{"id":"DUT-ME-007","kind":"duty","level":"state","jurisdiction":"Maine","state":"ME","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Maine Legislature (26 M.R.S. chapter 3, Bureau of Labor Standards, Department of Labor)","authority":"R.S. 1954, c. 30; P.L. 1971, c. 620; P.L. 1975, c. 519; P.L. 2013, c. 473","instrument":"26 M.R.S. sec. 42 (powers and duties of the Bureau; the director \u0027shall cause to be enforced... all laws established for the protection of health, lives and limbs of operators in workshops and factories, on railroads and in other places\u0027), sec. 44 (right of access; records), sec. 45 (citations for violation of sec. 561-A or Board rules), sec. 46 (civil penalties), sec. 49 (imminent danger; Superior Court restraint), sec. 50 (inspections on employee complaint)","title":"Title 26, Chapter 3: Bureau of Labor (Maine Revised Statutes, chapter compilation generated October 20, 2025)","dateIssued":"2025-10-20","effective":"standing; text in force throughout March 2020 to September 2021 as to the enforcement mandate and penalties","end":"standing","startDate":"2025-10-20","endDate":"","quarters":["2020Q2","2020Q3","2020Q4","2021Q1","2021Q2","2021Q3"],"types":["DUTY","EMP"],"addressees":["employers (all workplaces for the sec. 42 enforcement mandate; public employers for the sec. 44-46 and 49-50 inspection, citation and penalty provisions)"],"clause":"The director shall cause to be enforced all laws regulating the employment of minors; all laws established for the protection of health, lives and limbs of operators in workshops and factories, on railroads and in other places; all laws regulating the payment of wages; and all laws enacted for the protection of the working classes.","enforcement":"sec. 46: civil penalty of not more than $1,000 for each day of a willful or repeated violation of sec. 45 or any standard, rule or order under sec. 565; civil penalty up to $1,000 for each serious violation (\u0027shall be assessed\u0027); up to $1,000 for each non-serious violation; fine or imprisonment for refusing to answer the director\u0027s inquiries; sec. 49: Superior Court order restraining conditions that \u0027will reasonably be expected to cause death or serious physical harm\u0027","functions":[],"notes":"The Bureau of Labor Standards to enforce every Maine law protecting the health and lives of workers in every workplace, to inspect public workplaces, examine \u0027the methods of protecting employees from danger, the safety and health of employees and sanitary conditions\u0027 (sec. 44), issue citations fixing abatement dates for violations of the general duty (sec. 45), assess civil penalties (sec. 46), restrain imminent dangers (sec. 49) and inspect on employee complaint (sec. 50).","sourceUrl":"https://legislature.maine.gov/statutes/26/title26ch3.pdf","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":162188,"grade":"primary","character":"workplace_duty","description":"","collection":"DUT-ME","url":"/library/DUT-ME-007","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/DUT-ME-007","citation":"Maine Legislature (26 M.R.S. chapter 3, Bureau of Labor Standards, Department of Labor), 26 M.R.S. sec. 42 (powers and duties of the Bureau; the director \u0027shall cause to be enforced... all laws established for the protection of health, lives and limbs of operators in workshops and factories, on railroads and in other places\u0027), sec. 44 (right of access; records), sec. 45 (citations for violation of sec. 561-A or Board rules), sec. 46 (civil penalties), sec. 49 (imminent danger; Superior Court restraint), sec. 50 (inspections on employee complaint) (standing) (Ex. DUT-ME-007)","stateName":"Maine","related":["DUT-ME-005","DUT-ME-006"]}