128th MAINE LEGISLATURE
LD 1345 LR 1471(02)
An Act To Provide Alternative Repayment Methods to Employees Overcompensated through an Employer Error
Fiscal Note for Bill as Amended by Committee Amendment " "
Committee: State and Local Government
Fiscal Note Required: Yes
             
Fiscal Note
Limit to payroll recovery of overcompensation - All funds
Fiscal Detail and Notes
Reducing the maximum amount an employer can withhold from an employee's pay in order to recover overcompensation, including overcompensation of paid leave, from 10% to 5% will delay the State's ability to fully recoup payments to an employee made in error.  Prohibiting an employer from recovering overcompensation paid to an employee in error to three years preceding the date of discovery of the overcompensation may limit or eliminate the State's ability to recover the amount of the error.