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Sexual and other unlawful harassment handbook statement: Maine

This resource explains when Maine employers should include a sexual and other unlawful harassment handbook statement to inform employees about protections against workplace harassment and to demonstrate compliance with the Maine Human Rights Act.

by Amy E. Mendenhall and Susie Wine, Littler

When to include

Maine employers should consider including this statement in their handbook to demonstrate their commitment to a workplace free of harassment and compliance with the Maine Human Rights Act (MHRA). While not required to be in a handbook, an employer must annually distribute a written notice describing the process for filing internal complaints and setting forth the name, address and telephone number of the person or persons to whom complaints should be reported, as well as contact information for the state agency that receives such complaints.

In this guide, learn about:

  • Customizable handbook statement
  • Guidance for employers
  • Additional resources

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Jurisdiction: Maine

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Littler, the largest global employment and labor law practice, exclusively represents the global employer community in all aspects of employment and labor law. Littler litigates, mediates and negotiates some of the most influential employment law cases and labor contracts on record.

Littler’s practice areas are extensive and their expertise crosses over multiple industries and spans a wide array of employment law areas such as discrimination and harassment, labor management relations, executive compensation, ERISA and benefit plan litigation, leaves of absence and disability accommodation, hiring, performance management and termination, employment practices audits and wage and hour.

Littler is the exclusive author of Brightmine’s prestigious Employee Handbook. Their experience with preparing employee handbooks and their ongoing contributions to Brightmine in the areas of federal and state leaves of absence, disabilities and multistate employer issues made them a natural fit to partner with us on the creation of a robust set of model handbook policy statements and guidance for federal, state and key municipalities.

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