[SchoolFinance] Fwd: Maine Law

[Sherry Moody]

Hi Katie,

Here is the statute in Maine law:
https://legislature.maine.gov/statutes/26/title26sec621-a.html#:~:text=At%20regular%20intervals%20not%20to,the%20employer%20and%20salaried%20employees
.

School employees have exemptions under Maine law that allows us to pay
hourly employees over a twelve month period (or less).

Sherry
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Sherry Moody, Business Mgr
Mid-Coast School of Technology
1 Main Street
Rockland, ME 04841
(207) 594-2161
www.mcst8.org


On Thu, Jan 15, 2026 at 10:22 AM Katie Gourley <katie.gourley at rsu25.org>
wrote:

> Can someone explain why we are able to pay bi weekly. Is it 16 days from
> the end of the pay period?  I know when we had DOL come to the ASBO meeting
> last year this was discussed. I just do not remember the details.
>
>
> For reference: We pay every other Friday for the 2 weeks prior.
>
> Pay date: 1/23
> covering dates: 1/4-1/17
>
> Or am I missing something?
>
> Katie Gourley
> RSU 25
> Business Manager
> 207-469-7311
> katie.gourley at rsu25.org <katie at rsu25.org>
>
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ---------
> From: Katie Hodgins <katie.hodgins at rsu25.org>
> Date: Thu, Jan 15, 2026 at 9:54 AM
> Subject: Maine Law
> To: Katie Gourley <katie at rsu25.org>
>
>
> Our schedule is not meeting this. Can you ask other bi-weekly how they are
> meeting this law or explain it to me if I am misunderstanding it.
> §621-A. Timely and full payment of wages
> 1.  Minimum frequency and full payment.  At regular intervals not to
> exceed 16 days, every employer must pay in full all wages earned by each
> employee, except members of the family of the employer and salaried
> employees. Each payment must include all wages earned to within 8 days of
> the payment date. Payments that fall on a day when the business is
> regularly closed must be paid no later than the following business day. An
> employee who is absent from work at a time fixed for payment must be paid
> as if the employee was not absent. For purposes of this subsection,
> "members of the family of the employer" and "salaried employees" have the
> same meanings as described in section 663, subsection 3, paragraphs J
> <https://legislature.maine.gov/statutes/26/title26sec663.html> and K
> <https://legislature.maine.gov/statutes/26/title26sec663.html>,
> respectively.
>
> --
> *Katie Hodgins*
> RSU 25 (Bucksport, Orland, Prospect and Verona Island)
> Human Resource Coordinator / Data Specialist
>
> 62 Mechanic Street
> Bucksport, ME  04416
> (207) 469-7311
>
>
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