by Kai McGintee, Bernstein Shur Sawyer & Nelson
Summary
This guide provides an in-depth review of Maine leave requirements. Maine requires covered employers to provide unpaid family and medical leave, paid family and medical leave benefits, family military leave, kin care leave, domestic violence leave, jury duty leave, legislative leave, emergency responder and search-and-rescue volunteer leave, public health emergency leave, military leave, veterans medical appointment leave and paid leave for any reason.
In this guide, learn about:
- Leaves of absence
- Family and medical leave
- Paid family and medical leave
- Organ donor leave
- Family military leave
- Kin care leave
- Domestic violence leave
- Jury duty leave
- Legislative leave
- Emergency responder leave
- Exceptions
- Notice and verification
- Enforcement
- Search-and-rescue volunteer leave
- Exceptions
- Notice and verification
- Enforcement
- Public health emergency leave
- Military leave
- Veterans medical appointment leave
- Earned paid leave
- Covered employers
- Employee eligibility
- Qualifying reasons for leave
- Accrual, use and carryover of leave
- Frontloading
- Compensation and benefits
- Changes in employment
- Employee notice requirements
- Employer notice and posting requirements
- Prohibited actions
- Interaction with other laws and policies
- Penalties
- Training
- Future developments
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About the author
Bernstein Shur Sawyer & Nelson
Bernstein Shur Sawyer & Nelson is a New England-based law firm that advises clients across the United States and around the world. They have offices located in Maine and New Hampshire and practice across a variety of different industries including education, health care, nonprofit, financial services and retail.
Bernstein, Shur provides advice, counsel and guidance to help employers comply with new laws and regulations. The firm’s labor and employment practice includes providing HR advice and counsel, litigation, labor negotiations and collective bargaining, ERISA, benefits and executive compensation advice, preventative programs and training, post-litigation training and agency representation. They also conduct workplace investigations in a number of different areas such as discrimination, sexual harassment, Title IX and VAWA, retaliation/whistleblower, employee or student misconduct and wage and hour violations.
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