Verification: approved by a person (carried over from Juriset's first release).
Programs
Name
Family and Medical Leave Act
Paid
no
Condition
Unpaid, job-protected leave with continuation of group health benefits. Up to 12 workweeks in a 12-month period for qualifying family and medical reasons; up to 26 workweeks in a single 12-month period of military caregiver leave. Covered employers: private-sector employers with 50 or more employees in 20 or more workweeks in the current or previous calendar year; public agencies and local educational agencies regardless of the number of employees. Eligible employees: at least 12 months with the employer, at least 1,250 hours of service in the 12 months before leave, and work at a location where the employer has at least 50 employees within 75 miles. The employer chooses the 12-month period method (29 CFR 825.200(b)).
The FMLA entitles eligible employees of covered employers to take unpaid, job-protected leave for qualifying family and medical reasons and requires continuation of their group health benefits under the same terms and conditions as if the employee had not taken leave. … For eligible employees, up to 12 workweeks of leave in a 12-month period for any of the following qualifying reasons: … An eligible employee who is the spouse, son, daughter, parent, or next of kin of a covered servicemember with a serious injury or illness may take up to 26 workweeks of leave during a single 12-month period to care for the servicemember. … Private-sector employers who employ 50 or more employees in 20 or more workweeks in either the current calendar year or the previous calendar year,
Public agencies (including federal, state, and local government employers), regardless of the number of employees, and … Work for a covered employer for at least 12 months,
Have at least 1,250 hours of service with the employer during the 12 months before their FMLA leave starts, and
Work at a location where the employer has at least 50 employees within 75 miles.
An employer is permitted to choose any one of the following methods for determining the 12-month period in which the 12 weeks of leave entitlement described in paragraph (a) of this section occurs:
(1) The calendar year;
(2) Any fixed 12-month leave year, such as a fiscal year, a year required by State law, or a year starting on an employee's anniversary date;
(3) The 12-month period measured forward from the date any employee's first FMLA leave under paragraph (a) begins; or,
(4) A “rolling” 12-month period measured backward from the date an employee uses any FMLA leave as described in paragraph (a).
Earned paid leave (paid). Family medical leave (unpaid). Paid family and medical leave benefits program (paid).
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Verification: approved by a person (carried over from Juriset's first release).
Programs
Name
Earned paid leave
Paid
yes
Condition
Applies to an employer that employs more than 10 employees in the usual and regular course of business for more than 120 days in any calendar year. Up to 40 hours earned in one year of employment. Accrual of leave begins at the start of employment, but the employer is not required to permit use of the leave before the employee has been employed by that employer for 120 days during a one-year period. Accrued and unused hours from the previous year of employment must be available for use in the following year and may not reduce the hours the employee may earn that year, up to 40 hours or the employer's policy accrual limit, whichever is higher. Paid at least the same base rate of pay. Does not include employment in a seasonal industry; does not apply to an employee covered by a collective bargaining agreement between January 1, 2021 and the expiration of the agreement.
Funded by
employer
Annual max
40
Leave type
general
Annual max unit
hours
Employer size min
11
Accrual hours earned
1
Accrual per hours worked
40
Name
Family medical leave
Paid
no
Condition
Up to 10 work weeks of family medical leave in any 2 years, for an employee employed by the same employer for 12 consecutive months, unless employed at a permanent work site with fewer than 15 employees. At least 30 days' notice required unless prevented by medical emergency. Leave may consist of unpaid leave. School administrative unit employees who worked at least 900 hours in the previous 12-month period are eligible under the same terms as the federal Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993.
Annual max
10
Leave type
Upcoming changes
No published changes are waiting to take effect.
Change history
Federal: United States
Version
Effective
Published
Change
Value
3in effect
new
paid_leave in us: version 3, effective 2026-10-24, published (new)
Family and Medical Leave Act (unpaid).
State: Maine
Version
Effective
Published
Change
Value
3in effect
new
paid_leave in us-me: version 3, effective 2026-01-01, published (new)
Earned paid leave (paid). Family medical leave (unpaid). Paid family and medical leave benefits program (paid).
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family_medical
Annual max unit
weeks
Employer size min
15
Eligibility service months
12
Name
Paid family and medical leave benefits program
Paid
yes
Condition
Not more than 12 weeks of family leave and not more than 12 weeks of medical leave in a benefit year, and not more than 12 weeks in the aggregate of family and medical leave in the same benefit year, except that medical leave taken during pregnancy or recovery from childbirth may be immediately followed by family leave. Covered individual receives a weekly benefit amount as provided in section 850-C. Financed by payroll premiums (not more than a combined rate of 1.0% of wages beginning January 1, 2025); employer may deduct up to 50% of the premium from employee wages. Employer must continue employment-related health insurance contributions during leave.
An employer that employs more than 10 employees in the usual and regular course of business for more than 120 days in any calendar year shall permit each employee to earn paid leave based on the employee's base pay as provided in this section. … An employee is entitled to earn one hour of paid leave from a single employer for every 40 hours worked, up to 40 hours in one year of employment. Accrual of leave begins at the start of employment, but the employer is not required to permit use of the leave before the employee has been employed by that employer for 120 days during a one-year period. Accrued and unused hours of earned paid leave from the previous year of employment must be available for use by an employee in the year of employment immediately following the previous year. … This section does not apply to an employee covered by a collective bargaining agreement during the period between January 1, 2021 and the expiration of the agreement.
Supporting source:26 MRSA §844. Family medical leave requirement, §844(1) (supports programs[1].name, programs[1].leave_type, programs[1].annual_max, programs[1].annual_max_unit, programs[1].employer_size_min, programs[1].eligibility_service_months, programs[1].condition, programs[1].paid)
every employee who has been employed by the same employer for 12 consecutive months is entitled to up to 10 work weeks of family medical leave in any 2 years unless employed at a permanent work site with fewer than 15 employees. … Family medical leave granted under this subchapter may consist of unpaid leave. … an employee of a school administrative unit who has worked at least 900 hours in the previous 12-month period is eligible for family medical leave under the same terms and conditions as leave provided to eligible employees under the federal Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993.
The paid family and medical leave benefits program is established effective January 1, 2026. … A. A covered individual is not eligible for more than 12 weeks of family leave in a benefit year. … B. A covered individual is not eligible for medical leave for more than 12 weeks in a benefit year. … C. A covered individual may not take more than 12 weeks, in the aggregate, of family leave and medical leave under this subchapter in the same benefit year. … While on family leave or medical leave pursuant to this subchapter, a covered individual receives a weekly benefit amount as provided in section 850‑C.
Payroll premiums must be paid in order to finance the payment of family leave benefits and medical leave benefits under this subchapter and administration of the program. … Beginning January 1, 2025, the premium amount may not be more than a combined rate of 1.0% of wages.