PUBLIC Law Chapter 423

cause of action accrued, except that a cause of action arising from

a willful violation of the overtime wage payment law must be

commenced within 3 years after the cause of action accrued.__

Overtime wages are recoverable by employees of the executive or

judicial branch beginning with the later of the date the cause of

action accrued and the date the applicable limitations period

began.

Sec. 4. 39-A MRSA §102, sub-§11, ¶A, as amended by PL 2001, c. 710, §18
and affected by §19, is further amended by amending subparagraph
(1) to read:

(1) Persons engaged in maritime employment or in
interstate or foreign commerce who are within the
exclusive jurisdiction of admiralty law or the laws of
the United States, except that this section may not be
construed to exempt from the definition of "employee" a
person who is employed by the State and is thereby
barred by the State's sovereign immunity from bringing
a claim against that person's employer under admiralty
law or other laws of the United States for claims that
are otherwise cognizable under this Act;

Sec. 5. Application. This Act applies to overtime hours worked on
or after the effective date of this Act.

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