Legislative Document No. 802 H.P. 590 House of Representatives, February 12, 2019
An Act To Recruit and Retain Corrections Support Staff
Reference to the Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety suggested and ordered printed.
ROBERT B. HUNT Clerk
Presented by Representative WARREN of Hallowell. Cosponsored by Senator BELLOWS of Kennebec and Representatives: BEEBE-CENTER of Rockland, RECKITT of South Portland, TALBOT ROSS of Portland, Senator: ROSEN of Hancock.
Printed on recycled paper 1 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:
2 Sec. 1. Wage increase for support workers in Department of Corrections. 3 Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, beginning October 1, 2019, staff in support, 4 maintenance and other nonsupervisory positions, but not including guards, in correctional 5 facilities maintained by the Department of Corrections must be given a $2 per hour 6 increase in their wages in effect on September 30, 2019.
7 SUMMARY 8 This bill requires staff in support, maintenance and other nonsupervisory positions, 9 but not including guards, in correctional facilities maintained by the Department of 10 Corrections to be given a $2 per hour increase in their wages. In 2016, guards in the 11 department were given a $2 per hour wage increase but other employees in the 12 correctional facilities were not.
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