Maine
Maine employers with one or more employees should consider including this statement in their handbook to inform employees about protections provided by the Maine Whistleblowers' Protection Act.
Maine employers should consider including this model policy statement in their handbook to educate employees, including supervisors, on the availability of unpaid break time and private locations for employees to express breast milk and to demonstrate their compliance with Maine's lactation accommodation law.
Maine employers that employ 25 or more employees in at least one worksite and that provide paid leave benefits to their employees (e.g., sick leave, vacation) should consider including this model policy statement in their handbook.
Maine employers with 15 or more employees seeking to educate employees about the availability of family military leave and to demonstrate compliance with Maine's family military leave law should consider including this model policy statement in their handbook.
Maine employers seeking to educate employees about the availability of leave for members of the National Guard or United States reserves should consider including this model policy statement in their handbook.
Maine employers seeking to explain how the handbook and supplement should be read together and that neither the handbook nor the supplement alter an employee's at-will status should consider including this model policy statement in their handbook.
This guide provides HR and payroll professionals with compliance guidance regarding the test for employee state unemployment insurance (SUI) tax coverage and what constitutes SUI taxable wages in Maine. It covers topics such as the taxable wage base, contribution rates, experience rating methods, SUTA dumping prevention, voluntary contributions, joint or combined accounts, quarterly reporting requirements, penalties for late filing, benefit overpayments, multiple worksite reporting and recordkeeping requirements.