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Home » US Law » 2022 Maine Revised Statutes » TITLE 26: LABOR AND INDUSTRY » Chapter 1: GENERAL PROVISIONS

26 §1-A. Livable wage defined

§1-A. Livable wage defined As used in this Title, unless the context otherwise indicates, “livable wage” means the statewide average livable wage for a 2-parent household with 2 earners and 2 children as reported by the Department of Labor in the most recent biennial report required pursuant to section 1406.   [PL 2011, c. 569, […]

26 §1. Definitions

§1. Definitions The following terms used in chapter 3 shall have the following meanings.   1.  Factory.  “Factory” means any premises where steam, water or other mechanical power is used in aid of any manufacturing process there carried on.   1-A.  Loan fund.  “Loan fund” means the Occupational Safety Loan Fund.   [PL 1985, c. […]

26 §2. Reports of deaths and injuries

§2. Reports of deaths and injuries 1.  Reports of deaths.  The person in charge of any workplace as defined in section 1 provided by the State, a state agency, a county, a municipal corporation, a school district or other public corporation or political subdivision shall, within 8 hours after the occurrence, report the death of […]

26 §3. Confidentiality of records

§3. Confidentiality of records 1.  Confidential records.  Except as provided in subsections 2 and 3, all information and reports received by the director or the director’s authorized agents under this Title are confidential for the purposes of Title 1, section 402, subsection 3, paragraph A.   [PL 2015, c. 250, Pt. C, §2 (NEW).] 2.  […]

26 §4. Enforcement

§4. Enforcement The District Court and the Superior Court shall have original jurisdiction of actions brought for the recovery of fines and penalties imposed by this Title, and of prosecutions for violations of the provisions thereof.  

26 §5. Injunctions in labor disputes without hearing prohibited

§5. Injunctions in labor disputes without hearing prohibited No court nor any judge or judges of any court may issue a preliminary or permanent injunction in any case involving or growing out of a labor dispute except after hearing the testimony of witnesses in open court with opportunity for cross-examination and after a showing that […]

26 §6. Interlocutory appeal

§6. Interlocutory appeal Any party may appeal to the law court from an interlocutory order granting or denying a preliminary injunction in a case involving or growing out of a labor dispute, but such preliminary injunction shall not be stayed by the taking of such appeal. Any such appeal shall be heard at the first […]

26 §7. Appeals

§7. Appeals Any order by a board created and established under this Title, or any rule, regulation, determination or declaration formulated by the board or by the Director of the Bureau of Labor Standards is subject to review by the Superior Court, pursuant to Title 5, section 8058 or section 11001 et seq.   [RR […]

26 §9. Negotiations on behalf of retired employees

§9. Negotiations on behalf of retired employees Employee organizations, unions and bargaining agents in the private sector engaged in collective bargaining with employers may negotiate on behalf of retired and retired disabled former employees of the employer with respect to pensions, retirement benefits and other benefits which, as a part of wages and benefits related […]