Entries by Carolyn Dingee

MITC for Staff and Clients!

MITC started as a telephone timekeeping company in 1990. Over the last 33 years, we have worked closely with thousands of human services providers, and understand the unique needs of agencies. We have grown our software and services to meet a wide range of needs for providers. In 2017, we rebranded to Agency Workforce Management […]

Women Take the Workforce by Storm

The Wall Street Journal reports that women are staging a return to the workforce, especially in the service sector that has been struggling with a labor shortage. This is potentially good news for human service agencies! Why the Change? Prior to the pandemic, women edged higher than men on US payrolls, but the pandemic sent […]

These States are Raising Minimum Wages in 2023

About half of all states are expected to implement a higher minimum wage in 2023. A total of 26 states have announced that higher minimum wages will be introduced during 2023, with one more state likely to see an adjustment in July. Meanwhile, 23 states and Washington, D.C., will implement higher minimum wages on Jan. […]

The 2022 MITC DSP Winner

MITC has awarded a total of $5,000 to Direct Support Professionals (DSPs) who stand out and go above and beyond to provide exemplary service. MITC values the hard work put forth by DSPs everyday, and is hoping to show our appreciation through these prizes! After receiving 500+ nominations from hundreds of agencies, the 2022 winners of the […]

Rising Layoffs Provide Opportunity for Providers

Reprinted from Open Minds 9/8/2022 In health care, digital health companies have been hard hit over the past few months.  In fact, Digital Health Business & Technology recently reported that since June 1 of this year, 17 major health care-related companies have let go of a significant number of workers. In fact, the layoffs seem to be […]

3 Providers Win $600 for Best myMITC Landing Page

We know employees must go to the landing page to clock-in/out, complete documentation, access Client Profiles, request PTO, check schedules and more. Your landing page should be updated regularly to communicate your message to your employees. Engaged employees are better employees! MITC has awarded $600.00 in prizes to the customers with the best designed myMITC […]

Hiring and Labor Market Update

A lot of information has been published recently on the latest state of the labor market and hiring. Here are the highlights as it relate to agencies 428,000 jobs were added in April, marking the 12th straight month of gains exceeding 400,000 (Labor Department). Lower wage employers dominated the hiring market (Restaurants, hotels, leisure and […]