Maine Revised Statutes Title 26. Labor and Industry § 1251. Investigations; hearings; regulations

1. Seasonal industry. As used in this section, the term “seasonal industry” means an industry in which, because of the seasonal nature thereof, it is customary to operate only during a regularly recurring period or periods of less than 26 weeks in a calendar year. The commission shall, after investigation and hearing, pursuant to Title 5, section 9051 et seq., determine, and may thereafter from time to time redetermine, the longest seasonal period or periods during which, by the best practice of the industry in question, operations are conducted. Until such determination by the commission, no industry may be deemed seasonal.

2. Rules. The commissioner shall prescribe fair and reasonable rules, pursuant to Title 5, section 8051 et seq., applicable to the payment of benefits to individuals whose qualifying wages in whole or in part were earned in seasonal industries, to the period during which benefits are payable to the individuals and to charges to be made to experience rating records or general funds as a result of benefits so paid.

3. Exceptions.