Maine is like Arizona in that an employer can fire an employee at any time without giving a cause or reason. The exception is if the employee is a member of a union or covered by a collective bargaining agreement. I'm pretty sure that exempt (salaried) and nonexempt (hourly) are defined primarily by Federal Law. Several years ago the Obama administration proposed raising the Exempt category baseline wage to $47,000 a year since many retail workers were being classified as Exempt/salaried despite barely making over the minimum wage (which by the way is governed by both state and federal law). Bert, I think it is really nice that you pay your employees on snow days. I'm sure it helps build loyalty.
Last edited by ScottM; 12/28/2019 6:34 AM.
