.
New construction across the state includes school expansion in Cumberland, a new hotel in Bridgton, additional showroom and service space for a car dealer in Brunswick and affordable housing for seniors in Gray.
ACE member Laura McDowell, a certified Entrepreneurial Operating System implementer based in Portland, shares how we can protect the business without creating a bunch of red tape.