CHAPTER 610
H.P. 1390 - L.D. 1995
An Act to Clarify the Workers' Compensation Laws Regarding the Agricultural Laborer Exemption
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:
Sec. 1. 39-A MRSA §401, sub-§1, ¶C, as amended by PL 1997, c. 359, §1, is repealed and the following enacted in its place:
C. Employers of agricultural or aquacultural laborers, if:
(3) The employer has 6 or fewer agricultural or aquacultural laborers or the employer has more than 6 such laborers but the total number of hours worked by all such laborers in a week does not exceed 240 and has not exceeded 240 at any time during the 52 weeks immediately preceding the injury; and
(4) The employer maintains an employer's liability insurance policy with total limits of not less than $100,000 multiplied by the number of full-time equivalent agricultural or aquacultural laborers employed by that employer and medical payment coverage of not less than $1,000.
For purposes of this paragraph, seasonal and casual workers, immediate family members of unincorporated employers and immediate family members of bona fide owners of at least 20% of the voting stock of an incorporated employer are not considered agricultural or aquacultural laborers. "Immediate family members" means parents, spouses, brothers, sisters and children.
Effective August 11, 2000, unless otherwise indicated.
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