Maine HR and Employment Law

Type:: Employment Law Guide

Discrimination: Maine

Updated to reflect law broadening discrimination protections for individuals who have received an order of protection under a domestic violence law, effective September 24, 2025.

Type:: Legal Timetable

Maine Minimum Salary for Executive, Administrative and Professional Employees Increases to $871.16 per Week

Updated to reflect the 2026 annual inflation adjustment to the minimum salary.

Type:: Legal Timetable

Maine Minimum Salary for Executive, Administrative and Professional Employees Is Adjusted for Inflation

Type:: Legal Timetable

Maine Minimum Wage Increases to $15.10

Updated to reflect the 2026 annual inflation adjustment to the minimum wage.

Type:: Legal Timetable

Maine Minimum Wage Is Adjusted for Inflation

Type:: Handbook Templates

Maine Supplement: Table of Contents

Updated to reflect the addition of the Earned Paid Leave Handbook Statement [Lump Sum Method]: Maine.

Type:: Employment Law Guide

Labor Rights and Enforcement: Maine

Maine does not have laws related to labor relations regulating employees' rights to organize, bargain collectively and engage in concerted activities in the private sector.

Type:: Handbook Templates

Pregnancy Accommodation Handbook Statement: Maine

Updated statement and guidance to include information on the federal Pregnant Workers Fairness Act.

Type:: Legal Timetable

Maine Requires Coverage of Nonprescription Contraception

Type:: Employment Law Guide

Unfair Labor Practices: Maine

Maine does not have a state law governing unfair labor practices for private employers.

US Jurisdictions

Maine

New and Updated

Discrimination: Maine

Maine Minimum Salary for Executive, Administrative and Professional Employees Increases to $871.16 per Week

Maine Minimum Salary for Executive, Administrative and Professional Employees Is Adjusted for Inflation

Maine Minimum Wage Increases to $15.10

Maine Minimum Wage Is Adjusted for Inflation

Maine Supplement: Table of Contents

Labor Rights and Enforcement: Maine

Pregnancy Accommodation Handbook Statement: Maine

Maine Requires Coverage of Nonprescription Contraception

Unfair Labor Practices: Maine

Maine at a Glance

Local Coverage

Maine Employment Law Guide

At-Will, Contracts and Restrictive Covenants

EEO

Employee Benefits

Employee Leaves

Employee Management

HR Strategy, Management and the Law

Labor Relations

Organizational Exit

Payroll

Recruiting and Hiring

Risk Management - Health, Safety, Security

Types of Employers

Wage and Hour