APPROVED CHAPTER
MAY 8, 2023 52
BY GOVERNOR PUBLIC LAW
STATE OF MAINE
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IN THE YEAR OF OUR LORD
TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-THREE
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H.P. 16 - L.D. 12
An Act to Amend the Laws Governing Severance Pay to Cover More Types
of Employers and Include More Workers
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:
Sec. 1. 26 MRSA §625-B, sub-§1, ¶A, as amended by PL 2015, c. 417, §1, is
further amended to read:
A. "Covered establishment" means any industrial or commercial facility or part thereof
that employs or has employed at any time in the preceding 12-month period 100 or
more persons.
Sec. 2. 26 MRSA §625-B, sub-§1, ¶A-1, as enacted by PL 2015, c. 417, §1, is
amended to read:
A-1. "Closing" means the permanent shutdown of industrial or commercial operations
at a covered establishment. A closing may occur due to relocation, or termination or
consolidation of the employer's business.
Sec. 3. 26 MRSA §625-B, sub-§1, ¶F, as enacted by PL 1979, c. 663, §157, is
amended to read:
F. "Relocation" means the removal of all or substantially all of industrial or
commercial operations in a covered establishment to a new location, within or without
the State of Maine, 100 or more miles distant from its original location.
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Statutes affected:
Bill Text LD 12, HP 16: 26.625
Bill Text ACTPUB , Chapter 52: 26.625