An Act To Require Large Employers To Report Compensation Information
Maine Legislature, Session 127, LD 1015
Committee: Labor, Commerce, Research and Economic Development
Sponsors: PATRICK, HERBIG, ALFOND, DILL, DUTREMBLE, DeCHANT, MASTRACCIO, PETERSON, SHORT
Amends: 26 MRSA §54

Legislative Document 
No. 1015 
S.P. 355 
In Senate, March 19, 2015 
An Act To Require Large Employers To Report Compensation 
Information 
Reference to the Committee on Labor, Commerce, Research and Economic Development 
suggested and ordered printed. 
HEATHER J.R. PRIEST 
Secretary of the Senate 
Presented by Senator PATRICK of Oxford. 
Cosponsored by Representative HERBIG of Belfast and 
Senators: ALFOND of Cumberland, DILL of Penobscot, DUTREMBLE of York, 
Representatives: DeCHANT of Bath, MASTRACCIO of Sanford, PETERSON of Rumford, 
SHORT of Pittsfield. 
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows: 
Sec. 1.  26 MRSA §54 is enacted to read: 
§54.  Compensation reports 
1.  Employer compensation report.  An employer that employs more than 100 
employees in the State shall disclose annually to the bureau the total compensation for the 
previous year of the chief executive officer of the employer and the total compensation of 
the full-time employee of the employer with the lowest rate of pay. 
2.  Bureau compensation report.  The bureau annually shall issue a report that 
includes for each employer that employs more than 100 employees in the State: 
A.  The name and address of the employer; 
B.  The total compensation of the chief executive officer of the employer and the total 
compensation of the full-time employee of the employer with the lowest rate of pay; 
and 
C.  The ratio of the total compensation of the chief executive officer of the employer 
to the total compensation of the full-time employee of the employer with the lowest 
rate of pay. 
3.  Submission of report.  By February 2nd of each year, the bureau shall submit the 
report in subsection 2 to the joint standing committee of the Legislature having 
jurisdiction over labor matters, the President of the Senate, the Speaker of the House of 
Representatives and the minority leaders in the Senate and the House of Representatives 
and post the report on the Department of Labor's publicly accessible website. 
4.  Outside funding.  The Department of Labor may seek and accept funding 
contributions to fully fund the costs of the report in subsection 2. 
5.  Rules.  The bureau may adopt routine technical rules pursuant to Title 5, chapter 
375, subchapter 2-A to carry out the purposes of this section. 
SUMMARY 
This bill requires employers who employ over 100 workers in the State to report 
annually to the Bureau of Labor Standards within the Department of Labor the total 
compensation of the chief executive officer of the employer and the total compensation of 
the full-time employee of the employer with the lowest rate of pay.  The bill requires the 
bureau to submit an annual report including, for each employer required to report under 
this bill, the employers' information and the ratio of the total compensation of the chief 
executive officer of the employer to the total compensation of the full-time employee of 
the employer with the lowest rate of pay to the Legislature and post the report on the 
department's website.