CHAPTER 304
S.P. 145 - L.D. 489
An Act to Designate Equal Pay Day and to Require the Department of Labor to Report on Progress
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:
Sec. 1. 1 MRSA §140 is enacted to read:
The first Tuesday in April is designated as Equal Pay Day, and the Governor shall annually issue a proclamation inviting and urging the people of the State to observe this day with appropriate activity.
Sec. 2. 26 MRSA §628, as amended by PL 1983, c. 652, §4, is further amended to read:
An employer shall may not discriminate between employees in the same establishment on the basis of sex, by paying wages to any employee in any occupation in this State at a rate less than the rate at which he the employer pays any employee of the opposite sex for comparable work on jobs which that have comparable requirements relating to skill, effort and responsibility. Differentials which that are paid pursuant to established seniority systems or merit increase systems, or difference in the shift or time of the day worked, which that do not discriminate on the basis of sex, are not within this prohibition. No An employer may not discharge or discriminate, against any employee by reason of any action taken by such employee to invoke or assist in any manner the enforcement of this section.
The Department of Labor shall annually report to the joint standing committee of the Legislature having jurisdiction over labor matters on progress made in the State to comply with this section. The report must be issued annually on Equal Pay Day as designated pursuant to Title 1, section 140.
Effective September 21, 2001, unless otherwise indicated.
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