Labor and Housing

ME - Senator Mike Tipping (D)

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Chair

ME - Senator Matthea E. L. Daughtry (D)

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Member

ME - Senator Matthew Pouliot (R)

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Member

ME - Representative Amy J. Roeder (D)

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Chair

ME - Representative Richard T. Bradstreet (R)

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Member

ME - Representative Gary A. Drinkwater (R)

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Member

ME - Representative Joseph C. Galletta (R)

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Member

ME - Representative Valli D. Geiger (D)

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Member

ME - Representative Traci Gere (D)

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Member

ME - Representative Ronald B. Russell (D)

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Member

ME - Representative Charles A. Skold (D)

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Member

ME - Representative Michael Soboleski (R)

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Member

ME - LD12 An Act to Amend the Laws Governing Severance Pay to Cover More Types of Employers and Include More Workers

ME - LD13 An Act to Define "Mail" in the Employment Security Law to Include Electronic Notification and to Extend the Appeal Times for Claimants

ME - LD14 An Act to Simplify an Assessment Notice Requirement Under Department of Labor Laws

ME - LD53 An Act to Ensure Accountability for Workplace Sexual Harassment and Sexual Assault by Removing Certain Intentional Torts from Workers' Compensation Exemptions

ME - LD54 An Act to Require Compliance with Natural or Agricultural Resource Protection Ordinances

ME - LD70 An Act to Raise the Cap on Retirement Benefits for State Employees and Teachers to Which a Cost-of-living Adjustment Is Made

ME - LD116 An Act to Establish a Minimum Wage for All Health Care Workers Including All Support Staff

ME - LD120 An Act Regarding the Committee Structure of the State Workforce Board

ME - LD106 An Act to Allow Members of the Maine Public Employees Retirement System With Service in Multiple Plans to Defer Retirement Service Benefits Until Normal Retirement Age to Avoid a Reduction in Benefits

ME - LD111 An Act Requiring the State to Pay a Share of a Retired State Employee's or Retired Teacher's Premium for Medicare Part B Under Medicare Advantage

ME - LD112 An Act to Increase the State's Share of Retired Teacher Health Insurance

ME - LD185 An Act to Reduce the Benefit Penalty Imposed on Teachers Who Retire After 35 Years of Service

ME - LD197 An Act to Address Employee Retention at the Maine State Police Crime Laboratory and the Computer Crimes Unit in the Department of Public Safety

ME - LD245 An Act to Require a Person Receiving Unemployment Benefits to Attend Scheduled Interviews to Fulfill the Work Search Requirement

ME - LD270 An Act to Help Retired Federal Employees

ME - LD301 An Act to Exempt Employers from Providing Earned Paid Leave for Certain Employees

ME - LD310 An Act to Increase the Workforce in the State

ME - LD313 An Act to Allow Game Wardens to Transfer Retirement Service, Allow Certain Employees of Participating Local Districts to Purchase Service Credit and Allow Transfer of Membership from the State Employee Retirement Plan to Another Plan

ME - LD316 Resolve, Directing the Department of Labor to Submit a Report on the Employment of Minors

ME - LD321 An Act to Create a Bill of Rights for Temporary Workers

ME - LD322 An Act to Improve the Unemployment Insurance System

ME - LD324 An Act to Prevent the Wrongful Firing of Maine Workers

ME - LD349 An Act to Support Farm Workers and Farmers by Addressing Unionization of Farm Workers

ME - LD372 An Act to Increase Enforcement and Accountability for Wage Violations

ME - LD373 An Act to Ensure Employer and Employee Harmony in Clean Energy Development Projects

ME - LD398 An Act to Make Agricultural Workers and Certain Other Workers Employees Under the Minimum Wage Law and to Allow Such Workers to Engage in Certain Concerted Activity

ME - LD426 An Act to Amend the Eligibility Criteria for Creditable Service in the Armed Forces of the United States Under the State Retirement System and to Require Specific Reporting

ME - LD483 An Act to Amend the Laws Governing Retirement Benefit Reductions for Certain Employees Currently Included in the 1998 Special Plan

ME - LD511 An Act to Clarify That Haulers Are Under the Jurisdiction of the Logging Dispute Resolution Board

ME - LD513 An Act Regarding Overtime Protections for Certain Salaried Employees

ME - LD525 An Act to Enact the Agricultural Employees Concerted Activity Protection Act

ME - LD550 An Act to Increase Correctional Officer Salary and Benefits

ME - LD559 An Act to Increase the Number of Hours Certain Minor Students May Work Under Certain Circumstances

ME - LD571 An Act to Develop Maine's Entry-level Workforce

ME - LD591 An Act to Require the State to Pay Medicare Premiums for Certain Retired State Employees

ME - LD610 An Act to Expand the 1998 Special Retirement Plan to Include Employees Who Work for the Office of Chief Medical Examiner

ME - LD651 An Act to Amend the Standards for Manufactured Housing to Comply with United States Department of Housing and Urban Development Standards

ME - LD635 An Act to Allow a Retired Law Enforcement Officer to Serve as a School Resource Officer Without Affecting That Officer's Retirement Benefits

ME - LD719 An Act to Support Maine Industry

ME - LD727 An Act Regarding Workers' Compensation Benefits for First Responders Injured in the Line of Duty

ME - LD733 An Act to Require an Annual Itemized Statement of Benefits for Public Employees and Retirees

ME - LD738 An Act to Establish a Paid Family and Medical Leave System

ME - LD741 An Act to Prohibit Certain Training Repayment Agreements by Employers

ME - LD742 An Act to Divest State Pensions from Companies Boycotting Maine Lobster

ME - LD688 An Act to Protect Access to Veterinary Care by Prohibiting Noncompete Agreements

ME - LD810 An Act to Create the Maine Family First Employer Program

ME - LD815 An Act to Provide Energy Efficiency Program Outreach and Assistance to Manufactured Housing Residents

ME - LD827 An Act to Allow Employees to Request Flexible Work Schedules

ME - LD841 An Act to Permit a Short-term Waiver from the Minimum Wage for Chronically Unemployed Individuals

ME - LD767 An Act to Provide Uniform Protections from Retaliation for Maine Workers in Connection with the Exercise of Rights Protected Under the Laws Governing Employment Practices

ME - LD855 An Act to Provide That the Minimum Wage Increases by the Rolling Average of the Cost of Living of the Previous 3 Years

ME - LD856 An Act to Reduce Recurring Workplace Harassment and Provide Consequences for Serial Offenders

ME - LD882 An Act to Allow Nonmunicipal Emergency Medical Services Providers to Be Considered State Employees for Purposes of Certain Benefits

ME - LD891 An Act to Protect Due Process for Certain Public Sector Employees

ME - LD903 An Act to Establish Parity in Tipping Laws for Restaurant Workers

ME - LD926 An Act to Improve Maine Public Employees Retirement System Representation

ME - LD936 An Act to Require Employers to Disclose Pay Ranges and Maintain Records of Employees' Pay History

ME - LD946 Resolve, Directing the Department of Labor to Amend Its Rules Regarding Adjunct Faculty at Public Colleges and Universities

ME - LD949 An Act to Protect Workers from Employer Surveillance

ME - LD961 An Act Regarding the Right to Request Flexible Working Arrangements for Employees

ME - LD998 An Act to Remove the Cost-of-living Adjustment from the Minimum Wage Laws

ME - LD999 An Act to Support Family Caregivers by Expanding Family Medical Leave

ME - LD1050 Resolve, Directing the Department of Labor to Request a Federal Waiver to Allow Presumptive Work Eligibility for Asylum Seekers

ME - LD1095 An Act to Amend the Laws Regarding Public Sector Bargaining in Public Schools

ME - LD1096 An Act to Provide a Cost-of-living Increase to State Retirees

ME - LD1107 Resolve, to Establish a Pilot Project to Improve Access to Credit for Low-income Individuals

ME - LD1112 An Act to Provide Workers' Compensation for Temporary Employees

ME - LD1116 An Act to Provide Rural Recovery Residences for Families

ME - LD1123 An Act to Create a Presumption Under the Maine Workers' Compensation Act of 1992 That a Cardiovascular Injury or Disease or Pulmonary Disease Suffered by Certain Law Enforcement Officers Is in the Course of Employment

ME - LD1152 An Act to Require Public Employers to Provide Long-term Disability Insurance Coverage

ME - LD1190 An Act to Require Minimum Pay for Reporting to Work

ME - LD1193 An Act to Allow Residents of Low-income Housing to Keep Pets

ME - LD1206 An Act to Create a Grant Program for Workplace Health and Safety Improvements

ME - LD1230 Resolve, Directing the Maine Public Employees Retirement System to Study the Creation of an Interstate Compact Concerning the Windfall Elimination Provision and Government Pension Offset

ME - LD1272 An Act to Index Unemployment Benefits to the Unemployment Rate

ME - LD1278 An Act to Require Timely Payment for Salaried Employees

ME - LD1302 Resolve, to Create the Commission to Study Post-traumatic Stress Disorder in Lineworkers

ME - LD1316 An Act to Require Auditing for Work Search Requirements of Claimants of Unemployment Compensation

ME - LD1385 An Act to Amend the Maine Workers' Compensation Act of 1992 Regarding Employee Liability

ME - LD1332 An Act to Strengthen Work Equity Regarding Employment of Minors and Unemployment Benefits

ME - LD1368 An Act to Ensure Fairness in Unemployment Benefits by Clarifying Laws Regarding Labor Organizations

ME - LD1376 An Act to Increase the State Minimum Wage to $15 per Hour

ME - LD1394 An Act to Expand and Strengthen the Competitive Skills Scholarship Program

ME - LD1403 An Act to Promote Minimum Wage Consistency by Limiting the Authority of Municipalities Regarding Minimum Hourly Pay

ME - LD1419 An Act to Inform Fair Minimum Rates of Wages and Benefits in Bids for Public Contracts Using State and Federal Data

ME - LD1424 An Act to Establish a Special Retirement Plan for Department of Corrections Employees and Other Correctional Staff

ME - LD1496 An Act to Restrict Noncompete Clauses

ME - LD1499 An Act Regarding Penalties for Early Retirement for Certain Members of the Maine Public Employees Retirement System

ME - LD1464 An Act to Remove the Waiting Period for Benefits Under Maine's Unemployment Insurance System

ME - LD1483 An Act to Protect the Rights of Agricultural Workers

ME - LD1539 An Act to Promote a Diverse, More Experienced Workforce and Ensure High-quality Careers by Increasing Registered Apprenticeship Programs

ME - LD1562 An Act to Protect the Retirement of State Employees and Teachers by Establishing Standards for Fiduciary Responsibility

ME - LD1580 An Act to Help Maine Small Businesses with Increasing Costs by Removing the Annual Cost-of-living Adjustment for the Minimum Wage

ME - LD1588 An Act to Provide Public Sector Labor Unions Reasonable Access to Information Regarding Employees

ME - LD1636 An Act to Ensure the Right to Work Without Payment of Dues or Fees to a Labor Union

ME - LD1639 An Act to Address Unsafe Staffing of Nurses and Improve Patient Care

ME - LD1703 An Act to Amend the Maine Equal Pay Law by Prohibiting Pay Discrimination Based on Race

ME - LD1707 An Act to Allow Workers to Work Without Having to Pay Labor Organization Service Fees

ME - LD1756 An Act to Protect Employee Freedom of Speech

ME - LD1746 An Act to Require Responsible Contracting Practices for Public Construction Projects

ME - LD1759 An Act to Clarify the Disability Retirement Program of the Maine Public Employees Retirement System

ME - LD1760 An Act to Include Certain Crisis Outreach and Crisis Services Workers Under the 1998 Special Plan for Retirement

ME - LD1761 An Act to Include Certain Mental Health Workers Under the 1998 Special Plan for Retirement

ME - LD1762 An Act to Require the Bureau of Labor Standards to Create and Distribute in Workplaces a Veterans' Benefits and Services Poster

ME - LD1794 Resolve, to Establish the Commission on Predictability of Mandated Overtime for Pulp or Paper Manufacturing Facility Employees

ME - LD1803 An Act to Improve the Maine Workers' Compensation Act of 1992

ME - LD1818 An Act Regarding Port Facilities Relating to Offshore Wind Power Projects

ME - LD1831 Resolve, Relating to the Employment of Minors

ME - LD1896 Resolve, Directing the Workers' Compensation Board to Analyze Data on the Adequacy of Certain Maine Workers' Compensation Benefits

ME - LD1922 An Act to Allow Bargaining Agents for Public Sector Unions to Merge

ME - LD1935 An Act to Promote Workforce Development by Establishing a Workforce Development Program

ME - LD1964 An Act to Create the Maine Paid Family and Medical Leave Benefits Program

ME - LD2032 An Act to Improve Maine's Labor Laws by Changing the Laws Governing Elections of Collective Bargaining Agents for Certain Public Employees

ME - LD2079 An Act to Strengthen Firefighters' Collective Bargaining Rights

ME - LD2149 An Act to Exempt Seasonal Volunteer Ski Patrollers and Seasonal Volunteer Ski Ambassadors and Hosts at Ski Areas from the Minimum Wage Laws

ME - LD2176 An Act to Ensure the Workers' Compensation Board's Allocations Are Properly Funded

ME - LD2184 Resolve, Regarding Legislative Review of Chapter 9: Rules Governing Administrative Civil Money Penalties for Labor Law Violations, a Major Substantive Rule of the Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Standards

ME - LD2273 An Act to Establish a State Minimum Hourly Wage for Agricultural Workers

ME - LD2280 An Act to Strengthen Maine's Workforce Through Preapprenticeship Training Programs