With the new federal overtime pay rule set to take effect Dec. 1, Central Massachusetts businesses are educating themselves, planning changes – and offering opinions.
The Greater Worcester Community Foundation has announced the 13 organizations that received $183,500 in grants from the Fallon/OrNda Community Health Fund.
The Worcester County Horticultural Society has hired Suzanne Maas to serve as the interim CEO of the Boylston-based nonprofit that operates out of the Tower Hill Botanic Garden.
More than half a million people in Massachusetts are employed by nonprofit organizations, representing the sixth largest state nonprofit sector in the nation.
Butler-Dearden has continued a consistent rate of growth despite the influx of new competition from non-traditional sources, such as Amazon and Staples.
A study has found that nearly 60 percent of nonprofits plan to hire in 2016, which is not only up from 2015 but exceeds the 36 percent of private companies that are planning to hire.