Businesses have big questions about Maine's new paid leave law
Concerns and questions over the law arose Tuesday morning during a Zoom call hosted by the Maine State Chamber of Commerce.
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Concerns and questions over the law arose Tuesday morning during a Zoom call hosted by the Maine State Chamber of Commerce.
AUGUSTA – On Tuesday, October 10, 2023, from 10 a.m. to 11 a.m. (ET) on Zoom, the Maine State Chamber of Commerce will host a webinar outlining Maine’s new Paid Family and Medical Leave program that will become law at the end of this month. Verrill attorney Tawny Alvarez and Peter Gore of Maine Street
Democratic Gov. Janet Mills will likely be forced to choose between allowing a paid family leave bill to become law or risk a statewide referendum on the issue next year, financed by progressive megadonors.
AUGUSTA -- Officials unveiled legislation that would implement a statewide paid family and medical leave program.
The bill's sponsors, Sen. Mattie Daughtry and Rep. Kristin Cloutier, hope to make Maine the final New England state to adopt a PFML policy.