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An Act To Recruit and Retain Corrections Support Staff
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:
Sec. 1. Wage increase for support workers in Department of Corrections. Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, beginning October 1, 2019, staff in support, maintenance and other nonsupervisory positions, but not including guards, in correctional facilities maintained by the Department of Corrections must be given a $2 per hour increase in their wages in effect on September 30, 2019.
 
SUMMARY
This bill requires staff in support, maintenance and other nonsupervisory positions, but not including guards, in correctional facilities maintained by the Department of Corrections to be given a $2 per hour increase in their wages. In 2016, guards in the department were given a $2 per hour wage increase but other employees in the correctional facilities were not.