The second type is for employees (commonly referred to as exempt) whose primary job duties meet the Executive, Administrative or Professional exemptions established in 26 MRS §663 (K).
However, if they work more than 40 hours in any given week, their salary must be converted to an hourly rate that cannot amount to less than the State Minimum Wage and they must be paid overtime for all hours worked in excess of 40 in any given week. Non-exempt salaried employees are paid a predetermined fixed amount regardless of the number of hours they work. One is for employees (commonly referred to as non-exempt) whose job duties do not meet the Executive, Administrative or Professional exemptions established in 26 MRS §663 (K). How many hours is full-time employment? How many hours is part-time? Overtime (one and one half times the regular rate of pay) is due on all hours worked over 40 in a workweek in most employment situations. Valid tip pooling arrangements only is permissible among service employees. Tips belong to the employee providing the service to the customer. If the employee's wages, when combined with actual tips received, do not average at least the State Minimum Wage at the end of the week, the employer must increase the direct service wage by the difference. Or its successor agency, with the amount of the increase rounded to the nearest multiple ofĮmployers must pay service employees a direct service wage of at least 50% of the State Minimum Wage.Įffective January 1, 2022, the State Minimum Wage will be $12.75 per hour and the direct service wage cannot be less than $6.38 per hour. Index, as published by the United States Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics Wage Earners and Clerical Workers, CPI-W, for the Northeast Region, or its successor The level as of August of the year preceding that year in the Consumer Price Index for Urban Living is measured by the percentage increase, if any, as of August of the previous year over Same percentage of the increase, if any, in the cost of living. On January 1, 2024, and every January 1st thereafter, the monetary amount over which anĮmployee is considered a service employee under this subsection must be increased by the Beginning January 1, 2023, $175 a month in tips. Beginning January 1, 2022, $100 a month in tips orĬ. Prior to January 1, 2022, $30 a month in tips ī. Effective January 1, 2021, “Service employee” means any employee engaged in an occupation in which the employee customarily and regularly receives more than:Ī.