Source: http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/bills_125th/billtexts/HP089801.asp
Timestamp: 2014-10-21 08:50:50
Document Index: 578987218

Matched Legal Cases: ['§663', '§3', '§5', '§664', '§3', '§2', '§5']

HP0898, LD 1207, item 1, An Act To Amend the Labor Laws Relating to Certain Agricultural Employees
HP0898LD 1207
Second Regular Session - 125th Maine Legislature LR 1021Item 1
An Act To Amend the Labor Laws Relating to Certain Agricultural Employees
Sec. 1. 26 MRSA §663, sub-§3, ¶A, as amended by PL 1975, c. 717, §5, is further amended to read:A. Any individual employed in agriculture as defined in the Maine Employment Security Law and the Federal Unemployment Insurance Tax Law , except when that individual performs services for or on a farm with over 300,000 laying birds;
Sec. 2. 26 MRSA §664, sub-§3, ¶F, as amended by PL 2001, c. 628, §2 and affected by §5, is further amended to read:F. The canning, processing, preserving, freezing, drying, marketing, storing, packing for shipment or distribution of:
(3) Perishable foods . ;
Individuals employed, directly or indirectly, for or at an egg processing facility that has over 300,000 laying birds must be paid overtime in accordance with this subsection;
Sec. 3. 26 MRSA c. 16, as amended, is repealed.
summary This bill removes the provision that requires that individuals employed for or at an egg processing facility that has over 300,000 laying birds be paid overtime. It also repeals the laws that govern labor relations between agricultural workers and an agricultural employer that operates an egg processing facility that has over 500,000 laying birds and that employs more than 100 agricultural employees.