MAINE: Court Finds Portland Hazard Pay Ordinance Constitutional, But Not Effective Until 20227/14/2021 ![]() Employers in Portland, Maine received long-awaited clarity Tuesday regarding a November 2020 voter referendum raising the city’s minimum wage and instituting hazard pay during states of emergency such as the COVID-19 pandemic. On July 6, the Maine Supreme Judicial Court unanimously ruled in Portland Regional Chamber of Commerce v. City of Portland that the voter-initiated legislation establishing an emergency minimum wage was constitutional but does not take effect until January 1, 2022. The ruling means that at least until next year, employers in Maine’s largest city must abide only by the state’s current minimum wage of $12.15 per hour and do not have to pay hazard wages of 1.5 times that rate. read more
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