On December 4, 2024, the Maine Department of Labor (DOL) adopted finalized rules for the Maine Paid Family and Medical Leave Program (PFML). This rulemaking follows the Maine Legislature’s passage of the new law in 2023. Employer contributions and employee pay deductions to fund these benefits begin on Jan. 1, 2025. Employees can begin
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Maine Paid Family and Medical Leave Program Update: Labor Department Releases Revised Proposed Rules
By Samuel H. Martin & Debra Weiss Ford on
The Maine Department of Labor (DOL) announced revised proposed rulemaking for the Maine Paid Family and Medical Leave Program. This comes on the heels of the first draft of proposed rules issued on May 20, 2024.
Public comment is open through Sept. 30, 2024. Comments can be submitted here.
Maine DOL’s rulemaking follows the …
Maine Department of Labor Releases Proposed Rules for Paid Family and Medical Leave Program
By Samuel H. Martin on
Posted in Paid family and medical leave
The Maine Department of Labor announced proposed rulemaking on May 20, 2024, to implement the upcoming Maine Paid Family and Medical Leave Program.
Maine DOL’s rulemaking has been expected following the Maine Legislature’s passage of the new law in 2023. Employees can begin receiving paid leave benefits effective on May 1, 2026, and employer…
New Hampshire Adopts Workplace Accommodations for Nursing Mothers
By Samuel H. Martin & Katharine C. Weber on
Posted in Lactation Accommodation
New legislation in New Hampshire will guarantee the right of nursing mothers to an unpaid break of 30 minutes to pump for every three hours of work beginning July 1, 2025.
This new state law comes in the wake of the 2022 federal PUMP Act, which requires employers nationwide to provide employees with…
Maine Enacts New Paid Family and Medical Leave Act
By Debra Weiss Ford & Samuel H. Martin on
Posted in Paid family and medical leave
Beginning May 1, 2026, Maine’s new paid family leave law will allow Maine employees up to 12 weeks of family and medical leave benefits over a one-year period.
Benefits will be financed by a mandatory “premium” based on employee wages of up to 1%, to be split evenly between employee and employer, with each bearing…
Vermont Governor Announces Family and Medical Leave Insurance Plan
By Debra Weiss Ford & Samuel H. Martin on
Posted in FMLA
Vermont will join its neighboring state New Hampshire in implementing a voluntary paid family and medical leave insurance program.
Read more here.
Maine Expands State FMLA to Allow Leave to Care for Serious Health Conditions of Grandchildren
By Debra Weiss Ford & Samuel H. Martin on
Maine employees will soon be eligible to take protected unpaid leave to care for serious health conditions of their grandchildren. On June 14, 2021, Governor Janet Mills signed into law L.D. 61, an Act to Include Grandparents Under Maine’s Family Medical Leave Laws. The law amends the Maine Family Medical Leave Act to allow an…