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position the performance of the duties of which
ordinarily does not require more than 8 hours
per week; or

 
(vi)__As an election official or election
worker if the amount of remuneration received
by the individual during the calendar year
for services as an election official or
election worker is less than $1,000;

 
Sec. 3. 26 MRSA §1043, sub-§17, ķA, as amended by PL 1991, c. 193, §2,
is further amended to read:

 
A. An individual, including corporate officers, is
considered "totally unemployed" in any week with respect to
which wages are not payable to the individual and during
which the individual does not perform services, except that
remuneration payable or received as holiday pay is not
considered wages for the purpose of this subsection and
except that any amounts received from the Federal Government
by members of the National Guard and organized reserve,
including base pay and allowances, or any amounts received
as a volunteer firefighter or a volunteer emergency medical
services person, are not considered wages for the purpose of
this subsection.

 
SUMMARY

 
This bill inserts a reference to the existing statutory
provision that governs payment for services of a member of the
State Board of Arbitration and Conciliation in the laws governing
leaves of absence. That provision requires the costs to be
shared by the parties.

 
This bill provides that wages paid to election officials and
election workers do not have to be reported for purposes of the
laws governing unemployment compensation until they exceed
$1,000.

 
This bill also removes the exemption for wages earned as a
volunteer emergency medical services worker in the definition of
total and partial unemployment in the laws governing unemployment
compensation.


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