If You Lose Your
Job: Information for Unemployed Workers (May 2009)
Explains your rights as a recently-employed worker,
including full pay, reasons for termination, personnel file, pension, continuing
health care coverage under COBRA, and unemployment benefits.
Unemployed
Worker Benefits (April 2009)
Detailed explanation of how the unemployment benefit
system works in Maine. Also, includes general information about DWB and
TRA benefits for displaced workers.
Beneficios para Trabajadores Desempleados
(Abril 2000)
Información detallada de como el sistema de beneficios para trabajadores
desempleados funciona en el estado de Maine. También, incluye información
sobre beneficios de DWB y TRA para trabajadores desplazados.
Preparing for an Unemployment Compensation Appeal Hearing
(video; June 2009)
This video is posted by the Connecticut Department of Labor. But you can use it to help you prepare for an
appeal of your Maine unemployment compensation case.
Family Medical Leave in Maine (April 2009)
Do you have to be out of work because of a serious family illness? Read about your
rights as a worker in Maine.
Ley Para la Compensacion de Trabajadores (updated April 2006)
To read about Worker's Compensation in English, see link to Maine Bar Association
site below.
The Maine Department of Labor
posts these user-friendly pages:
Maine's Job Bank, where you can search for a job in Maine, and
The
Career Center where you can get help in looking for a job, as well as other job-related services.
The Maine Employee Rights
Guide
You will need Adobe Acrobat Reader to view these three lengthy .pdf documents.
If you need help downloading this free software click
here. These documents may take a long time to load. |
GuŽia de Derechos de Empleados en Maine
(Spanish version)
A Guide to
Maine Laws Governing the Employment of Minors
Protecting Your Teen: A Guide for
Parents
Frequently Asked
Questions about Maine employment laws.
Unemployment
Insurance Benefits, explaining how to apply and how the system
works.
Preparing
for an Appeal Hearing
If you are denied unemployment benefits and want to appeal the
decision, read this helpful information.
The Bureau
of Labor Education at the University of Maine in Orono publishes
a comprehensive
A Maine
Guide to Employment Law. For $5 you can receive a hard-copy of this
guide by contacting the University of Maine Bureau of Employment Law at 207-581-4124.
Workers' Compensation
The Lawyers Referral and Information Service of the Maine Bar Association posts Workers'
Compensation Law in the State of Maine.
You will need Adobe Acrobat Reader to view this .pdf page.
If you need help downloading
this free software click here.
The Workers' Compensation Board offers a longer piece, with more details about how
the system works: Facts about Maine's
Workers' Compensation Laws
How to do a Workers' Comp appeal
without a lawyer is authored by the Clerk of the Maine Law Court.
Workplace Safety
Maine Department of Labor information includes
SafetyWorks for adult workers and SafeTeens
for teen workers.
Both sites include useful safety information and where to get help in Maine.
MassCOSH posts several good
"factsheets"
on health and safety rights & strategies..
You will need Adobe Acrobat Reader to view these .pdf pages.
If you need help downloading
this free software click here.
OSHA, at the U.S. Department
of Labor, also offers information about workplace safety and an on-line complaint
form on The
Worker's Page.
Employment Discrimination
The Maine Human Rights
Commission investigates complaints of illegal discrimination, including
employment discrimination. Read about:
How to File a Charge
under the Human Rights Act, including an on-line intake form.
Sexual Harassment
on the Job
You will need Adobe Acrobat Reader to view this .pdf page.
If you need help downloading
this free software click here.
What and When Can Employers Ask about Disability? The Maine Disabilities
Rights Center explains the law.
Pay Equity is a means of eliminating sex and race discrimination in the wage-setting system.
Read Questions & Answers
on Pay Equity from the National Committee on Pay Equity.
Pensions
Read about the laws governing pension plans and how to get help from New England's
Pension Action Center.
The Women's Institute for a Secure Retirement (WISER)
also posts user-friendly
fact sheets on several topics, including pension issues for divorced and widowed women.
March 3, 2010 - Federal bill extends benefits for 30 more days.
