In late December, the Office of the Revisor of Statues released the long-awaited list of preliminary bill titles for the First Session of the 130th Legislature. The list is preliminary because there were a total of 1,689 submissions before cloture on December 18, 2020. That is a significant number of bills for a session in which there is no clear path to deal with each of those bills in this pandemic environment. Since the publication of bill titles, there have been 119 bills printed and referenced to their respective committees – a clear indication that the legislative process has begun.
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Budget is balanced without new tax increases
On Friday, January 8, Governor Janet Mills released her biennial budget for Fiscal Years 2022-2023, also known as the Part A and Part B Budget. The good news for Maine’s business community is that Gov. Mills has balanced this budget without raising taxes. As a result of the referendum ballot question passed in 2016, Maine’s minimum wage has once again increased in 2021. Effective January 1, the minimum wage in Maine rose to $12.15 per hour.
As of January 1, 2021, Maine’s new Earned Paid Leave law is in effect.
This law requires businesses with 11 or more employees to allow workers to earn up to 40 hours of annual paid leave. |
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