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LD 49 -- HP0024
Original Title: An Act to Exempt Contract Dance Instructors from the Unemployment Tax.
New Title An Act to Exempt Contract Dance Instructors and National Service Volunteers from the Unemployment Tax.
LD 60 -- HP0035
An Act to Provide for the Collection of Data Relating to the Risks from Exposure to Chemicals in the Workplace.
LD 66 -- HP0041
An Act to Prohibit an Employer from Hiring Replacement Workers During a Strike.
LD 75 -- HP0050
An Act to Provide that the Change in Calculation of Workers' Compensation Benefits to Include Fringe Benefits Does Not Apply Retroactively.
LD 86 -- HP0061
An Act to Clarify Eligibility for State Employee Health Insurance Program Benefits.
LD 96 -- HP0071
An Act to Exempt Seasonal Golf Course Employees from the Unemployment Compensation Laws.
LD 101 -- HP0076
An Act to Allow Public Safety Employees to Purchase Their Military Time for Retirement Purposes.
LD 113 -- HP0088
An Act to Prohibit the Employment of Professional Strikebreakers.
LD 136 -- HP0112
An Act to Require Workers' Compensation Hearings within 30 Days of a Request.
LD 138 -- HP0114
An Act to Amend the Maine Workers' Compensation Act of 1992 as It Relates to Worker Reinstatement Rights.
LD 147 -- HP0123
Original Title: An Act to Extend the Jurisdiction of the Maine Labor Relations Board to Public Employees Who Have Been Employed Fewer Than 6 Months.
New Title An Act to Extend the Jurisdiction of the Maine Labor Relations Board to Employees of Public Higher Education Institutions Who Have Been Employed Fewer Than 6 Months.
LD 163 -- SP0053
An Act to Shift from Small Business Owners to the Department of Labor the Responsibility for Providing the Department of Human Services with Information on New Employees.
LD 168 -- SP0058
An Act to Amend the Eligibility Requirements for Collecting Unemployment Benefits.
LD 173 -- HP0131
An Act to Provide Disclosure of the Bureau of Unemployment Compensation Records and Reports to Authorized Agents.
LD 177 -- HP0135
Original Title: An Act to Amend the Child Labor Laws to Prohibit Minors 14 Years of Age from Working in a Restaurant or Eating Place.
New Title An Act to Amend the Child Labor Laws as They Pertain to Employment of Minors 15 Years of Age.
LD 178 -- HP0136
An Act to Permit an Employer to Offer a Compressed Time Workweek to Consenting Employees.
LD 189 -- HP0146
An Act to Exempt Companies That Employ 5 People or Fewer from Carrying Workers' Compensation Insurance.
LD 196 -- HP0154
An Act to Require the State to Pay Medicare Costs for Retired State Employees and Retired Teachers.
LD 270 -- SP0090
An Act to Have Taxi Drivers Deemed as Independent Contractors.
LD 277 -- HP0213
An Act to Require the State to Pay the Full Insurance Premium for Retired Public School Teachers.
LD 298 -- HP0234
An Act to Establish the Administrative Operating Budget for the Maine State Retirement System for the Fiscal Year Ending June 30, 1998.
LD 300 -- HP0236
An Act to Prohibit an Employer from Hiring Replacement Workers during a Strike.
LD 321 -- HP0257
An Act to Amend the Maine Workers' Compensation Act of 1992 as It Relates to Compensation for Total Incapacity.
LD 329 -- HP0265
Resolve, Directing the Commissioner of Labor to Implement the Recommendations of the Commission to Study Poverty Among Working Parents with Regard to Pay Discrimination Based on Gender.
LD 332 -- HP0268
Original Title: Resolve, to Establish the Commission to Study the Unemployment Compensation System.
New Title Resolve, to Establish the Commission to Study the Unemployment Compensation System.
LD 336 -- HP0272
An Act Regarding Survivor Benefits in the Event of Divorce and Remarriage.
LD 346 -- HP0282
An Act to Exempt Retail Shoe Store Employees Who Are Paid on a Commission Basis from the Minimum Wage Laws BY REQUEST.
LD 347 -- HP0283
An Act to Require Overtime Pay for Employees of Large Agricultural Employers.
LD 355 -- HP0291
An Act to Further Define Disqualification for Unemployment Benefits.
LD 358 -- HP0294
An Act to Restore State Funding for Mediation Services Provided by the Maine Labor Relations Board.
LD 373 -- SP0094
Resolve, to Exempt Matthew Scott from Maine State Retirement System Restrictions on Income Earned as Deputy Commissioner of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife.
LD 389 -- SP0110
An Act to Exclude from the Definition of "Employment" Services Provided by Lessees of Taxicabs.
LD 402 -- SP0123
An Act to Amend the Family Medical Leave Laws.
LD 411 -- SP0132
An Act to Bring Certain State Retirement Laws into Compliance with Federal Laws.
LD 419 -- SP0140
An Act to Change the Weekly Employee Pay Requirement in State Law.
LD 452 -- HP0330
An Act to Protect the Rights of Employees Who Volunteer Their Time as Firefighters BY REQUEST.
LD 454 -- HP0332
An Act to Amend the Drug Testing Program Approval Laws.
LD 462 -- HP0340
An Act to Require Employers to Pay the Legal Fees of an Employee Who Wins a Workers' Compensation Case.
LD 568 -- HP0418
An Act to Implement the Recommendations of the Commission to Study Poverty Among Working Parents with Regard to Raising the Minimum Wage.
LD 577 -- HP0427
An Act Increasing the Number of Members of the Board of Trustees of the Maine State Retirement System.
LD 596 -- HP0446
An Act to Require the Department of Labor to Ensure That Housing Provided as an Incident of Employment by Agricultural Employers Meets Minimum Standards of Habitability.
LD 624 -- SP0196
An Act to Expand the Family Medical Leave Laws.
LD 625 -- SP0197
An Act to Clarify the Laws Governing the Calculation of Interest on Decrees under the Workers' Compensation Laws.
LD 630 -- HP0459
An Act to Create a Toll-free Number for Regional Unemployment Offices.
LD 632 -- HP0461
Resolve, Directing the Department of Public Safety to Study the Issue of a Retirement Program for Firefighters BY REQUEST.
LD 633 -- HP0462
An Act to Provide a Cost-of-living Adjustment to Minimum Wage Earners.
LD 659 -- HP0488
An Act to Authorize Members of the Maine State Retirement System to Combine Years of Service Under Different Plans.
LD 677 -- SP0218
An Act Regarding the Penalty for Failure to Allow a Terminated Employee to Review Certain Files.
LD 683 -- HP0492
An Act to Increase the Penalties for Violations of State Wage and Hour Laws.
LD 688 -- HP0497
An Act to Increase Maine's Minimum Wage.
LD 752 -- HP0561
An Act to Include in the Legislative and Judicial Retirement Systems the Same Provisions for Post-retirement Divorce That Are in the Maine State Retirement System.
LD 756 -- HP0565
An Act to Continue the Participating Local District Consolidated Plan Advisory Committee.
LD 765 -- HP0574
An Act to Prohibit the Use of Polygraph Tests by Employers in the Hiring Process.
LD 830 -- HP0605
Resolve, Directing the Workers' Compensation Board to Study the Effect on Injured Workers of Delayed Medical Treatment and Payment of Valid Claims by Insurance Companies.
LD 835 -- HP0610
Resolve, Instructing the Workers' Compensation Board to Study and Make Recommendations Regarding the Occupational Disease Law.
LD 840 -- HP0615
An Act to Have State Wage Laws Conform with the Federal Small Business Job Protection Act of 1996.
LD 870 -- SP0262
An Act to Protect Pension Benefits of Participating Local District Members.
LD 878 -- SP0270
An Act to Further Facilitate the Purchase of Service Credit in the Maine State Retirement System.
LD 879 -- SP0271
An Act to Establish Occupational Health and Safety Standards for Operators of Video Display Terminals.
LD 901 -- HP0648
Original Title: An Act to Allow Minors under 16 Years of Age to Work at Certain Commercial Places of Amusement.
New Title An Act to Allow Minors under 16 Years of Age to Work at Certain Commercial Places of Amusement.
LD 909 -- HP0656
An Act to Establish Mandatory Drug and Alcohol Testing of Emergency Vehicle Operators.
LD 979 -- HP0715
An Act to Allow Options within the Legislative Retirement System.
LD 988 -- HP0724
Original Title: An Act to Require the Maine State Retirement System to Release Part-time or Substitute Teachers and Coaches from Participation.
New Title An Act to Exclude Coaches from Participation in the Maine State Retirement System.
LD 999 -- HP0735
RESOLUTION, Proposing an Amendment to the Constitution of Maine to Establish a Contractual Obligation for Members of the Maine State Retirement System.
LD 1014 -- SP0306
An Act to Give State Employees the Option of Entering the Social Security System.
LD 1018 -- SP0309
An Act to Strengthen the Sanctions for Failure to Respond to an Employee's Request for Reason for Termination of Employment.
LD 1023 -- HP0746
An Act to Clarify the Definition of Total Incapacity for the Purpose of Workers' Compensation.
LD 1024 -- HP0747
An Act To Provide That Disability Benefits for Partial Incapacity Be Continued for the Full Duration of Disability.
LD 1027 -- HP0750
An Act to Permit Teachers to Transfer Retirement System Creditable Service Earned as a Teacher's Aide while Employed by a School and Covered by a Participating Local District.
LD 1100 -- HP0812
An Act to Amend the Laws Relating to Vesting in the Maine State Retirement System.
LD 1101 -- HP0813
An Act to Amend the Maine Workers' Compensation Act of 1992 as It Relates to Payment of Benefits Pending Appeal.
LD 1110 -- SP0332
An Act to Decrease the Threshold Amount Required for Receiving Unemployment.
LD 1127 -- HP0822
An Act to Change the Definition of Occupational Disease for Purposes of the Occupational Disease Law.
LD 1130 -- HP0825
An Act Restoring the Right to Sue to Workers Injured Due to Negligence.
LD 1131 -- HP0826
An Act Restoring the Right to Sue to Workers Injured Due to Gross Negligence.
LD 1140 -- HP0835
An Act to Clarify the Workers' Compensation Law Concerning Seasonal Agricultural Laborers.
LD 1180 -- HP0863
An Act to Amend the Workers' Compensation Law as It Pertains to Employer-selected Health Care Providers.
LD 1189 -- HP0872
An Act to Revise the Procedure to Appeal Nonacceptance into a Self-employment Assistance Program.
LD 1192 -- HP0875
An Act to Provide Adjustments to Accommodate Increases in the Cost of Living for Injured Workers.
LD 1193 -- HP0876
An Act to Permit a Suit Against an Employer Who Knowingly Places a Worker at Risk of Serious Bodily Injury or Death.
LD 1221 -- SP0362
An Act to Permit Whitewater Rafting Guides to Be Paid at a Daily Rather Than an Hourly Rate.
LD 1226 -- SP0367
An Act to Amend the Retirement System as it Pertains to Qualified Survivors.
LD 1244 -- HP0901
An Act to Clarify Part-time School Week for the Purpose of Enforcing Child Labor Laws in the State.
LD 1245 -- HP0902
An Act to Revise the Confidentiality Provisions of the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 26.
LD 1259 -- HP0916
Resolve, to Phase Out the Maine State Retirement System and Replace it with a System of Individual Retirement Accounts.
LD 1309 -- HP0946
An Act to Provide for the Interception of an Individual's Unemployment Compensation to Repay an Overissue of Food Stamp Coupons.
LD 1318 -- HP0955
An Act to Clarify the Doctrine of Res Judicata in Workers' Compensation Cases.
LD 1351 -- HP0971
An Act to Amend the Maine Workers' Compensation Act of 1992 Regarding Nonresident Employers.
LD 1370 -- HP0990
Resolve, to Create Pension Portability for State and Local Government.
LD 1383 -- SP0437
An Act to Provide Part-time State and Participating Local District Employees with the Option of Joining the Maine State Retirement System.
LD 1393 -- HP1001
An Act Amending the Compensation for Members of the Panel of Mediators.
LD 1406 -- HP1014
An Act to Clarify Laws Relating to Unemployment Compensation for Service with Nonprofit Organizations, Educational Institutions, State Government and Local Governments.
LD 1429 -- SP0455
An Act to Amend the Maine Apprenticeship Program.
LD 1448 -- HP1031
An Act to Provide for Binding Arbitration for County Employees with Respect to Monetary Issues.
LD 1456 -- HP1039
An Act to Increase the Maximum Benefit Levels Provided for Injured Workers.
LD 1457 -- HP1040
An Act to Extend the Period for Payment of Workers' Compensation Benefits.
LD 1472 -- SP0470
An Act to Modify the Work Search Requirements for Workers' Compensation Recipients.
LD 1474 -- SP0472
An Act to Provide for Limited Payment of Attorney's Fees for Injured Workers Who Prevail on Meritorious Claims.
LD 1477 -- SP0475
An Act to Require That Workers' Compensation Coverage Be Equitably Applied to the Timber Industry.
LD 1493 -- SP0485
An Act to Adopt an Orderly Procedure for Determining the End of Entitlement to Partial Workers' Compensation Benefits.
LD 1494 -- SP0486
An Act to Replace the Defined Benefit Retirement Plan for State and Other Public Employees with a Defined Contribution Plan.
LD 1497 -- SP0489
An Act to Amend the Benefits Received by Legislators.
LD 1498 -- HP1060
An Act to Require Step-pay Increases in Wages in Expired Collective Bargaining Agreements.
LD 1517 -- HP1080
An Act to Enhance the Collection of Unemployment Benefit Overpayments.
LD 1523 -- SP0491
An Act to Make the Workers' Compensation System More Equitable.
LD 1567 -- SP0505
An Act to Reinstate Limited Rehabilitation Benefits under the Maine Workers' Compensation Act of 1992 for Those with Long-term Disabilities.
LD 1578 -- HP1122
An Act to Protect Workers and Establish Labor Standards for "Workfare" Participants.
LD 1590 -- HP1134
Original Title: An Act to Provide Retirement Benefit Options for Fire Marshals and Motor Vehicle Investigators.
New Title An Act to Provide Retirement Benefit Options for Fire Marshals and Motor Vehicle Investigators.
LD 1606 -- HP1141
An Act to Amend the Laws Governing Severance Pay Obligations.
LD 1644 -- HP1167
An Act to Give the Director of the Bureau of Labor Standards Rule-making Authority for All Wage and Hour and Other Related Laws That the Bureau of Labor Standards Is Charged with Enforcing.
LD 1654 -- HP1177
Original Title: An Act to Extend Collective Bargaining Rights to Employees of Large Industrial Agricultural Operations.
New Title An Act to Extend Collective Bargaining Rights to Employees of Large Industrial Agricultural Operations.
LD 1661 -- SP0542
An Act to Implement the Recommendations of the Blue Ribbon Commission on Hunger and Food Security.
LD 1708 -- HP1208
Resolve, Establishing the Commission to Study the Issue of Discrimination against Veterans in Workers' Compensation Cases BY REQUEST.
LD 1709 -- HP1209
An Act Regarding Errors and Inconsistencies in the Maine Employment Security Law.
LD 1724 -- SP0567
An Act to Amend the Unemployment Insurance Laws.
LD 1734 -- HP1222
An Act to Remove the Disqualification for Unemployment Insurance Benefits for Claimants Who Are Locked Out by an Employer.
LD 1753 -- HP1236
An Act to Preserve the Solvency of the Unemployment Compensation Fund. (GOVERNOR'S BILL).
LD 1755 -- HP1238
Resolve, to Study the Efficiency of the State's Work Force Development Programs.
LD 1797 -- HP1271
An Act to Amend the Provisions of the Disability Retirement Laws Administered by the Maine State Retirement System.
LD 1815 -- SP0616
An Act to Enhance the State's Work Force Development System.
LD 1839 -- HP1294
An Act to Promote Temporary Service by Retired Public Employees.
LD 1843 -- HP1300
Resolve, Directing the Department of Labor to Transfer Appropriate Functions and Positions to the Office that Houses the Fort Kent Employment Security Office.
LD 1847 -- HP1304
An Act to Modify the Retirement Laws for the 38th Training Troop of the Maine State Police.
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