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H.P. 1255 - L.D. 1733

An Act To Clarify the Severance Pay Law

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:

Sec. 1. 26 MRSA §625-B, sub-§3, ¶B, as amended by PL 1999, c. 55, §1, is further amended to read:

B. The employee is covered by, and has been paid under the terms of, an express contract providing for severance pay that is equal to or greater than the severance pay required by this section;

Sec. 2. Application. This Act applies to all claims for severance pay that have not been paid, adjudicated or finally resolved and those pending on the date of enactment.