PORTLAND, Maine (AP) The Portland Regional Chamber of Commerce is suing over an emergency wage increase thats part of a minimum wage referendum approved by voters in the Maine city last month. As a result of the courts upholding the ordinances constitutionality, on January 1, 2022, Portlands minimum wage will rise to $13.00 per hour the The Council went into executive session to get guidance from the City legal team. An Act to Increase the Minimum Wage in Portland will increase the minimum wage in Portland to $15.00 an hour over three years: It increases the When the minimum wage increases to $15 per hour in three years, the emergency minimum would be $22.50 per hour, with overtime at $33.75 per hour. After that point, the referendum will increase the minimum wage as follows: 1/1/2022 That implies as early as next month the base pay will be $18 an hour, considering that Maine has declared a civil emergency. This law establishes a minimum standard for paid time off in the State of Maine. It will raise Portland's hourly minimum wage to 1 1/2 times the city's minimum during a state of emergency for frontline workers. PORTLAND, Maine (WMTW) - The Portland Regional Chamber of Commerce and several businesses are suing the city of Portland over a voter-approved emergency minimum wage provision. While Florida, which on Tuesday passed a $15 an hour minimum wage referendum, was the only state to have the minimum wage on the ballot in 2020, some localities also voted on the issue. Emergency, pursuant to Article II, Section 11 of the It increases the wage to $15 an hour by 2024, but also calls for an emergency minimum wage Ahead of the 2020 election, Portland Mayor Kate Snyder and seven members of the city council came out against all five of the referendum questions, including the minimum wage hike and hazard pay question. AMENDMENT TO PORTLAND CITY CODE CHAPTER 33 MINIMUM WAGE RE: TIPPED WAGE BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PORTLAND, MAINE IN CITY COUNCIL ASSEMBLED AS FOLLOWS: 1. PORTLAND, Maine (WMTW) - The Portland Regional Chamber of Commerce and several businesses are suing the city of Portland over a voter-approved emergency minimum wage provision. PORTLAND, Maine The Portland Regional Chamber of Commerce and several businesses are suing the city of Portland over a voter-approved emergency minimum wage provision. Despite opposition from the citys mayor, seven members of the city council, and dozens of Portland businesses, the measure passed with 60 percent of the vote. The minimum wage hike was passed by 60% of Portland voters. Judge validates hazard pay but delays provision until 2022. The present minimum wage is $12/hr. That equates to $18 per hour for most workers and $9 per hour for tipped workers. If you earn more then the Maine minimum wage rate, you are entitled to at least 1.5 times your regular hourly wage for all overtime worked. (The time-and-a-half will kick in on the $12 minimum wage By Irene Spezzamonte. The mandate also created rules for how the minimum wage would be impacted during an emergency declaration. MEAD, J. (The time-and-a-half will kick in on the $12 minimum wage.) That would be just over $18 hourly if applied now. [Updated 12/3/20] Heres what we know: 1. Portland voters approved a referendum on the November ballot that increases the citys minimum wage to $15 per hour over several years. PORTLAND, Maine The Portland Regional Chamber of Commerce and several businesses are suing the city of Portland over a voter-approved emergency minimum wage provision. That would be just over $18 hourly if applied now. The Minimum Wage Ordinance will increase the minimum wage in Portland to $15.00 an hour over three years, beginning January 1, 2022. New $15 minimum wage a 'huge win for the working people' of Florida and Portland, Maine In a pair of wins for workers, residents across the state of Florida and in Portland, Maine voted Tuesday for ballot measures to establish a $15 minimum hourly wage, more than double the $7.25 required at the federal level. granting summary judgment against the Chamber on its claims that voter-initiated legislation establishing an emergency minimum wage in Portland violates the Maine Constitution and the Portland City Code. PORTLAND, Maine (AP) The Maine supreme court says an $18-per-hour emergency minimum wage increase in Portland will not go into effect until next year. The Maine Supreme Judicial Court has ruled that the $18-per-hour emergency gross minimum wage in Portland will not go into effect until 1st January 2022 Please login to view this content or become a member by joining now. It includes a provision that requires time-and-a-half pay minimum wage rate for any work performed during an emergency declared by the state or the municipality if that emergency applies to the employees geographical workplace. PORTLAND (WGME) -- Many Portland workers will have to wait until next year to get hazard pay, if they get it at all. One of those cities was Portland, the largest city in Maine. More detail can be found in Federal Law under 29 CFR 778.114 or a call to Maines Wage & Hour Division by leaving a message for assistance at 207-623-7933. The City of Portland is currently deliberating on when this will go into effect. This video file cannot be played. The referendums language increases the Citys minimum wage in a tiered fashion starting. The minimum wage was enacted in the United States in 1938 as part of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). The first minimum wage was 25 cents an hour. The current US minimum wage is $7.25 per hour. However, some states and cities have set minimum wage rates that are higher than the federal minimum. 1 It will raise Portland's hourly minimum wage to 1 1/2 times the city's minimum during a state of emergency for frontline workers. Last November, Portland voters approved a referendum mandating emergency pay for workers on-site in the city. The City of Portland will not enforce the emergency wage for workers until 2022. That will give Portland the highest minimum wage in the country next month $18 an hour assuming city and state emergency declarations stemming The minimum wage referendum that passed the city raises the minimum wage to $15 an hour by 2024, and it also increases pay for those workers during any declared emergency, like what we're in right now, reports WGME Channel 13. The city government of Portland will not immediately enforce an emergency minimum wage provision, part of an ordinance passed by voters Nov. 3. As part of the measure, the citys minimum wage will increase to one-and-a-half times its current rate during declared emergencies such as the coronavirus pandemic. According to the Maine Association of Non-Profits, 1 in 6 workers is employed by a nonprofit. The optimal minimum wage is increasing in the supply elasticity because a high supply elasticity implies that marginal workers have a low surplus from working (since many would leave the labor force if the wages were slightly reduced). The size of the optimal minimum wage follows an Portland, like the rest of Maine, currently has a $12 minimum wage which took effect Jan. 1 and ties the state for fourth highest in the nation. It includes a provision that requires time-and-a-half pay In a release, Snyder said, "Minimum wage is an important issue to continually address. Portland voters approved a referendum on the November ballot that increases the citys minimum wage to $15 per hour over several years. A minimum wage increase is currently scheduled in Portland, but until the effective date of TBD the state minimum wage rate of $12.15 will apply. Unlike a 2015 minimum wage measure that failed in the city, this one includes a provision that requires businesses to pay time and a half during a declared emergency, the newspaper noted. However, a Portland-only mandated jump to $15/per hour and the requirement to pay time and a half (up to $22.50) during any declared emergency Please Do Not Support An Act to Increase the Minimum Wage in Portland. In November 2020, Portland voters approved a ballot initiative that increases the citys minimum wage to $15 an hour by 2024 and then annually with inflation thereafter. That means as early as next month the minimum wage will be $18 an hour, since Maine has declared a civil emergency. In this agreement, the average hourly rate cannot go below the current minimum wage rate established. The latest referendum passed by Portland voters related to minimum wages and emergency wages has caused much confusion. Unlike a 2015 minimum wage measure that failed in the city, this one includes a provision that requires businesses to pay time and a half during a declared emergency, the newspaper noted. Maine Superior Court Issues Decision in Portland Emergency Minimum Wage Case. PORTLAND, Maine (AP) Portland Mayor Kate Snyder said the city will not enforce a new minimum wage ordinance until 2022, delaying an emergency-pay rule from going into effect in December, as its backers had expected. PORTLAND, Maine (AP) Portland Mayor Kate Snyder said the city will not enforce a new minimum wage ordinance until 2022, delaying an emergency The ordinance was approved by 62% of voters and will gradually lift the citys minimum wage from $12 to $15. It was approved . The citys current minimum wage of $12 an hour will increase to $13 in 2022, and increase by one dollar annually until 2024 when the minimum wage reaches $15 an hour. Maine's minimum wage will rise from $11 to $12 starting in 2020.The $1 wage increase applied to most hourly workers, officials with the Maine Department of Labor said Wednesday.After 2020, the wage will increase according to a formula tied to the cost of living. Hentzel said the wage hike and emergency increase would leave Portland with the highest minimum in the country at $18 an hour, and an overtime rate of $27 per hour. Unlike a 2015 minimum wage measure that failed in the city, this one "includes a provision that requires businesses to pay time and a half during a declared emergency," the newspaper noted. For non-Portland based businesses, merely sending your employees into Portland to do work does not subject you to having to pay them the emergency wage. Possible Effects/Concerns: While this wage increase will impact many, many businesses in Portland, it will have an outsized impact on the non-profit sector. During state and city emergencies, employees are entitled to at least 1.5 times the minimum wage. The city now says that the entire law will go into effect in 2022. PORTLAND, Maine (AP) The Maine supreme court says an $18-per-hour emergency minimum wage increase in Portland will not go into effect until next year. The new law calls for time-and-a-half pay for workers during a declared state of emergency, and technically would mean an increase to a minimum of $18 an hour on Dec. 3, based on the current $12 minimum wage. Maines current state of emergency, however, could increase that amount to $18/hr in Portland due to the pandemic. The city government of Portland will not immediately enforce an emergency minimum wage provision, part of an ordinance passed by voters Nov. 3. Caleb Horton and Mario Roberge-Reyes (Intervenors) cross-appeal from the courts determination that the emergency minimum wage provision is not effective until January 1, 2022. Portland voters approved a referendum on the November ballot that increases the citys minimum wage to $15 per hour over several years. While Maine's state minimum wage is $12.15 per hour, Portland has set its own, higher minimum wage rate that applies to employees of all companies who work within Portland. It increases the wage to $15 an hour by 2024, but also provides for time and a half during declared states of emergency. A "yes" vote supported gradually increasing the state's minimum wage to $12 by 2020, thereafter adjusting the minimum wage with fluctuations in the consumer price index. We affirm the judgment. Portland Mayor Kate Snyder said the city will not enforce a new minimum wage ordinance until 2022, delaying an emergency-pay rule from going into effect in Therefore, Maine's overtime minimum wage is $18.23 per hour, one and a half times the regular Maine minimum wage of $12.15 per hour. credit for tipped workers and caps it at 50% of minimum wage; and 3) increases the minimum wage during any period of declared emergency. Portland Press Herald Interview on the New Emergency Minimum Wage/Hazard Pay in Portland Vote "No" on Question A. PORTLAND, Maine (AP) - A judge has ruled that an emergency $18-per-hour minimum wage in Maine An Act to Increase the Minimum Wage in Portland will increase the minimum wage in Portland to $15 an hour over three years. The referendum sought to increase the minimum wage from $12 an hour to $15 by 2024. PORTLAND, Maine A lawsuit challenging the legality of a voter referendum that requires employers to pay Portland workers more during states of emergency That would be just over $18 hourly if applied now. Regardless of opposition from the citys mayor, 7 members of the city board, and dozens of Portland services, the measure passed with 60 percent of the vote. Today were exploring the approved minimum wage increase referendum in Portland. Maines top court has ruled that Portlands emergency minimum wage increase will not go into effect until next year.. Portland voters approved the changes in a referendum last year. Voters in Portland, Maine, are deciding whether the city will enact a minimum wage of $15 an hour by 2024 and hazard pay at $22.50. The current Maine minimum wage of $11.00 per hour is the lowest amount a non-exempt employee in Maine can legally be paid for hourly work. Special minimum wage rates, such as the "Maine waitress minimum wage" for tipped employees, may apply to certain workers. Portlanders decide not to follow the lead of Seattle, San Francisco and Los Angeles. Additionally, the Ordinance requires that employees be paid 1.5 times the minimum wage rate for work performed during an emergency declared by the state or City if that emergency applies to the employees geographical workplace. Sixty percent of Portland voters approved the city minimum wage hike. (Error Code: 102630) PORTLAND, Maine The minimum wage in Portland will not increase to $18 in December after all, Mayor Kate Snyder announced Tuesday. Justice Thomas Warren ruled that the emergency minimum-wage provision passed by voters is valid under the Maine Constitution and Portland City Code. The new wage was approved by 62 percent of voters in Portland and would see the minimum wage boosted from $12 per hour to $15 per hour, but the emergency hazard pay provision for time-and-a-half was expected to go into effect next month. The measure boosts Portlands minimum wage to $15 an hour over a three year period starting in 2022. The law will raise Portland's hourly minimum wage to 1 1/2 times the city's minimum during a state of emergency for frontline workers. The emergency wage does not need to be paid to anyone already earning more than $18/hour. On October 14, Portland Press Herald published an article, "Portland voters to decide on $15 minimum wage, plus hazard pay," discussing the provision requiring time-and-a-half pay for specific employees during the state's declared emergency.This could raise the minimum wage to $18 in December. In November, Portland voters approved a referendum to gradually raise the minimum wage from $12 to $15 an hour by 2025 and require emergency time-and-a-half "hazard pay" for essential workers on top of the new minimum wage. Voters supported the ordinance to pay 1.5 times the minimum wage during a declared emergency, but the Maine Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that it wont go into effect until next January. Earned Paid Leave Maines Earned Paid Leave law is in effect as of January 1st, 2021 (Public Law 2019 Ch. The Portland City Council issued guidance on two of the five recently passed citizen initiative referendum questions following a November 10 workshop and executive session. The chamber said Tuesday its seeking both relief and clarity over when the emergency wage provision trigged by the pandemic would go into effect. PORTLAND, Maine (AP) The Portland Regional Chamber of Commerce filed an emergency payroll lawsuit on Tuesday, part of a referendum on raising the minimum wage approved by voters in Maine Thanks to an ordinance passed on election day, the wage will still increase from $12 to $15 an hour in 2022, However, there have been legal challenges to the wording of the law and whether that includes the current pandemic. The emergency provision in Portland City Code 33.7(g) provides the timing of the minimum wage increases by cross-reference to subsection b: the effective Minimum Wage Zeke Callanan. PORTLAND, Maine (AP) Portland Mayor Kate Snyder said the city will not enforce a new minimum wage ordinance until 2022, delaying an emergency-pay rule from going into effect in December, as its backers had expected. A sudden increase in the Portland, Maines new Minimum Wage and Emergency Minimum Wage. 156, An Act Authorizing Earned Employee Leave). Councilors decided to delay implementation of the minimum wage hike until 2022, despite demands from People First Portland that the emergency wage rate of $18 per hour must go into effect 30 days after the Nov. 3 referendum vote. The ordinance approved by voters in November gradually raises the citys minimum wage to $15 an hour by 2025. The ordinance was approved by 62% of voters and will gradually lift the citys minimum wage from $12 to $15. [1] Portland Regional Chamber of Commerce and other entities 1 (collectively, the Chamber) appeal from a judgment of the Superior Court (Cumberland County, Warren, J.) Lastly, voters in Portland, Maine, passed a minimum wage increase in November 2020 that included hazard pay for minimum wage earners during a public emergency. The Maine Minimum Wage Increase, also known as Question 4, was on the November 8, 2016, ballot in Maine as an indirect initiated state statute. Following the executive session, the Council issued the following guidance on the minimum wage and marijuana referendums. Portland, like the rest of Maine, currently has a $12 minimum wage which took effect Jan. 1 and ties the state for fourth highest in the nation. That means as early as next month the minimum wage will be $18 an hour, since Maine has declared a civil emergency. PORTLAND, Maine (WMTW) - The Portland Regional Chamber of Commerce and several businesses are suing the city of Portland over a voter-approved emergency minimum wage provision. Should an emergency be declared when the minimum wage increases to $15/hr, the emergency wage will rise to $22.50/hr. The hazard pay rule was part of a referendum approved by 62% of Portland voters in November that also will raise the citys minimum wage from $12.15 to $15 per hour over three years starting in January 2022. Portland voters approved a referendum on the November ballot that increases the citys minimum wage to $15 per hour over several years. Employers in Portland, Maine received long-awaited clarity Tuesday regarding a November 2020 voter referendum raising the citys minimum wage and instituting hazard pay during states of emergency such as the COVID-19 pandemic. According to portlandmaine.gov, over the course of three years, the minimum wage in Portland will increase to $15 per hour. Covered employers must meet this minimum standard, but the law does not require an employer to limit or reduce existing paid time off benefits. Portland residents approved on November 3 an ordinance that increases the citys minimum wage from $12 an hour to $15 an hour, including a provision that will require employers to pay their employees time-and-a-half during a municipal or state-declared emergency. It increases the minimum that tipped employees must be paid by their employer to $7.50 an hour. The ordinance was approved by 62% of voters and will gradually lift the citys minimum wage from $12 to $15. Related: Early 2021 Minimum Wage Rates for California Cities. [Portland voters approve minimum wage increase, rent control] Two workers are asking a judge to enforce raising the minimum wage in Portland during a declared emergency Wednesday evening, [JWG] lawyers representing two Whole Foods workers who intervened in the case hailed the courts decision to uphold the hazard pay ordinance. Portland, Maine, voters also approved a gradual increase to $15 by 2024, with tipped workers to be paid half the non-tipped minimum wage.The local Chamber of Commerce is suing to block a PORTLAND, Maine (AP) The Portland Regional Chamber of Commerce is suing over an emergency wage provision thats part of a minimum wage increase that city voters approved on Nov. 3. Additionally, in 2022, people who work during an emergency declared by the state or city will be paid time and a half for their efforts. PORTLAND (WGME) -- A referendum on the ballot in Portland would raise minimum wage to $15 over the next three years, and require employers to pay time and a half during a declared state of emergency. Councilors decided to delay implementation of the minimum wage hike until 2022, despite demands from People First Portland that the emergency wage rate of $18 per hour must go into effect 30 days after the Nov. 3 referendum vote. But it also enacted a hazard pay requirement for employees who report to If voters in Portland, Maine PORTLAND, Maine (AP) The Maine supreme court on Tuesday upheld a judge's decision that an $18-per-hour emergency minimum wage increase in PORTLAND, Maine (AP) Portland Mayor Kate Snyder said the city will not enforce a new minimum wage ordinance until 2022, delaying an emergency-pay rule from going into effect in December, as its backers had expected. Law360 (July 7, 2021, 2:53 PM EDT) -- A voter-approved measure set to increase Portland, Maine's minimum wage survived a business group's challenge when the Maine Supreme Judicial Court upheld a lower court's decision that it did not violate the state constitution. Minimum wage increases Current state minimum wage is $12.00, and the state minimum wage and increases will remain the controlling minimum wage until January 1, 2022. (The time-and-a-half will begin on the $12 base pay.) It will also raise the citys hazard-pay minimum wage to $22.50 during states of emergency. In November of 2020 the people of Portland, Maine voted to increase the minimum wage. A referendum approved by Portland voters that increased pay for minimum wage workers during a state of emergency is facing an appeal in Maines Supreme Court. That means during the pandemic emergency, the current minimum wage of $12 per hour in Portland will increase to $18. On July 6, 2021, the Maine Supreme Judicial Court unanimously ruled in Portland Regional Chamber of Commerce v. City of Portland that the
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