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Me. Rev. Stat. tit. 26, § 623 (2026)

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Sections 621‑A and 622 do not apply to an employee of a limited liability partnership and do not apply to an employee of an S corporation or a cooperative corporation or association if the employee is a stockholder of the corporation or association, unless the employee requests the association or corporation to pay that employee in accordance with section 621‑A. Except as provided in section 621‑A, subsection 3, 4 and 5, a corporation, contractor, person or partnership may not by a special contract with an employee or by any other means exempt itself from this section and sections 621‑A and 622.   [PL 2023, c. 124, §4 (AMD).]
SECTION HISTORY
PL 1973, c. 40 (AMD). PL 1975, c. 113, §2 (AMD). PL 1999, c. 465, §4 (AMD). PL 1999, c. 790, §P2 (AMD). PL 1999, c. 790, §P3 (AFF). PL 2005, c. 18, §2 (AMD). PL 2023, c. 124, §4 (AMD).
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Notes of Decisions
Cited in 6 cases (3 in the last 5 years), 2003–2024 · leading case: Robert Bocko v. Univ. of Maine Sys., 2024 ME 8 (Me. 2024).
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Robert Bocko v. Univ. of Maine Sys., 2024 ME 8 (Me. 2024). · cites it 5× “2 See 26 M.R.S. § 623 (2022) (“This section and sections 621-A and 622 do not apply to family members and salaried employees as defined in section 663, subsection 3, paragraphs J and K.”
Madore v. Kennebec Heights Country Club, 926 A.2d 1180 (Me. 2007). · cites it 2× “[¶ 12] In denying Madore’s post-judgment motions on this claim, the court found that Madore is not within the ambit of the statute because he falls within the exemption for salaried employees who work in a bona fide professional capacity as provided in 26 M.R.S. §§ 623,…”
Heller v. Allied Textile Companies Ltd., 276 F. Supp. 2d 175 (D. Me. 2003). “At oral argument, Plaintiff actually conceded that the section 621-A claim was no longer viable in light of 26 M.R.S.A. § 623 (Supp.2003) (providing that section 621-A "do[es] not apply to .”
Finn v. Cup 4 Cup LLC (D. Me. 2023). · cites it 2× “Shifting to Count IV, the Defendants contend that 26 M.R.S. § 623 provides that Maine’s Timely Payment of Wages statute, 26 M.”
Bocko v. Univ. of Maine Sys. (Me. Super. Ct 2022). “26 M.R.S. § 623. This exemption covers any "salaried employee who works in a bona fide executive, administrative or professional capacity and whose regular compensation, when converted to an annual rate, 4 exceeds 3000 times the State's minimum hourly wage or the annualized rate…”
Lowry v. Beardsley (Me. Super. Ct 2015). “Section 621-A, however, does not apply to "salaried employees," 26 M.R.S. § 623, which are defined as an employee "who works in a bona fide executive, administrative or professional capacity and whose regular compensation, when converted to an annual rate, exceeds 3000 times the…”
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