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Mass. employment rate continues to grow, while unemployment holds stable

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.

BJ’s Wholesale profits rise to $111M in second quarter

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.

🔒Editorial: Fight the workforce shortage with pay increases, training, promotion and engagement

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.
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Live events and Murphy’s Law: if it can go wrong, it will!

Who invited Murphy anyway? Events are an essential part of doing business as well as a key fundraising...

Nominations for Outstanding Women in Business close Friday

WBJ is soliciting nominations for its 13th annual Outstanding Women In Business Awards program.

Anna Maria professor joins WBJ to lead banking & finance reporting

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.

🔒Editorial: The rise of a young nonprofit

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.
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🔒Movers & Shakers for July 26, 2021

People are on the move at St. Mary's Credit Union, Thrive Support & Advocacy and more.

Ban on happy hour here to stay, says Baker

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."
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