130th MAINE LEGISLATURE
FIRST REGULAR SESSION-2021
Legislative Document No. 1047
H.P. 775 House of Representatives, March 10, 2021
An Act To Create an Alternate Minimum Wage Applicable to
Student Employees Who Are under 20 Years of Age and to
Employees Who Are under 18 Years of Age
Reference to the Committee on Labor and Housing suggested and ordered printed.
ROBERT B. HUNT
Clerk
Presented by Representative RUDNICKI of Fairfield.
Cosponsored by Representatives: COSTAIN of Plymouth, LYMAN of Livermore Falls,
MORRIS of Turner, NEWMAN of Belgrade, PICKETT of Dixfield, SAMPSON of Alfred.
Printed on recycled paper
 1 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:
2 Sec. 1. 26 MRSA §664, sub-§1-A is enacted to read:
3 1-A. Student and minor wage. Notwithstanding subsection 1, starting January 1,
4 2022 an employer may pay an employee who has not attained 20 years of age and is a
5 student at a secondary or postsecondary school and an employee who has not attained 18
6 years of age a minimum hourly wage of $9.75. On January 1, 2023 and each January 1st
7 thereafter, the minimum hourly wage then in effect under this subsection must be increased
8 by the increase, if any, in the cost of living. The increase in the cost of living must be
9 measured as described in subsection 1.
10 SUMMARY
11 This bill provides a minimum hourly wage of $9.75 starting January 1, 2022 for an
12 employee who has not attained 20 years of age and is a student at a secondary or
13 postsecondary school and an employee who has not attained 18 years of age. On January
14 1, 2023 and each January 1st thereafter, this minimum hourly wage must be increased by
15 the increase, if any, in the cost of living.
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