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Maine Increases Minimum Wage for 2024

As we head towards the end of 2023, it is time to begin preparing our businesses (and ourselves) for what is to come in 2024. Employers must know any new local legislative compliance challenges that are ahead. One of the changes that Maine businesses need to be aware of is

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What is the best payroll company in Maine?

What is the best payroll company in Maine? When businesses are looking at outsourcing their payroll and HR needs, there are many Maine-based payroll companies that they may choose from.  At Paper Trails, it is our priority to provide you with all of the necessary information to make the best

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what is Employment Tax Increment Financing (ETIF)

What is the Employment Tax Increment Financing Credit?

There are many headaches that come with operating a business.  Hiring and labor costs are right at the top of this list.  Fortunately, there are many lesser known state programs that business can take advantage of to assist them in offsetting some business costs.  One of these lesser known Maine

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Maine’s Retirement Savings Program

On June 24, 2021, Maine’s government signed An Act to Promote Individual Retirement Savings through a Public-Private Partnership into law. Created to help against the growing retirement crisis in Maine and across the United States, this act makes Maine the latest state to require certain employers to either provide an

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Temporary Foreign Workers: H-2B and J-1’s

Maine is one of many states that relies heavily on the influx of temporary foreign workers during the tourist season. These workers help staff seasonal businesses such as restaurants, hotels, fisheries, landscapers and more. Foreigners can apply for different types of visas to enter and work in the United States

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