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Maine panel endorses bill that would prohibit firing workers without cause The measure would end 'at-will' employment in Maine, which allows employers to terminate workers for any reason that doesn't violate anti-discrimination laws. Share A bill that would end “at-will” employment in Maine has been endorsed by the Legislature’s Labor and Housing Committee, but is drawing harsh criticism from employers. The committee voted 8-5 Friday to recommend passage of L.D. 553, which would end at-will employment and standardize progressive discipline. The bill is sponsored by the committee’s Ho...
Read Article A bill that would end “at-will” employment in Maine has been endorsed by the Legislature’s Labor and Housing Committee, but is drawing harsh criticism from employers. The committee voted 8-5 Friday to recommend passage of L.D. 553, which would end at-will employment and standardize progressive discipline. The bill is sponsored by the committee’s House chair, Rep. Mike Sylvester, a Portland Democrat. At-will employment allows an employer to terminate an employee at any time, without cause, explanation or prior warning, provided the action does not violate state and federa...
For subscribers CEO pay doubled, the minimum wage stayed the same. But Americans still can't agree on a raise. Ledyard King, Charisse Jones, Paul Davidson and Michael Collins, USA TODAY Published 11:31 am UTC Apr. 7, 2021 KEYSER, W.Va. – Jackie Hickey Butts remembers the hardscrabble lifestyle she led on $8.75 an hour as a single mother in this bucolic town in West Virginia's eastern panhandle: No car. No television. No extras for her and her five children. “There’s one month you didn’t pay the water bill. Then you doubled up the next month and then you did the same thing with elec...