Hogan (R) called it a first-in-the-nation effort to deal with a crushing nationwide labor shortage.
Facing a shortage of workers to build all of Maryland’s infrastructure, Gov. Larry Hogan announced a $15 million program to sweeten jobs on public projects.
The “Jobs that Build” grants will offer companies with state contracts $10,000 per worker to entice employees to stay on the job or start working on a state infrastructure project.The money is intended to directly benefit the workers and can be used for retention or hiring bonuses as well as training for workers to take on more complex jobs or to pay for transportation, housing or child care so they can get to work.
The term-limited governor leaves office in January, but said he “can’t imagine any circumstance” where his successor would not continue the program given the scope of potential delays on what he said was nearly every infrastructure project in the state. Hogan likened this worker-focused initiative to another first-in-the-country he launched earlier this year to recruit people into the state government workforce. In March, Hogan dropped a college-degree requirement
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