Indiana‘s workforce leader talks unemployment, the labor market and the minimum wage

Indiana’s unemployment rate inched down to 4% in September, but what does that actually mean? How many people are in the Indiana workforce? And why are so many companies struggling to find workers? Host Mason King talks with Fred Payne, commissioner of the Indiana Department of Workforce Development, about what the state is doing to help more Hoosiers find jobs and more companies find workers. Plus, King quizzes Payne about whether Indiana should join most of its neighbors in raising the minimum wage. The IBJ Podcast is brought to you by Taft.