Maine
This guide provides HR professionals with an overview of Maine law regarding employer liability for negligent hiring and negligent retention. It discusses how to minimize the risk of negligent hiring and retention claims through various forms of screening and covers legal limitations on these screening methods.
Maine law requires covered employers to provide eligible employees and dependents the option of continuing health care coverage under certain circumstances. This guide helps HR professionals understand requirements related to continued health care coverage and conversion coverage.
This guide provides HR professionals with an overview of Maine requirements regarding workplace security, including those related to trade secrets, embezzlement, data breaches, workplace violence, guns and weapons in the workplace and emergency plans and closings.
This guide provides compliance guidance for HR and payroll professionals regarding Maine income tax withholding on residents, nonresidents and expatriates; supplemental wage withholding; Form W-2 reporting; earned income tax credit notices; and recordkeeping.
This guide provides an overview of Maine law regarding jury duty leave for employees. It covers employer obligations to provide leave, employee eligibility for leave, compensation during leave, and prohibited actions against employees who perform jury service.
This guide covers Maine law regarding employee personnel file access.
This guide provides compliance guidance for HR and payroll professionals in the Maine regarding the requirement to report new hire information to the state, including what, when and how to report.
Maine considers different factors to determine whether a worker is an employee or an independent contractor under its workers compensation law, unemployment insurance law, and more. This guide provides an in-depth review of Maine employment law requirements with respect to independent contractors.
Maine employers seeking to educate employees about the availability of leave during extreme public health emergencies and to encourage and demonstrate compliance with Maine law should consider including this model policy statement in their handbook.