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LD 14 -- SP0017
An Act to Protect Pensions of Teachers and Public Employees in a Fashion Consistent with Federal ERISA Standards.
LD 15 -- SP0019
An Act to Exempt Owners of Amusement Parks from Paying Overtime (BY REQUEST).
LD 23 -- HP0013
An Act to Increase Health Insurance Benefits for Retired Educators.
LD 41 -- HP0032
An Act to Establish the Administrative Operating Budget for the Maine State Retirement System for the Fiscal Year Ending June 30, 2000.
LD 47 -- SP0037
An Act Pertaining to Health Concerns in the Sale of Certain Personal Garments.
LD 74 -- HP0061
An Act to Provide Equitable Benefits to Teacher Assistants.
LD 118 -- SP0047
An Act to Exclude Claims for Intentional Criminal Acts from the Application of the Workers' Compensation Act of 1992.
LD 136 -- HP0105
An Act to Forbid Hiring Replacement Workers during a Strike.
LD 156 -- HP0125
An Act to Amend the Laws Regarding the Maine Jobs Council.
LD 159 -- HP0128
An Act to Allow the Bureau of Labor Standards to Better Secure Payment of Unpaid Wages and Severance Pay for Workers.
LD 225 -- HP0163
An Act to Amend the Maine Workers' Compensation Act of 1992 as it Relates to Compensation for Amputation of a Body Part.
LD 261 -- HP0183
Original Title: Resolve, to Direct the Department of Labor to Set Up and Operate Employment Offices in the 16 Counties of the State.
New Title Resolve, to Direct the Department of Labor to Determine the Cost of Providing Toll-free Telephone Access to All Mainers to Apply for Unemployment Compensation Benefits.
LD 267 -- HP0189
Original Title: An Act to Amend the Laws Relative to Vesting in the Maine State Retirement System.
New Title An Act to Amend the Laws Relative to Vesting in the Maine State Retirement System and to Protect Retirement Benefits Once the Right to those Benefits has Attached.
LD 277 -- HP0199
An Act to Prohibit the Employment of Minors in Places Providing Nude Entertainment.
LD 284 -- HP0206
An Act to Increase the Number of Members of the Board of Trustees of the Maine State Retirement System.
LD 290 -- HP0212
An Act Regarding Survivor Benefits in the Event of Divorce.
LD 292 -- HP0214
An Act to Enhance the Payment Options for Certain Employers.
LD 302 -- HP0224
An Act to Repeal the Prevailing Wage.
LD 330 -- SP0133
An Act to Prohibit the Replacement of Striking Workers.
LD 339 -- HP0235
Original Title: An Act to Treat All Employees Equitably with Respect to Leaves of Absence for Legislative Service.
New Title An Act to Amend the Law Regarding Leaves of Absence for Legislative Service.
LD 349 -- HP0245
An Act to Require the State to Pay Medicare Costs for Retired State Employees and Retired Teachers.
LD 357 -- HP0253
An Act Raising the Minimum Wage.
LD 375 -- SP0139
An Act to Amend the Obligations of Direct Reimbursement Employers.
LD 380 -- HP0272
An Act to Repeal Certain Changes Made to State Employee and Teacher Retirement Benefits.
LD 400 -- HP0292
An Act to Exempt Volunteer Fire Departments from Health and Safety Laws.
LD 423 -- HP0307
An Act to Provide an Option for Employers to Pay Employees Biweekly.
LD 427 -- HP0311
An Act to Raise the Minimum Wage.
LD 459 -- HP0343
An Act to Ensure Equity in the Competitive Bidding Process for Construction Projects Supported by Public Funds.
LD 476 -- SP0156
An Act to Prohibit the Negotiation of Severance Pay Lower than the State Minimum.
LD 506 -- SP0169
An Act to Extend the Department of Labor Contribution Rate Table.
LD 555 -- HP0413
Resolve, to Require the Department of Labor to Establish a Living Wage.
LD 566 -- HP0424
Resolution, Proposing an Amendment to the Constitution of Maine to Establish a Contractual Obligation for Members of the Maine State Retirement System.
LD 574 -- HP0432
An Act to Repeal the Chemical Substance Identification Law.
LD 584 -- SP0195
An Act to Eliminate the Requirement for an Independent Medical Examination under Certain Circumstances.
LD 586 -- SP0197
An Act to Abolish Apportionment in Workers' Compensation Claims.
LD 646 -- SP0224
An Act to Reform the Unemployment Compensation System.
LD 670 -- SP0248
An Act to Require That Workers' Compensation Coverage Be Equitibly Applied to the Timber Industry.
LD 702 -- HP0495
An Act to Revise the Fact-finding Process under the Public Employees Labor Relations Laws.
LD 762 -- SP0269
Original Title: An Act to Eliminate the Requirement That the Employment Rehabilitation Fund Reimburse Employers and Insurers for Benefits Paid pursuant to the Benefits Adjustments.
New Title An Act to Amend the Requirement that the Employment Rehabilitation Fund Reimburse Employers and Insurers for Benefits Paid pursuant to the Benefits Adjustments.
LD 776 -- HP0555
An Act to Amend the Workers' Compensation Law as It Pertains to Employer-selected Health Care Providers.
LD 778 -- HP0557
An Act to Require Insurance Companies to Pay Workers' Compensation Benefits until a Hearing is Called if Contesting Payments.
LD 785 -- HP0564
An Act to Restore State Funding for Mediation Services Provided by the Maine Labor Relations Board.
LD 787 -- HP0566
An Act to Amend the Membership of the Commission on Safety and Health in the Maine Workplace.
LD 796 -- SP0278
An Act to Require Employees to be Paid at Least Once Every 2 Weeks.
LD 806 -- SP0288
An Act to Provide Adjustments to Accommodate Increases in the Cost of Living for Injured Workers.
LD 810 -- SP0292
An Act to Encourage Responsible Employment Practices.
LD 821 -- HP0581
Resolve, to Amend the Qualifications for Participation in the Governor's Training Initiative Program.
LD 829 -- HP0589
An Act to Increase the State's Contribution for the Cost of Health Insurance Premiums for Retired Educators.
LD 835 -- HP0595
Resolve, Establishing a Commission to Study the Interrelationship Among the Maine State Retirement System, Social Security and Tax-advantaged Accounts.
LD 838 -- HP0598
Original Title: An Act to Provide a Paralegal Assistant to Each Workers' Compensation Advocate.
New Title An Act to Provide Paralegal Assistants to the Workers' Compensation Advocate Program and an Auditor to the Monitoring, Auditing and Enforcement Program.
LD 840 -- HP0600
An Act to Provide Binding Arbitration for Police Departments, Sheriff Departments and Professional Fire Departments.
LD 847 -- HP0607
An Act to Reduce State Employee and Teacher Contributions to the Maine State Retirement System.
LD 880 -- HP0630
An Act to Extend the Jurisdiction of the Maine Labor Relations Board to Employees of Public Higher Education Institutions Who Have Been Employed for Less than 6 Months.
LD 892 -- HP0642
An Act to Transfer Responsibilities of the Advisory Committee on Improving Outdoor Recreational Opportunities for Persons with Disabilities to the Statewide Independent Living Council.
LD 919 -- HP0663
An Act to Require the State to Pay Medicare Costs for Retired State Employees and Retired Teachers.
LD 944 -- HP0688
An Act to Protect Victims of Crimes in the Workplace.
LD 960 -- HP0693
An Act to Allow the Bureau of Labor Standards to Assess Administrative Civil Money Penalties for Labor Law Violations.
LD 987 -- SP0333
An Act to Validate Voluntary Collective Bargaining Provisions that May Affect Educational Policies.
LD 995 -- SP0341
Resolve, Directing the Maine State Retirement System to Provide Each Member with a Statement of Account No Later Than December 31, 1999.
LD 1016 -- HP0726
An Act to Require That a Translator Be Available to Employees In the Workers' Compensation Process.
LD 1017 -- HP0727
An Act to Ensure That Funds Received from Penalties Due to Lack of Workers' Compensation Coverage Go to the Workers' Compensation Board.
LD 1018 -- HP0728
An Act to Amend the Prevailing Wage Laws.
LD 1019 -- HP0729
An Act to Limit Mandatory Overtime.
LD 1033 -- HP0743
An Act to Allow Former Employees of Head Start Credit in the Maine State Retirement System.
LD 1046 -- HP0756
An Act to Prohibit the Employment of Professional Strikebreakers.
LD 1047 -- HP0757
An Act to Increase the Penalty for Failure to Secure Workers' Compensation Insurance.
LD 1054 -- SP0350
An Act Requiring Doctors Giving 2nd Opinions in Workers' Compensation Cases to be Certified.
LD 1055 -- SP0351
An Act to Bring Certain Maine Drug Test Levels into Conformity With Federal Standards.
LD 1067 -- SP0364
An Act to Amend the Workers' Compensation Laws.
LD 1091 -- HP0768
An Act to Amend Maine State Retirement System Rules to Allow Monthly Partial Direct Service Payments to Purchase Service Credit.
LD 1117 -- HP0794
An Act to Repeal Bedding, Upholstered Furniture and Stuffed Toys Laws.
LD 1133 -- HP0810
An Act to Reward Academic Excellence for Students Who are 16 and 17 Years of Age.
LD 1165 -- SP0386
An Act Regarding the Retirement Plan for Rangers in the Law Enforcement Bargaining Unit at Baxter State Park.
LD 1166 -- SP0387
An Act to Establish Occupational Health and Safety Standards for Operators of Video Display Terminals.
LD 1232 -- HP0875
Original Title: An Act to Clarify Free-lance Labor in an Employer/Employee Relationship.
New Title An Act to Amend the Definition of "Employment" in the Unemployment Compensation Law.
LD 1237 -- HP0880
An Act to Protect the Right of Employees to Freely Decide Whether to Support Labor Organizations.
LD 1246 -- HP0889
An Act to Protect the Rights of Judicial Employees.
LD 1262 -- SP0425
An Act to Increase the Minimum Wage in Maine.
LD 1350 -- HP0952
An Act to Exclude Intentional Tort Claims from the Application of the Maine Workers' Compensation Act of 1992.
LD 1352 -- HP0954
Original Title: An Act to Ensure That All Employees Receive Full Workers' Compensation Benefits.
New Title An Act to Ensure that Workers' Compensation Death Benefits are Paid to Dependents Without Regard to Country of Residence.
LD 1353 -- HP0955
An Act to Amend the Workers' Compensation Laws as They Pertain to Wage Statements.
LD 1357 -- HP0959
Resolve, to Create a Commission to Study the Hearing Process of the Workers' Compensation Board.
LD 1358 -- HP0960
An Act to Promote Stability in Labor Management Relations in the Public Sector.
LD 1359 -- HP0961
An Act to Make the Unemployment Compensation Program More Responsive to the Needs of Today's Workforce and to Ensure the Solvency of the Unemployment Compensation Trust Fund.
LD 1376 -- HP0978
Original Title: An Act to Amend the Retirement Benefit Qualifications for Department of Corrections Employees.
New Title An Act to Expand the Uniform 1998 Special Retirement Plan to Include Baxter State Park Authority Rangers, Fire Marshals and Certain Additional Correctional Employees.
LD 1377 -- HP0979
Resolve, Directing the Department of Labor to Establish Standards for Providing Heat in Buildings.
LD 1383 -- HP0985
An Act Promoting Technology in Business Recordkeeping.
LD 1444 -- SP0484
An Act to Require Legislators to Contribute to Health and Dental Premiums.
LD 1445 -- SP0485
An Act to Eliminate Health Insurance Benefits for Retired Legislators Elected in or After 1992.
LD 1448 -- SP0488
An Act to Eliminate the Legislative Retirement System.
LD 1463 -- HP1041
An Act to Require the Department of Labor to Pay for Workers' Compensation Related Translation Services.
LD 1510 -- SP0509
An Act to Clarify the Medical Fee Schedule in Workers' Compensation Cases.
LD 1512 -- SP0511
An Act to Amend Maine's Family and Medical Leave Law.
LD 1547 -- HP1100
Resolve, to Modify the Retirement Laws for a Certain School Principal.
LD 1571 -- HP1112
An Act to Protect the Rights of Employees Who Volunteer Time As Firefighters.
LD 1614 -- SP0552
An Act to Increase the Health Benefits for Retired Educators.
LD 1616 -- SP0554
An Act Regarding the Calculation of Maine State Retirement System Benefits.
LD 1622 -- HP1137
An Act to Restore the Cost-of-living Adjustment for State Employees and Teachers Who Retire Before Normal Retirement Age.
LD 1629 -- SP0562
An Act to Ensure That Sales Free and Clear of Liens Through Bankruptcy Do Not Result in the Acquisition of a Predecessor Employer's Experience for the Purpose of Contribution Rate Determination.
LD 1630 -- SP0563
An Act to Fully Comply with the Requirements of the Older Workers Benefit Protection Act.
LD 1648 -- HP1151
An Act Restoring the Right to Sue to Workers Injured Due to Gross Negligence.
LD 1659 -- SP0579
Resolve, to Investigate State Purchasing of Goods and Services Produced under Conditions that Violate International Standards of Human Rights.
LD 1718 -- SP0594
An Act to Ensure that Displaced Workers Have Access to Appropriate Job Training, Education and Employment Services through a Peer Support Program.
LD 1730 -- SP0607
An Act to Increase Health Insurance Benefits for Retired Educators.
LD 1731 -- SP0608
An Act to Allow Minors to Work Over the Labor Day Weekend.
LD 1747 -- HP1218
An Act to Amend the Retirement Plan for Maine State Troopers.
LD 1748 -- HP1219
An Act to Correct Inconsistencies within the Maine State Retirement System.
LD 1767 -- HP1238
An Act to Allow Recovery of Provisional Payments by Employee Benefit Plans.
LD 1768 -- HP1239
An Act to Change the Child Labor Laws.
LD 1781 -- SP0616
An Act Relative to Freedom of Employment in the Broadcasting Industry.
LD 1790 -- SP0625
An Act to Amend the Laws Governing the Designation of a Beneficiary of Maine State Retirement System Benefits.
LD 1805 -- SP0638
An Act to Ensure Prompt Payment of Unemployment Compensation Benefits to Displaced Workers.
LD 1864 -- HP1303
An Act Concerning the Political Use of Union Dues.
LD 1891 -- SP0669
An Act to Increase the Minimum Wage.
LD 1897 -- HP1314
An Act to Increase the Maximum Benefit Levels Provided for Injured Workers.
LD 1908 -- HP1325
An Act to Establish as an Employee Any Person Who Collects Signatures on Petitions for Direct Initiative or People's Veto Legislation for Any Person, Firm or Organization that Contracts, Subcontracts or Agrees to Collect the Signatures for Anything of Value.
LD 1913 -- HP1330
An Act to Ensure Fair Access under the Workers' Compensation Utilization and Review System.
LD 1927 -- SP0677
An Act to Ensure that an Eligible Work Force is Promptly Certified for Trade Act Assistance and Has Full Access to Training and Education Services as Provided by Law.
LD 1942 -- HP1342
Resolve, to Require the Workers' Compensation Board to Reverse Its Decision and Find in Favor of Richard N. Pushard, Sr. (BY REQUEST).
LD 1943 -- HP1343
An Act to Ensure that Workers Are Informed about Their Employers' Cancellation of Workers' Compensation Insurance.
LD 1970 -- HP1372
An Act to Address the Solvency of the Unemployment Compensation Fund.
LD 1988 -- HP1381
An Act to Provide for Benefits to Surviving Dependents of Employees Who Die as a Result of Work Injuries.
LD 1989 -- HP1382
An Act to Amend Binding Arbitration to Include Salaries, Pensions and Insurance for State, Legislative and Municipal Employees and to Provide a Process for Voting when a Public Employer's Last Offer is Not Selected.
LD 1995 -- HP1390
An Act to Clarify the Workers' Compensation Laws Regarding the Agricultural Laborer Exemption.
LD 2041 -- SP0719
An Act to Eliminate Legislative Pensions.
LD 2073 -- HP1452
An Act to Amend the Workers' Compensation Laws Pertaining to Attorney's Fees.
LD 2075 -- HP1454
An Act to Amend the Maine Workers' Compensation Act of 1992 as it Pertains to Occupational Health.
LD 2076 -- HP1455
An Act to Move the Monitoring, Auditing and Enforcement of Workers' Compensation Payments to the Bureau of Insurance.
LD 2100 -- SP0741
An Act to Allow Workers' Compensation Board Advocates to Prioritize and Decline Cases. (GOVERNOR'S BILL).
LD 2104 -- SP0745
An Act to Provide Equity for Unemployment Compensation.
LD 2124 -- HP1484
An Act to Change the State Retirement System from a Defined Benefit Plan to a Defined Contribution Plan.
LD 2147 -- HP1503
An Act to Ensure Just Cause Termination in Employment.
LD 2177 -- SP0778
An Act to Require the Spouse of a Member of the Maine State Retirement System to Receive the Member's Death Benefits.
LD 2194 -- SP0783
An Act Regarding Doing Business with Burma.
LD 2204 -- SP0792
Original Title: An Act to Amend the Calculation of Service Credits Under the Maine State Retirement System Pertaining to the Comprehensive Education and Training Act of 1973 Employees.
New Title An Act to Amend the Calculation of Service Credits Under the Maine State Retirement System Pertaining to the Comprehensive Employment and Training Act of 1973 Employees.
LD 2251 -- SP0852
An Act to Provide Health Insurance Benefits to Dwight Parsons.