Legal Opinion
Cooper v. Springfield Terminal Railway Co.
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
Decided December 27, 1993PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ROBERTS, Justice.
This ease arises out of a dispute resulting from defendant Springfield Terminal Railway Company’s practice of requiring certain employees, among them the plaintiffs (Employees), to qualify for new positions by training without pay. The Employees brought suit, claiming that Springfield Terminal’s actions violated 26 M.R.S.A. § 629 (1988), which prohibits uncompensated work as a condition of securing or retaining employment. 1 The Superior Court (Cumberland County, Alexander, J.) agreed and entered judgment in favor of the Employees, awarding them unpaid wages, liquidated…
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