Does the Maine labor board actually get involved with employee ever?

Submitted by 2drunk2remember t3_zyq5a3 in Maine

Ive filled complaints here and there after illegal activities for some companies ive worked for and nothing seems to have happened. One of the companies was not paying their employees, including me, and the labor still didn't do anything. I had to wait 5 weeks before I got paid for 3 weeks of work

Anyway anyone actually have a story on them actually doing anything or getting involved?

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TacomaMan2019 t1_j28cgb6 wrote

Quarry tap room just got hit pretty good with fines not too long ago.

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dahliarose926 t1_j27b9ra wrote

Not very often. I've had to deal with them in the past, ugh.

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Oniriggers t1_j28fsfr wrote

I still haven’t been paid my wages from a cannabis farm I worked at, it’s been two summers now. Went to the dept of labor, they said they are aware of several similar issues but can’t do anything, they have no teeth to enforce…

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bwma t1_j29l9fk wrote

My wife worked at a restaurant that didn't keep payroll. Most of the kitchen was paid under the table. Employees wouldn't get paid unless they tracked down the manager and asked for a check. Checks bounced. It was all clear as day. She reported all of it and nothing came of it.

I'm half expecting employers to start taking advantage of this. They can get away with a lot before it rises to a level that is addressed. It's incredibly prevalent in restaurants because people will quit and get a new job rather than deal with the problem.

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2SticksPureRage t1_j2b4n2l wrote

I wonder if this has anything to do with LeRage gutting and fucking around with the labor board? I had to use them once when I worked at dunkins in my 20s and they were on top of us reporting not receiving our checks. Like so on top of it the managers pulled from petty cash to pay us within days.

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SheSellsSeaShells967 t1_j2ddtql wrote

I think people would be surprised what employers can get away with. I was blindsided and called into a meeting and accused of something I didn’t do. During that meeting a manager called me a bitch and brought up the fact that I go to counseling. The labor board said that there are no rules against that. They said that I could get a lawyer and address the counseling comment because it could be considered a disability (it isn’t). But they told me that even if anything came of it, nothing would happen to the employer.

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Beasagdeux t1_j2ezwc3 wrote

So much this.

Corporations own the government. The Labor Board is much like the PUC. The people appointed are there to serve the corporations.. not the people.

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