Massachusetts saw a 1.3% increase in employment from June to July, marking a year-over-year job growth of 7.8% since July 2020, according to a Friday report from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Westborough bulk retailer BJ’s Wholesale Club in Westborough reported a profit of $111 million for the company’s second quarter, according to a financial statement released on Thursday.
Much like the hospitality, manufacturing, retail, and construction industries right now, the social service nonprofit sector is facing a staffing shortage. Particularly for human services caregivers, the pay is low, the job is hard, and the coronavirus pandemic compounded an already strained situation.
Sloane M. Perron, an adjunct professor at Anna Maria College in Paxton, has joined the WBJ newsroom as a staff writer, primarily covering banking & finance.
Not that long ago, the nonprofit Legendary Legacies was little more than just a whiteboard idea from Co-founder Ron Waddell, at the time an employee of the Worcester Community Action Council.
Count Gov. Charlie Baker among those uninterested in reversing the state's decades-old ban on "happy hour" drink promotions, even if that position makes him, as he put it, "a stick in the mud."