{"data":{"id":"us-me/26-m.r.s.-666","jurisdiction":"us-me","citation":"26 M.R.S. §666","heading":"Workers with disabilities","body":"The director may not issue to an employer for a person with a disability a special certificate authorizing the employer to pay that person a wage less than the minimum wage, based on the ability of the person to perform the duties required for that employment in comparison to the ability of a person who does not have a disability to perform the same duties.  An employer may not pay less than the minimum wage to a person by virtue of that person's having a mental or physical disability.  A special certificate authorizing the payment of less than minimum wage to a person with a mental or physical disability issued pursuant to a law of this State or to a federal law is without effect.","path":["TITLE 26: LABOR AND INDUSTRY","CHAPTER 7: EMPLOYMENT PRACTICES","SUBCHAPTER 3: MINIMUM WAGES"],"source_url":"https://legislature.maine.gov/statutes/26/title26sec666.html","current_through":"October 1, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-04T15:12:34Z","sha256":"ad4bf4ef59c77f5faabf45daf937019259befc9ac927f0ff3850051cb7a61d5e","source_id":"us-me","stale":false,"prev":"us-me/26-m.r.s.-665","next":"us-me/26-m.r.s.-667"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}