CHAPTER 89

H.P. 673 - L.D. 963

An Act To Set Standards for Electronic Methods Used for

Wage Payment

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:

Sec. 1. 26 MRSA §663, sub-§5, as amended by PL 1965, c. 410, §4, is further amended to read:

5. Wages. "Wages" paid to any employee includes compensation paid to such the employee in the form of legal tender of the United States, and checks on banks convertible into cash on demand, and includes the reasonable cost to the employer who furnishes such the employee board or lodging.__"Wages" also includes compensation paid through a direct deposit system, automated teller machine card or other means of electronic transfer as long as the employee either can make an initial withdrawal of the entire net pay without additional cost to the employee or the employee can choose another means of payment that involves no additional cost to the employee;

Sec. 2. 26 MRSA §665, sub-§1, as amended by PL 1971, c. 620, §13, is further amended to read:

1. Examination of records, books; copies. Every employer subject to this subchapter shall keep a true and accurate record of the hours worked by each employee and of the wages paid, such records to be preserved by the employer for a period of at least