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Chamber of Commerce, BIW sue Maine Department of Labor over PFML rules
The Maine State Chamber of Commerce and Bath Iron Works have filed a civil lawsuit against the Maine Department of Labor and ...
Maine Chamber of Commerce, BIW sue Mills administration over paid family leave rules
The Maine State Chamber of Commerce and Bath Iron Works have filed a lawsuit against the Mills administration challenging how the state is implementing a new paid family and medical leave program. The ...
Advocates react to legal complaint filed against paid family and medical leave program
AUGUSTA, Maine — Some Maine businesses are pushing back against the state's paid family and medical leave law, filing a legal ...
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Maine Chamber of Commerce sues Mills administration over paid family leave law
The gap in time is harmful to companies — such as BIW and others — that will be paying into the state's program for several months even though they offer an equivalent benefit to their workers that ...
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BIW is building a workforce via apprenticeships, other initiatives
The apprenticeship program is just one of a slew of initiatives BIW has underway to attract and retain workers. The shipyard invested $11 million in recruiting new workers between 2016 and 2023 ...
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Maine’s Paid Family and Medical Leave act faces legal challenge from Chamber of Commerce, BIW
Maine's State Chamber of Commerce and shipbuilder Bath Iron Works have filed a suit challenging a provision in the state's ...
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Decades of tide changes: Investments help Bath Iron Works maintain its ...
Dirk Lesko, BIW's vice president of surface combatants, who'd been hired at BIW in 1990, says defense cuts spurred BIW's president at the time, the late Duane “Buzz” Fitzgerald, to make changes.