Legislative Document No. 402 H.P. 311 House of Representatives, January 29, 2019
An Act To Restore Overtime Protections for Maine Workers
Reference to the Committee on Labor and Housing suggested and ordered printed.
ROBERT B. HUNT Clerk
Presented by Representative TIPPING of Orono. Cosponsored by Senator BELLOWS of Kennebec and Representatives: COLLINGS of Portland, CUDDY of Winterport, DUNPHY of Old Town, MASTRACCIO of Sanford, RYKERSON of Kittery, SYLVESTER of Portland, Senators: President JACKSON of Aroostook, LIBBY of Androscoggin.
Printed on recycled paper 1 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:
2 Sec. 1. 26 MRSA §663, sub-§3, ¶K, as amended by PL 2009, c. 529, §2, is 3 further amended to read: 4 K. A salaried employee who works in a bona fide executive, administrative or 5 professional capacity and whose regular compensation, when converted to an annual 6 rate, meets or exceeds 3000 times the State's minimum hourly wage or the rate 7 established in this paragraph or the annualized rate established by the United States 8 Department of Labor under the federal Fair Labor Standards Act, whichever is 9 higher. Beginning October 1, 2019, the rate is $33,000; beginning January 1, 2020, 10 the rate is $40,408; beginning January 1, 2021, the rate is $47,816; and beginning 11 January 1, 2022, the rate is $55,224. On January 1, 2023, and each year thereafter, 12 the rate must be increased by the percentage annual increase, if any, in the 2nd 13 quartile of usual weekly earnings for employed full-time wage and salary workers as 14 published by the United States Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, or its 15 successor agency, with the amount of the rate increase rounded to the nearest dollar; 16 and
17 SUMMARY 18 This bill annually raises the minimum salary that an employee who works in an 19 executive, administrative or professional capacity must earn in order for that employee to 20 be exempt from the laws governing the minimum wage and overtime pay until it is 21 $55,224 on January 1, 2022. The bill provides for an annual adjustment, beginning 22 January 1, 2023, based on the percentage annual increase in certain earnings as published 23 by the United States Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics.
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