<div dir="ltr"><div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">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.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">For reference: We pay every other Friday for the 2 weeks prior. </div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">Pay date: 1/23 </div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">covering dates: 1/4-1/17</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">Or am I missing something? </div><br clear="all"></div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr">Katie Gourley<div>RSU 25</div><div>Business Manager</div><div>207-469-7311</div><div><a href="mailto:katie@rsu25.org" target="_blank">katie.gourley@rsu25.org</a></div></div></div></div></div></div><br><br><div class="gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">---------- Forwarded message ---------<br>From: <strong class="gmail_sendername" dir="auto">Katie Hodgins</strong> <span dir="auto"><<a href="mailto:katie.hodgins@rsu25.org">katie.hodgins@rsu25.org</a>></span><br>Date: Thu, Jan 15, 2026 at 9:54 AM<br>Subject: Maine Law<br>To: Katie Gourley <<a href="mailto:katie@rsu25.org">katie@rsu25.org</a>><br></div><br><br><div dir="ltr"><div><h3 style="box-sizing:border-box;font-family:"Roboto Condensed",sans-serif;line-height:normal;color:rgb(0,0,0);margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.3em;letter-spacing:-0.5px"><font size="2">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.</font></h3><h3 style="box-sizing:border-box;font-family:"Roboto Condensed",sans-serif;line-height:normal;color:rgb(0,0,0);margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.3em;letter-spacing:-0.5px"><font size="2"><br></font></h3><h3 style="box-sizing:border-box;font-family:"Roboto Condensed",sans-serif;line-height:normal;color:rgb(0,0,0);margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.3em;letter-spacing:-0.5px"><font size="2">§621-A. Timely and full payment of wages</font></h3><div style="box-sizing:border-box;margin-top:3pt;text-indent:2em;font-family:Kreon,serif;letter-spacing:-0.5px"><div style="box-sizing:border-box;text-align:justify;text-indent:2em;margin-top:6pt;margin-bottom:6pt"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);box-sizing:border-box;font-weight:bolder">1. Minimum frequency and full payment. </span><font color="#000000">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 </font><font color="#ff0000">earned to within 8 days of the payment date.</font><font color="#000000"> 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 </font><a href="https://legislature.maine.gov/statutes/26/title26sec663.html" style="color:rgb(0,86,160);box-sizing:border-box;background-color:transparent;text-decoration-line:none" target="_blank">section 663, subsection 3, paragraphs J</a><font color="#000000"> and </font><a href="https://legislature.maine.gov/statutes/26/title26sec663.html" style="color:rgb(0,86,160);box-sizing:border-box;background-color:transparent;text-decoration-line:none" target="_blank">K</a><font color="#000000">, respectively. </font></div></div></div><div><br></div><span class="gmail_signature_prefix">-- </span><br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><font face="tahoma, sans-serif"><b>Katie Hodgins</b></font><div><font face="tahoma, sans-serif" size="1">RSU 25 (Bucksport, Orland, Prospect and Verona Island)</font></div><div><font size="1"><font face="tahoma, sans-serif">Human Resource Coordinator / </font><span style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif">Data Specialist</span></font></div><div><br></div><div><font face="tahoma, sans-serif" size="1">62 Mechanic Street</font></div><div><font face="tahoma, sans-serif" size="1">Bucksport, ME 04416</font></div><div><font face="tahoma, sans-serif" size="1">(207) 469-7311<br></font><br></div></div></div></div></div>
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