An Act To Allow for Equitable Recovery of Wages for Employees Who Are Not Paid in Full Further amend the bill by striking out everything after the enacting clause and before the summary and inserting in its place the following: Sec. I. 26 MRSA§621-A, as amended by PL 2005, c. 18, §l, is further ~nended to read: §621-A. Timely and full payment of wages 1. Minimum frequency and full payment. At regular intervals not to exceed 16 days, every employer must pay in full all wages earned by each employee. Each payment must include all wages earned to wi thin 8 days of the payment date. An employee who is absent from work at a time fixed for payment must be paid on demand after that time. 2. Regular payment required. Wages must be paid on an established day or date at regular intervals made known to the employee. When the interval is less than the maximum allowed by subsection 1, the interval may not be increased wi thout wr i t ten notice to the employee at least days in advance of the increase. Page l-LR2019(2) COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
Maine Legislature, Session 122, LD 0659
Committee Amendment CA_A_H158 (House)

COMMITTEE AMENDMENT "(1,, to H.P. 479, L.D. 659, Bill, "An 
Act To Allow for Equitable Recovery of Wages for Employees Who 
Are Undercompensated" 
Amend the bill by striking out the title and substituting 
the following: 
'An Act To Allow for Equitable Recovery of Wages for Employees 
Who Are Not Paid in Full' 
Further amend the bill by striking out everything after the 
enacting clause and before the summary and inserting in its place 
the following: 
'Sec. I. 26 MRSA§621-A, as amended by PL 2005, c. 18, §l, is 
further ~nended to read: 
§621-A. Timely and full payment of wages 
1. 
Minimum 
frequency 
and 
full 
payment. 
At 
regular 
intervals not to exceed 16 days, every employer must pay in full 
all wages earned by each employee. 
Each payment must include all 
wages earned to wi thin 8 days of the payment date. 
An employee 
who is absent from work at a time fixed for payment must be paid 
on demand after that time. 
2. 
Regular payment required. 
Wages must be paid on an 
established day or date at regular intervals made known to the 
employee. 
When the interval is less than the maximum allowed by 
subsection 1, the interval may not be increased wi thout wr i t ten 
notice to the employee at least 
days in advance 
of the 
increase. 
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3. 
Compensatory 
time 
agreements. 
Notwithstanding 
subsections 1 and 2, public agency employers and employees may 
enter into compensatory time overtime agreements in accordance 
with the federal Fair Labor Standards Act, 29 United States Code, 
Section 207(0). 
These agreements are governed solely by federal 
law. 
For purposes of this subsection, "public agency" has the 
same meaning as in 29 United States Code, Section 203(x). 
4. 
School personnel. 
Employees of a school administrative 
unit 
who 
work 
the 
school 
year 
schedule 
may, 
upon 
written 
agreement between the employees and the school administrative 
unit, be paid for their work during the school year over 12 
months 
or 
a 
shorter 
period, 
as 
provided 
in 
the 
written 
agreement. 
For purposes of this subsection, "written agreement" 
includes but is not limited to a collective bargaining agreement. 
5. 
Change in rate of pay. 
Notwithstanding the provision of 
section 623 exempting salaried employees as defined in section 
663, subsection 3, paragraph K, payment of wages or salary must 
be made at the rate previously established by the employer, 
except that the employer may decrease the rate of pay, effective 
the next working 
day, 
if the 
employer gives notice 
to all 
affected employees prior to the change. 
When an employer has 
temporarily increased an employee's wage rate to comply with the 
prevailing 
wage 
requirements 
of 
chapter 
15; 
the 
federal 
Davis-Bacon Act, 40 United States Code, Section 276a et seq.; or 
other applicable federal or state law, 
an employer need not 
provide advance notice prior to returning the employee to the 
employee's regular wage rate, 
as long as the employer is in 
compliance 
with 
all 
posting 
and 
notice 
provisions 
of 
the 
applicable law. 
Changes of rates of pay made under a collective 
bargaining agreement are exempt from this requirement.' 
SUMMARY 
This amendment replaces the bill. 
The amendment clarifies 
that an employee may recover wages from an employer when the 
employer has not paid the employee in full. 
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