The following terms used in chapter 3 shall have the following meanings: 1. FACTORY. Factory means any premises where steam, water or other mechanical power is used in aid of any...

The person in charge of any workplace as defined in section 1 provided by the State, state agency, county, municipal corporation, school district, or other public corporation or political...

All information and reports recorded by the director or the director's authorized agents under this Title are confidential, and no names of individuals, firms or corporations may be used in any...

The District Court and the Superior Court shall have original jurisdiction of actions brought for the recovery of fines and penalties imposed by this Title, and of prosecutions for violations of...

No court nor any judge or judges of any court may issue a preliminary or permanent injunction in any case involving or growing out of a labor dispute except after hearing the testimony of...

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Employee organizations, unions and bargaining agents in the private sector engaged in collective bargaining with employers may negotiate on behalf of retired and retired disabled former employees...

The Bureau of Labor Standards within the Department of Labor, as established and referred to in this Title as the bureau, is maintained under the direction of an officer whose title is Director...

The bureau shall collect, assort and arrange statistical details relating to all departments of labor and industrial pursuits in the State; to trade unions and other labor organizations and their...

1. DEPARTMENT TO ESTABLISH PROGRAMS. The department shall establish and supervise programs for the education and training of employers, owners, employees, educators and students in the...

1. BUREAU TO FURNISH POSTER OR NOTICE. The bureau shall produce and furnish to employers posters or notices in printed form outlining state labor laws applicable to those employers and regulating:...

The director may furnish a written or printed list of interrogatories for the purpose of gathering such facts and statistics as are contemplated, to any person, or the proper officer of any...

The director as state factory inspector, and any authorized agent of the bureau, may enter any workplace as defined in section 1, provided by the State, state agency, county, municipal...

A representative of the employer and an authorized employee representative shall be given an opportunity to accompany the director or his authorized agent during the physical inspection of the...

If, upon inspection, the director or any authorized agent of the bureau finds that an employer has violated any rule or order promulgated pursuant to section 565, he shall immediately issue a...

Whoever, being duly summoned under section 43, willfully neglects or refuses to attend, or refuses to answer any question propounded to him concerning the subject of such examination as provided...

All state, county, city and town officers are directed to furnish the director, upon his request, such statistical or other information contemplated by sections 42 to 45 as shall be in their...

All reports to the Bureau of Labor Standards involving deaths, injuries and occupational diseases shall be available to the injured employee, his survivors or representatives upon written request...

A Superior Court in the county in which the imminent danger is alleged to exist shall have jurisdiction, upon petition of the director, to restrain any conditions or practices in any place of...

Any employee or a representative of an employee of the State, a state agency, county, municipal corporation, school district or other public corporation or political subdivision who believes that...

1. FORM; EFFECT. Upon the failure of an employer to pay the amount assessed for unpaid wages or severance pay pursuant to chapters 7 and 15, the director may file in the registry of deeds of any...

In addition to any penalties provided in chapter 7, subchapters I to IV, the director may assess a forfeiture against any employer, officer, agent or other person who violates any provision of...

1. FUND ESTABLISHED. To accomplish the objectives outlined in section 42-A, there is established in the State Treasury a special fund, known as the Safety Education and Training Fund. The safety...

1. ESTABLISHMENT OF FUND. There is established in the State Treasury a special fund known as the Occupational Safety Loan Fund, for the purposes of making loans and grants in accordance with...

The department may administer a statewide program to make low interest loans and to make grants to improve safety and promote healthful working conditions in factories, workshops and workplaces in...

1. APPLICATION OF CHAPTER. This chapter applies to all employers, employees and places of employment in the State except employees of the Federal Government. 2. CONSTRUCTION. Nothing in this...

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As used in this subchapter, unless the context otherwise indicates, the following terms have the following meanings. 1. BUREAU. Bureau means the Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor...

Every employer shall establish an education and training program for all operators as provided in this section. 1. REQUIREMENTS. An employer's education and training program must be provided...

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The Commissioner of Labor shall adopt rules in accordance with the Maine Administrative Procedure Act, Title 5, chapter 375, relating to sanitation on railroad property as it affects the safety...

This subchapter applies to locomotives and caboose cars and other rolling stock, including camp cars and any other work area in which sanitation is not governed by a federal agency or another...

For the purposes of this subchapter, the Commissioner of Labor or the commissioner's designee may, at any reasonable time and upon presentation of appropriate identification, enter and inspect a...

A person who violates any rule that is adopted by the commissioner under this subchapter shall be subject to a civil forfeiture not to exceed $ 1,000 for each violation. Each day of violation...

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As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise indicates, the following words shall have the following meanings. 1. APPROVED. Approved means as approved by the Board of Occupational...

The Board of Occupational Safety and Health as established by Title 5, section 12004-G, subsection 24, shall consist of 10 members of which 9 shall be appointed by the Governor. Of the 9 appointed...

The board shall formulate and adopt reasonable rules, pursuant to Title 5, chapter 375, subchapter II, for safe and healthful working conditions, including rules requiring the use of personal...

1. ADVISE AND PROPOSE STANDARDS. The board shall work with the Bureau of Public Improvements with respect to evaluation of indoor air quality and ventilation in public school buildings and...

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Any person aggrieved by an order or act of the director or of an inspector of the bureau or wishing to contest any citation or penalty issued under sections 45 and 46 may, within 15 working days...

The rules formulated under this chapter may supplement, but do not supersede, the rules adopted by the Board of Boiler Rules and the Board of Elevator and Tramway Safety, whose rulemaking...

Any affected employer may apply to the director for order for a variance from a standard promulgated under this chapter. Affected employees shall be given notice of each application and an...

It is declared the public policy of the State of Maine that all workers engaged in agricultural labor in the State shall be protected from hazards to their safety or health and that working...

To implement section 580 in workplaces provided by the State, state agency, county, municipal corporation, school district or other public corporation or political subdivision, the Occupational...

As used in this subchapter, unless the context otherwise indicates, the following terms have the following meanings. 1. AGRICULTURAL LABOR. Agricultural labor means agricultural labor as...

The bureau shall adopt rules for the protection of the health, safety and welfare of the agricultural laborers and their families who occupy housing provided, owned or controlled by their...

Actions to enforce this subchapter may be brought in accordance with this section. 1. CIVIL VIOLATION. An employer who violates this subchapter or the rules adopted under this subchapter...

This subchapter does not apply to a person who, in the ordinary course of that person's business, regularly provides housing to the general public on a commercial basis and who provides to any...

As used in this subchapter, unless the context otherwise indicates, the following terms have the following meanings: 1. EMPLOYEE. Employee means every person who may be permitted, required...

No employer may require any employee or accepted applicant for employment to bear the medical expense of an examination when that examination is ordered or required by the employer. No employer...

The occupier or manager of every textile factory shall post in every room where any employees work by piece rate, in legible writing or printing, and in sufficient numbers to be easily accessible...

It is unlawful for an employer to assess a fee or charge a prospective employee in any fashion for requesting, submitting, filing or completing an application for employment with that employer....

1. LEGISLATIVE FINDINGS. The Legislature finds that: A. The practice of receiving applicants for employment, conducting interviews of job applicants or performing medical examinations...

An employee who is temporarily laid off by an employer for over 6 weeks and who is placed on a recall or spare list by that employer for the purpose of being recalled to work shall have 7 days...

An employer or an agent of an employer may not require, as a condition of employment, that any employee or prospective employee refrain from using tobacco products outside the course of that...

An employer who discloses information about a former employee's job performance or work record to a prospective employer is presumed to be acting in good faith and, unless lack of good faith is...

1. DEFINITION. As used in this section, unless the context otherwise indicates, broadcasting industry contract means an employment contract between a person and a legal entity that owns one or...

In the absence of a collective bargaining agreement or other written employer-employee agreement providing otherwise, an employee, as defined in section 663, may be employed or permitted to work...

The following provisions govern the enforcement of this subchapter. 1. VIOLATION. Any employer who violates this subchapter commits a civil violation for which a forfeiture of not less than $...

1. DEFINITIONS. As used in this section, unless the context otherwise indicates, the following terms have the following meanings. A. Employer means all private and public employers,...

As used in this subchapter, unless the context indicates otherwise, the following terms have the following meanings. 1. EMPLOYMENT AGENCY. Employment agency means any person who conducts a...

1. PLACEMENT FEE. The placement fee charged to an applicant for employment by an employment agency shall not exceed the equivalent of the first full week's gross wages. This fee shall be in full...

This subchapter may not be construed to prevent a municipality from acting under its home rule authority granted by Title 30-A, section 3001 and by the Constitution of Maine, Article VIII, Part...

1. VIOLATION. Any employment agency which violates this subchapter commits a civil violation for which a forfeiture of not less than $ 100 nor more than $ 500 for each violation may be adjudged....

1. MINIMUM FREQUENCY. At regular intervals not to exceed 16 days, every employer must pay all wages earned by each employee. Each payment must include all wages earned to within 8 days of the...

Every employer shall keep a true record showing the date and amount paid to each employee pursuant to section 621-A. Every employer shall keep a daily record of the time worked by each such...

This section and sections 621-A and 622 do not apply to family members and salaried employees as defined in section 663, subsection 3, paragraphs J and K. Sections 621-A and 622 do not apply to an...

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Any person, firm or corporation engaged in any manufacturing or mechanical business may contract with adult or minor employees to give one week's notice of intention on such employee's part to...

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1. DEFINITIONS. As used in this section, unless the context otherwise indicates, the following words shall have the following meanings. A. Covered establishment means any industrial or...

Whoever violates any of the provisions of sections 621-A to 623 or section 626, 628, 629 or 629-B is subject to a forfeiture of not less than $ 100 nor more than $ 500 for each violation. Any...

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No assignment of wages is valid against any other person than the parties thereto, unless such assignment is recorded by the clerk in the office of the Secretary of State. No such assignment of...

An employer may not discriminate between employees in the same establishment on the basis of sex by paying wages to any employee in any occupation in this State at a rate less than the rate at...

No person, firm or corporation shall require or permit any person as a condition of securing or retaining employment to work without monetary compensation or when having an agreement, verbal,...

Whenever a person ceases to be employed because of the insolvency of his employer, if in claiming from the employer wages earned but not yet paid to him, the term wages earned shall include all...

1. APPLICATION. This section applies to health benefit plans which an employer provides or agrees to provide to his employees. It does not apply to employee health benefit plans separately...

An employer shall, upon written request of the affected employee, give that employee the written reasons for the termination of that person's employment. An employer who fails to satisfy this...

1. FUND ESTABLISHED. There is established a Maine Wage Assurance Fund to be used by the Bureau of Labor Standards within the Department of Labor for the purpose of assuring that all former...

1. WAGE STATEMENT. Every railroad corporation in the State shall furnish each employee of that corporation with a statement with every payment of wages, listing accrued total earnings and taxes to...

1. EMPLOYER'S DUTY. During a strike, an employer may not cancel any policy of group health insurance issued pursuant to Title 24-A, section 2804 until the employer has first notified insured...

1. DEFINITIONS. As used in this section, unless the context otherwise indicates, the following terms have the following meanings. A. Net amount means the amount of money due an employee...

It is the declared public policy of the State of Maine that workers employed in any occupation should receive wages sufficient to provide adequate maintenance and to protect their health, and to...

Terms used in this subchapter shall be construed as follows, unless a different meaning is clearly apparent from the language or context: 1. DIRECTOR. Director, the Director of the Bureau...

Except as otherwise provided in this subchapter, an employer may not employ any employee at a rate less than the rates required by this section. 1. MINIMUM WAGE. The minimum hourly wage is $...

1. EXAMINATION OF RECORDS, BOOKS; COPIES. Every employer subject to this subchapter shall keep a true and accurate record of the hours worked by each employee and of the wages paid, such records...

For any employment in which the minimum wage is applicable, the director may issue to any person physically handicapped by age, or otherwise, a special certificate authorizing the employment of...

For any occupation within the scope of this subchapter, the director may cause to be issued to an employer of any learner, or of an employee under an approved apprentice training program, a...

Every employer subject to this subchapter shall keep a summary of this subchapter, furnished by the director, without charge, posted in a conspicuous place, in or about the premises wherein any...

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Any employer shall be liable to the employee or employees for the amount of unpaid minimum wages. Upon a judgment being rendered in favor of any employee or employees, in any action brought to...

Any employer who violates this subchapter shall, upon conviction thereof, be punished by a fine of not less than $ 50 nor more than $ 200. Any employer, who discharges or in any other manner...

No employer shall by a special contract with an employee or by any other means exempt himself from this subchapter. ...

As used in this subchapter, unless the context otherwise indicates, the following terms have the following meanings. 1. APPLICANT. Applicant means any person seeking employment from an...

No employer may require, request or suggest that any employee or applicant submit to a substance abuse test except in compliance with this section. All actions taken under a substance abuse...

1. TESTING OF APPLICANTS. An employer may require, request or suggest that an applicant submit to a substance abuse test only if: A. The applicant has been offered employment with the...

Action taken by an employer on the basis of a substance abuse test is limited as provided in this section. 1. BEFORE RECEIPT OF TEST RESULTS. An employer may suspend an employee with full pay...

1. REVIEW REQUIRED. The Department of Labor shall review each written policy or change to an approved policy submitted to the department by an employer under section 683, subsection 2. A....

This section governs the enforcement of this subchapter. 1. REMEDIES. Any employer who violates this subchapter is liable to any employee subjected to discipline or discharge based on that...

The Department of Labor shall report to the joint standing committee of the Legislature having jurisdiction over labor matters on March 1, 1990, and annually on that date thereafter. This report...

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Every employer shall keep a time book or record for every minor under 18 years of age employed in any occupation, except the planting, cultivating or harvesting of field crops or other...

1. STRICT LIABILITY. An employer who violates either section 42-B or 702 is subject to the following forfeiture or civil penalty, payable to the State and recoverable in a civil action: A....

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A minor under 14 years of age may not be employed, permitted or suffered to work in, about or in connection with agriculture, except for the planting, cultivating or harvesting of field crops or...

A minor under 18 years of age may not be employed in any capacity that the director determines to be hazardous, dangerous to life or limbs, injurious to morals or when the minor's health would be...

A minor under 16 years of age may not be employed, permitted or suffered to work in, about or in connection with any manufacturing or mechanical establishment, hotel, rooming house, laundry,...

1. MINORS UNDER 18 YEARS OF AGE. A minor under 18 years of age, enrolled in school, may not be employed as follows: A. More than 50 hours in any week when school is not in session;...

1. WORK PERMIT AUTHORITY. A minor under 16 years of age may not be employed without a work permit signed by the superintendent of schools of the school administrative unit in which the minor...

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The blank work permit required by section 775 must be formulated by the director and furnished by the director to the persons authorized to sign work permits. The forms of the permits must be...

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Any record of age, as provided under section 775 to determine whether or not a work permit may be issued to any child, shall be received as evidence of the age of such child in any prosecution...

A work permit in regular form signed by a duly authorized officer, for all minors under 16 years of age, is conclusive evidence of age and educational attainment, in behalf of the employer of any...

Whoever, having any child under his control as parent, guardian, custodian or otherwise, permits or suffers such child to be employed or to work in violation of any of the provisions of this...

Whoever, being authorized to issue a work permit, knowingly fails to perform the duties of his office as required by this subchapter shall be punished by a fine of not less than $ 25 nor more than...

Whoever, being authorized to sign the work permit, or whoever, signing any certified copy of a town clerk's record of birth, or certified copy of a child's baptismal record or a physician's...

The Director of the Bureau of Labor Standards may adopt rules pursuant to Title 5, chapter 375, subchapter II that are consistent with this subchapter and considered appropriate or necessary for...

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As used in this subchapter, unless the context otherwise indicates, the following terms have the following meanings. 1. COMMISSION. Commission means the Maine Human Rights Commission...

In addition to employer responsibilities set forth in rules adopted under Title 5, section 4572, all employers shall act to ensure a workplace free of sexual harassment by implementing the...

1. INTENT. The intent of this subchapter is to minimize the disruption to the lives of persons performing service in the National Guard or the Reserves of the United States Armed Forces as well as...

1. BENEFITS ACCRUAL. Absence for military training as described in section 811 does not affect the employee's right to receive normal vacation, sick leave, bonus, advancement and other advantages...

1. ACTION AUTHORIZED. If any employer fails to comply with any of the provisions of sections 811 and 812, the Attorney General, Judge Advocates of the Maine National Guard or employee may bring a...

Any person, except a person covered under Title 20-A, section 13602, employed in a position other than a temporary position shall be granted a leave of absence to fulfill the duties of a...

This subchapter is not applicable if the employer employs 5 or fewer persons immediately prior to the first day of the leave of absence. ...

An employee who fails to provide the notice to his employer required by section 821 waives any rights to a leave of absence provided by this subchapter. ...

1. REQUEST. An employer who feels that granting the leave of absence required by this subchapter will cause unreasonable hardship for his business may appeal for relief by a written notice of...

As used in this subchapter, unless the context indicates otherwise, the following terms have the following meanings. 1. EMPLOYEE. Employee means a person who performs a service for wages or...

1. DISCRIMINATION PROHIBITED. No employer may discharge, threaten or otherwise discriminate against an employee regarding the employee's compensation, terms, conditions, location or privileges of...

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An employee who alleges a violation of that employee's rights under section 833, and who has complied with the requirements of section 833, subsection 2, may bring a complaint before the Maine...

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A person who violates section 839 is liable for a civil fine of $ 10 for each day of willful violation which shall not be suspended. Any civil fine imposed under this section shall be submitted to...

This subchapter shall not be construed to diminish or impair the rights of a person under any collective bargaining agreement. ...

1. NOTICE PROVIDED; POSTING. The Department of Labor shall provide each employer in the State with a notice as provided in this section. Each employer shall prominently post the notice in the...

Nothing in this section may be construed to derogate any common-law rights of an employee. ...

A trust of real or personal property, or real and personal property combined, created by an employer as part of a stock bonus, pension, disability, death benefit or profit sharing plan for the...

As used in this subchapter, unless the context otherwise indicates, the following terms have the following meanings. 1. EMPLOYEE. Employee means any person who may be permitted, required or...

1. FAMILY MEDICAL LEAVE ENTITLEMENT. Every employee who has been employed by the same employer for 12 consecutive months is entitled to up to 10 consecutive work weeks of family medical leave in...

1. RESTORATION. Any employee who exercises the right to family medical leave under this subchapter, upon expiration of the leave, is entitled to be restored by the employer to the position held by...

1. BENEFIT ACCRUAL. The taking of family medical leave under this subchapter shall not result in the loss of any employee benefit accrued before the date on which the leave commenced. 2....

1. UNLAWFUL INTERFERENCE OR DENIAL OF RIGHTS. The employer may not interfere with, restrain or deny the exercise of or the attempt to exercise any right provided by this subchapter. 2....

A civil action may be brought in the appropriate court by an employee against any employer to enforce this subchapter. The court may enjoin any act or practice that violates or may violate this...

1. REQUIRED LEAVE. An employer must grant reasonable and necessary leave from work, with or without pay, for an employee to: A. Prepare for and attend court proceedings; B. Receive...

It is declared to be the policy of the State, in the exercise of its police power for the protection of the public safety and for the maintenance of peace and good order and for the promotion of...

No person, partnership, union, agency, firm or corporation or officer, employee or agent thereof shall recruit, procure, supply or refer any person for employment who customarily and repeatedly...

No person who customarily and repeatedly offers himself for employment in place of employees involved in a labor, strike or lockout shall take or offer to take the place of employment of any...

It shall be prima facie evidence that a person customarily and repeatedly offers himself for employment in place of employees involved in a labor, strike or lockout, if such person shall have 2...

Any person, partnership, union, agency, firm or corporation or any officer, employee or agent thereof, who or which shall willfully and knowingly violate any provision of this subchapter, for each...

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It is declared to be the policy of the State to provide full and adequate facilities for the settlement of disputes between employers and employees or their representatives and other disputes...

The State Board of Arbitration and Conciliation, in this subchapter called the board, consists of 3 members appointed by the Governor from time to time upon the expiration of the terms of the...

The parties may agree to have any controversy that could be handled by the board under this subchapter directed to the board member selected to represent the public interests of the State or to...

The chairman of the board or his alternate may administer oaths and require by subpoena the attendance and testimony of witnesses, the production of books, records and other evidence relative or...

Except in cases in which the public welfare is involved, a minimum of 3 working days' notice shall be required before the board will convene. When the board has taken jurisdiction of a case...

In cases of controversy, where conciliation, mediation or arbitration is refused by one of the parties or the board has deemed that those processes have been or will be ineffective, either party...

If the case cannot be settled through the process of conciliation, the interested parties may jointly submit the case to arbitration by filing an arbitration application with the Executive...

The board may hear grievance arbitration matters referred to it pursuant to a collective bargaining agreement. It may hear any labor dispute jointly referred to it for resolution by arbitration by...

If any employer, during the continuance of a strike among his employees, or during the continuance of a lockout or other labor trouble among his employees, publicly advertises in newspapers, or by...

If any action or proceeding be brought in any court upon any issue or controversy referable to arbitration under a written provision in any collective bargaining contract or under an agreement in...

A party aggrieved by the alleged failure, neglect or refusal of another to arbitrate in accordance with any agreement embraced within section 951 may institute proceedings in the Superior Court....

If in the agreement provision is made for a method of naming or appointing an arbitrator or arbitrators or an umpire, such method shall be followed; but if no method is provided therein, or if a...

Any application to the court under this subchapter shall be made and heard in the manner provided by law for the making and hearing of motions, except as otherwise expressly provided. ...

In any of the following cases the Superior Court in and for the county wherein the award was made may make an order vacating the award upon the application of any party to the arbitration: 1....

The Superior Court in and for the county wherein the award was made may make an order modifying or correcting the award upon the application of any party to the arbitration where there was an...

This subchapter shall not apply to any provision or agreement relative to arbitration contained in a collective bargaining contract entered into prior to August 28, 1957, or after October 6, 1967,...

It is declared to be the public policy of this State and it is the purpose of this chapter to promote the improvement of the relationship between public employers and their employees by providing...

As used in this chapter the following terms shall, unless the context requires a different interpretation, have the following meanings. 1. BOARD. Board means the Maine Labor Relations Board...

No one shall directly or indirectly interfere with, intimidate, restrain, coerce or discriminate against public employees or a group of public employees in the free exercise of their rights,...

1. PUBLIC EMPLOYER PROHIBITIONS. Public employers, their representatives and their agents are prohibited from: A. Interfering with, restraining or coercing employees in the exercise of...

If a contract between a public employer and a bargaining agent expires prior to the parties' agreement on a new contract, the grievance arbitration provisions of the expired contract pertaining to...

1. NEGOTIATIONS. It shall be the obligation of the public employer and the bargaining agent to bargain collectively. Collective bargaining means, for the purposes of this chapter, their mutual...

1. BARGAINING UNIT STANDARDS. In the event of a dispute between the public employer and an employee or employees as to the appropriateness of a unit for purposes of collective bargaining or...

1. VOLUNTARY RECOGNITION. Any public employee organization may file a request with a public employer alleging that a majority of the public employees in an appropriate bargaining unit wish to be...

1. MAINE LABOR RELATIONS BOARD. The Maine Labor Relations Board, established by Title 5, section 12004-B, subsection 2, consists of 3 members and 6 alternates appointed by the Governor, subject to...

A collective bargaining agreement between a public employer and a bargaining agent may provide for binding arbitration as the final step of a grievance procedure, but the only grievances which may...

In any judicial proceeding brought under this chapter or to enforce any of the rights guaranteed by this chapter, any unincorporated employee organization may sue or be sued in the name by which...

Either party may seek a review by the Superior Court of a binding determination by an arbitration panel. For interest arbitrations, the review must be sought in accordance with the Maine Rules of...

If any clause, sentence, paragraph or part of this chapter for any reason be adjudged by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, such judgment shall not affect, impair or invalidate the...

Either party to negotiations may publicize the parties' written initial collective bargaining proposals. No proposal may be publicized until 10 days after both parties have made their initial...

As used in this chapter the following terms shall, unless the context requires a different interpretation, have the following meanings. 1. BARGAINING AGENT. Bargaining agent means any...

A person may not directly or indirectly interfere with, intimidate, restrain, coerce or discriminate against state or legislative employees or a group of employees in the free exercise of their...

1. PUBLIC EMPLOYER PROHIBITIONS. The public employer, its representatives and agents are prohibited from: A. Interfering with, restraining or coercing employees in the exercise of the...

1. NEGOTIATIONS. On and after January 1, 1975, it shall be the obligation of the public employer and the bargaining agent to bargain collectively. Collective bargaining means, for the purpose of...

1. In the event of a dispute between the public employer and an employee or employees as to the appropriateness of a unit for purposes of collective bargaining or between the public employer and...

1. VOLUNTARY RECOGNITION. Any state employee organization may file a request with the public employer alleging that a majority of the state employees is an appropriate bargaining unit wish to be...

1. RULE-MAKING PROCEDURE. Proceedings conducted under this chapter are subject to the rules and procedures of the board promulgated under section 968, subsection 3. 2. REVIEW OF...

1. The board is empowered, as provided, to prevent any person, the public employer, any state employee, any legislative employee, any employee organization or any bargaining agent from engaging in...

1. Hearings conducted by the board shall be informal and the rules of evidence prevailing in judicial proceedings shall not be binding. Any and all documentary evidence and other evidence deemed...

An agreement between a bargaining agent and the public employer may provide for binding arbitration as the final step of a grievance procedure, provided that any such grievance procedure shall be...

1. Either party may seek a review by the Superior Court of a binding determination by an arbitration panel. Such review shall be sought in accordance with Rule 80B of the Maine Rules of Civil...

1. If any clause, sentence, paragraph or part of this chapter, or the application thereof to any person or circumstances, shall, for any reason, be adjudged by a court of competent jurisdiction to...

The name of the Public Employees Labor Relations Board is changed to the Maine Labor Relations Board. Whenever the name Public Employees Labor Relations Board appears in law, it shall be construed...

1. OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES. No officer or employee of the Bureau of Employee Relations may be an employee or officer of the Bureau of Human Resources. No officer or employee of the Bureau of Human...

If a contract between a public employer and a bargaining agent expires prior to the parties' agreement on a new contract, the grievance arbitration provisions of the expired contract pertaining to...

This section governs limited-period positions created for former regular employees of the State who are receiving workers' compensation payments from the State when creation of the positions will...

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It is declared to be the public policy of this State and it is the purpose of this chapter to promote the improvement of the relationship between public employers and their employees by providing...

As used in this chapter, the following terms shall, unless the context requires a different interpretation, have the following meanings. 1. REPEALED. Laws 1975, c. 671, § 2, eff. Oct. 1,...

No one may directly or indirectly interfere with, intimidate, restrain, coerce or discriminate against university, academy or technical college employees or a group of university, academy or...

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1. LEGISLATIVE INTENT. It is the express legislative intent that, in order to foster meaningful collective bargaining, units shall be structured in such a way as to avoid excessive fragmentation...

1. VOLUNTARY RECOGNITION. Any employee organization may file a request with the university, academy or technical colleges alleging that a majority of the university, academy or technical college...

1. NEGOTIATIONS. It is the obligation of the university, academy, technical college or state schools for practical nursing and the bargaining agent to bargain collectively. Collective bargaining...

1. UNIVERSITY, ACADEMY AND TECHNICAL COLLEGES; PROHIBITIONS. The university, its representatives and agents, the academy, its representatives and agents and the technical colleges, their...