Economy

The Worcester School Committee filed a petition on Friday for the appointment of a mediator from the Massachusetts Department of Labor Relations to help reach a contract settlement between the school committee and the teachers’ union for the Worcester Public Schools, the Educational Association of Worcester.

The Massachusetts Department of Revenue revealed Wednesday preliminary tax revenue collections for April were $4.782 billion, which is $2.162 billion, or 31.2%, below collections from April 2022.

A delegation of Community Healthlink workers who were affected by the closures of three substance abuse programs...

After months of growing unemployment across Central Massachusetts communities, rates decreased in all three of the region’s metropolitan areas tracked by the state between February and March.

After a state inspection of three Community Healthlink substance abuse programs led to their suspension and a halt of new admissions, 80 layoffs are anticipated and the Worcester organization’s president is leaving her role.

The unemployment rate in Massachusetts in March fell to 3.5%, according to the Executive Office of Labor...

Sean Donohoe was looking for something else. Something new. He’d spent roughly 20 years in corporate sales, selling telecommunications to midsize and large businesses, and it had burnt him out.

To cover for COVID-related staff shortages, hospitals are over-reliant on travel nurses, who are paid significantly more than staff.

The North Atlantic States Regional Council of Carpenters Local 336 has accused Lawrence-based demolitions contractor AM Enterprises Corp. of wage theft, insurance fraud, and tax fraud.

The average compensation for an employee on the City of Worcester’s payroll was $61,129 in 2022, which marked the first time the figure surpassed $60,000. The average pay is up 13% since 2015.