Maine Revised Statutes > Title 26 > Chapter 7 – Employment Practices

Current as of: 2023 | Check for updates | Other versions

		Sections
Subchapter 1	Conditions for Employment	591 – 600-B
Subchapter 1-A	Hours of Employment	601 – 604
Subchapter 1-B	Employment Agencies	611 – 613
Subchapter 1-C	Employee Social Media Privacy	615 – 619
Subchapter 1-D	General Provisions	620
Subchapter 2	Wages and Medium of Payment	621-A – 640
Subchapter 2-A	Employment Standards in the Forestry Industry and Farming	641 – 646
Subchapter 3	Minimum Wages	661 – 673-A
Subchapter 3-A	Substance Use Testing	681 – 690
Subchapter 4	Employment of Women and Children	771 – 786
Subchapter 4-B	Sexual Harassment Policies	806 – 807
Subchapter 4-C	Firefighter or Emergency Medical Services Person; Absence From Work	809
Subchapter 4-D	Search and Rescue Volunteers; Absence From Work	810
Subchapter 5	Leave Relating to Reserve Training or Military Service	811 – 814
Subchapter 5-A	Leave of Absence as Legislator	821 – 830
Subchapter 5-B	Protection of Employees Who Report or Refuse to Commit Illegal Acts	831 – 840
Subchapter 6	Employee Trusts	841
Subchapter 6-A	Family Medical Leave Requirements	843 – 849-A
Subchapter 6-B	Employment Leave for Victims of Violence	850
Subchapter 6-C	Paid Family and Medical Leave	850-A – 850-R
Subchapter 7	Strikebreakers	851 – 856
Subchapter 9	Foreign Laborers; Logging	871 – 873
Subchapter 10	Employment During Extreme Public Health Emergency	875
Subchapter 11	Veteran Preference	876 – 878
Subchapter 12	Human Trafficking Awareness Signs	879

Ask an employment law question, get an answer ASAP!
Thousands of highly rated, verified employment lawyers
Specialties include: Employment Law, EEOC, Pension and Compensation, Harassment Law, Discrimination Law, Termination Law, General Legal and more.
Click here to chat with a lawyer about your rights.

Terms Used In Maine Revised Statutes > Title 26 > Chapter 7 - Employment Practices

Abutting land: means real estate that shares a common boundary, or portion of a boundary, with land that is held in common ownership with land registered or being considered for registration under this chapter when the abutting real estate is within 50 feet of the land registered or being considered for registration. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 7 Sec. 52
Administrator: means the department administering the program or an authorized 3rd party conducting any functions necessary to implement and operate the program. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 26 Sec. 850-A
Adult: means a person who has attained the age of 18 years. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 1 Sec. 72
Adult use cannabis: means cannabis cultivated, manufactured, distributed or sold by a cannabis establishment. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 28-B Sec. 102
Advice and consent: Under the Constitution, presidential nominations for executive and judicial posts take effect only when confirmed by the Senate, and international treaties become effective only when the Senate approves them by a two-thirds vote.
Affirmed: In the practice of the appellate courts, the decree or order is declared valid and will stand as rendered in the lower court.
Agricultural chemicals: means fungicides, insecticides, herbicides, and other pesticides. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 7 Sec. 52
Agricultural society: means a nonprofit organization or association incorporated in the State to promote education and encourage improvement in agriculture. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 7 Sec. 81
Animal: means an animal entered in an event. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 7 Sec. 81
Applicant: means an applicant for employment. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 26 Sec. 615
Applicant: includes any person using an employment agency's services. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 26 Sec. 682
Appraisal: A determination of property value.
Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization
Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account.
Association: means any corporation organized under this chapter. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 13 Sec. 2003
Authority: means the Paid Family and Medical Leave Benefits Authority, under section 850?O. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 26 Sec. 850-A
Automobile mechanic: means a person who is primarily engaged in the servicing of automobiles or trucks as an employee of an establishment primarily engaged in the business of selling automobiles or trucks to the ultimate purchaser, as long as the person's annual compensation exceeds 3,000 times the state minimum hourly wage or the annualized rate established by the United States Department of Labor under the federal Fair Labor Standards Act, whichever is higher, except when the employee is paid by the employer on an hourly basis. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 26 Sec. 663
Automobile parts clerk: means a person employed for the purpose of and primarily engaged in requisitioning, stocking and dispensing automobile parts as an employee of an establishment primarily engaged in the business of selling automobiles or trucks to the ultimate purchaser, as long as the person's annual compensation exceeds 3,000 times the state minimum hourly wage or the annualized rate established by the United States Department of Labor under the federal Fair Labor Standards Act, whichever is higher, except when the employee is paid by the employer on an hourly basis. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 26 Sec. 663
Automobile salesperson: includes a person who is primarily engaged in assisting in the financing and providing of insurance products to the ultimate purchaser. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 26 Sec. 663
Automobile service writer: means a person employed for the purpose of and primarily engaged in receiving, analyzing and referencing requests for service, repair or analysis of motor vehicles as an employee of an establishment primarily engaged in the business of selling automobiles or trucks to the ultimate purchaser, as long as the person's annual compensation exceeds 3,000 times the state minimum hourly wage or the annualized rate established by the United States Department of Labor under the federal Fair Labor Standards Act, whichever is higher, except that "automobile service writer" does not include an employee who is paid by the employer on a hourly basis. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 26 Sec. 663
Bankruptcy: Refers to statutes and judicial proceedings involving persons or businesses that cannot pay their debts and seek the assistance of the court in getting a fresh start. Under the protection of the bankruptcy court, debtors may discharge their debts, perhaps by paying a portion of each debt. Bankruptcy judges preside over these proceedings.
Base period: means the first 4 calendar quarters immediately preceding the first day of an individual's benefit year. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 26 Sec. 850-A
Benefit: means any payment made, or required to be made, to a beneficiary under chapter 423, subchapter V or chapter 425, subchapter V. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 5 Sec. 17001
Benefit year: means the 12-month period beginning on the first day of the calendar week immediately preceding the date on which family leave benefits or medical leave benefits commence. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 26 Sec. 850-A
Bequest: Property gifted by will.
Bonds: means any bonds, notes, interim certificates, debentures or other obligations issued by an authority under this chapter. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 30-A Sec. 4702
Bureau: means the Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Standards. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 26 Sec. 642
Cannabis: includes cannabis concentrate but does not include hemp as defined in Title 7, section 2231, subsection 1?A, paragraph D or a cannabis product. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 28-B Sec. 102
Cannabis concentrate: means the resin extracted from any part of a cannabis plant and every compound, manufacture, salt, derivative, mixture or preparation from such resin, including, but not limited to, hashish. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 28-B Sec. 102
Cannabis plant: means all species of the plant genus Cannabis, including, but not limited to, a mother plant, a mature cannabis plant, an immature cannabis plant or a seedling. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 28-B Sec. 102
Cannabis product: includes , but is not limited to, an edible cannabis product, a cannabis ointment and a cannabis tincture. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 28-B Sec. 102
Cannabis store: means a facility licensed under this chapter to purchase adult use cannabis, immature cannabis plants and seedlings from a cultivation facility, to purchase adult use cannabis and adult use cannabis products from a products manufacturing facility and to sell adult use cannabis, adult use cannabis products, immature cannabis plants and seedlings to consumers. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 28-B Sec. 102
Charity: An agency, institution, or organization in existence and operating for the benefit of an indefinite number of persons and conducted for educational, religious, scientific, medical, or other beneficent purposes.
Civil forfeiture: The loss of ownership of property used to conduct illegal activity.
Code of Federal Regulations: means the Code of Federal Regulations as of January 1, 2008. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 26 Sec. 642
Commission: means the Maine Human Rights Commission described in Title 5, chapter 337, subchapter II. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 26 Sec. 806
Commissioner: means the Commissioner of Labor. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 26 Sec. 850-A
Confirmation test: means a 2nd substance use test that is used to verify the presence of a substance indicated by an initial positive screening test result and is a federally recognized substance use test or is performed through the use of liquid or gas chromatography-mass spectrometry. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 26 Sec. 682
Confirmed positive result: means a confirmation test result that indicates the presence of a substance above the cutoff level in the tested sample. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 26 Sec. 682
Contributions: means the payments remitted by an employer or self-employed individual to the fund, as required by this subchapter. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 26 Sec. 850-A
Controller: means the State Controller. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 26 Sec. 850-A
Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant.
Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
Counterclaim: A claim that a defendant makes against a plaintiff.
Covered individual: means a person who:

A. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 26 Sec. 850-A

Covered service member: means :

A. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 26 Sec. 850-A

cultivate: means the planting, propagation, growing, harvesting, drying, curing, grading, trimming or other processing of cannabis for use or sale. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 28-B Sec. 102

Cultivation facility: means a facility licensed under this chapter to purchase cannabis plants and seeds from other cultivation facilities; to cultivate, prepare and package adult use cannabis; to sell adult use cannabis to products manufacturing facilities, to cannabis stores and to other cultivation facilities; and to sell cannabis plants and seeds to other cultivation facilities and immature cannabis plants and seedlings to cannabis stores. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 28-B Sec. 102

Cultural agencies: means the Maine Arts Commission, the Maine Historic Preservation Commission, the Maine Library Commission, the Maine State Museum Commission, the Maine Humanities Council, the Maine Historical Society and the Maine State Archives and programs of these organizations. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 27 Sec. 551

Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.

Department: means the Department of Labor. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 26 Sec. 806

Department: means the Department of Labor. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 26 Sec. 850-A

Dependent: A person dependent for support upon another.

Devise: To gift property by will.

Directors: means the Director of the Maine Arts Commission, the Director of the Maine Historic Preservation Commission, the State Librarian, the Director of the Maine State Museum, the Director of the Maine Humanities Council, the Director of the Maine Historical Society and the State Archivist. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 27 Sec. 551

Discovery: Lawyers' examination, before trial, of facts and documents in possession of the opponents to help the lawyers prepare for trial.

Domestic partner: means one of 2 unmarried adults who are domiciled together under long-term arrangements that evidence a commitment to remain responsible indefinitely for each other's welfare. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 1 Sec. 72

Driver: means a person who drives or controls the animal that is pulling in a pulling event. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 7 Sec. 81

Electronic funds transfer: The transfer of money between accounts by consumer electronic systems-such as automated teller machines (ATMs) and electronic payment of bills-rather than by check or cash. (Wire transfers, checks, drafts, and paper instruments do not fall into this category.) ^{Source: OCC}

Eligible criminal conviction: means a conviction for a current or former Class E crime, except a conviction for a current or former Class E crime under Title 17?A, chapter 11. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 15 Sec. 2261

Employee: means every person who may be permitted, required or directed by any employer in consideration of direct or indirect gain or profit, to engage in any employment;

[PL 1985, c. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 26 Sec. 591

Employee: means an individual who provides services or labor for an employer for wages or other remuneration. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 26 Sec. 615

Employee: means a person who is permitted, required or directed by any employer to engage in any employment for consideration of direct gain or profit. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 26 Sec. 682

Employee: means any person engaged to work on a steady or regular basis, whether full-time or part-time, by an employer located or doing business in the State. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 26 Sec. 806

Employee: includes school personnel and a person employed by the State or a political subdivision of the State. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 26 Sec. 832

Employee: means any person who may be permitted, required or directed by an employer in consideration of direct or indirect gain or profit to engage in any employment but does not include an independent contractor. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 26 Sec. 843

Employee: means a person who may be permitted, required or directed by an employer in consideration of direct or indirect gain or profit to engage in any employment in the State but does not include an independent contractor. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 26 Sec. 850-A

Employee: means :

A. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 5 Sec. 17001

Employee benefits: means all benefits, other than salary and wages, provided or made available to employees by an employer and includes group life insurance, health insurance, disability insurance and pensions, regardless of whether benefits are provided by a policy or practice of an employer. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 26 Sec. 843

Employer: means an individual, partnership, association, corporation, legal representative, trustee, receiver, trustee in bankruptcy and any common carrier by rail, motor, water, air or express company doing business in or operating within the State; and

[PL 2011, c. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 26 Sec. 591

Employer: includes a person acting in the interest of an employer directly or indirectly. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 26 Sec. 615

Employer: means :

A. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 26 Sec. 642

Employer: means any person, partnership, corporation, association or other legal entity, public or private, that employs one or more employees. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 26 Sec. 682

employer: includes , but is not limited to:

A. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 26 Sec. 806

Employer: means any private or public employer, including the State and political subdivisions of the State. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 26 Sec. 809

Employer: means any private or public employer, including the State and political subdivisions of the State. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 26 Sec. 810

Employer: includes an agent of an employer and the State, or a political subdivision of the State. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 26 Sec. 832

Employer: means :

A. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 26 Sec. 843

Employer: means :

A. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 26 Sec. 850-A

Employment: means a service performed for wages. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 26 Sec. 850-A

Employment agency: means any person who conducts a full-time or part-time service for the purpose of procuring or attempting to procure permanent or temporary employment or engagement for persons seeking employment or engagement, or for giving information about where employment or engagement may be procured when a fee paid by the employee is charged for that service. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 26 Sec. 611

Employment benefits: means all benefits provided or made available to employees by an employer, including, but not limited to, group life insurance, health insurance, disability insurance, sick leave, annual or vacation leave, educational benefits and pensions. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 26 Sec. 850-A

Entitlement: A Federal program or provision of law that requires payments to any person or unit of government that meets the eligibility criteria established by law. Entitlements constitute a binding obligation on the part of the Federal Government, and eligible recipients have legal recourse if the obligation is not fulfilled. Social Security and veterans' compensation and pensions are examples of entitlement programs.

Event: means a pulling competition or livestock exhibition. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 7 Sec. 81

Ex officio: Literally, by virtue of one's office.

fair: means an exhibition that is designed to promote education and encourage improvement in agriculture and that includes, but is not limited to, the following:

A. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 7 Sec. 81

Fair Fund: means the fund established in section 85. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 7 Sec. 81

Fair market value: The price at which an asset would change hands in a transaction between a willing, informed buyer and a willing, informed seller.

Family leave: means leave taken pursuant to section 850?B, subsection 2. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 26 Sec. 850-A

Family leave benefits: means wage replacement paid pursuant to sections 850?B and 850?C to a covered individual while the covered individual is on family leave. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 26 Sec. 850-A

Family medical leave: means leave requested by an employee for:

A. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 26 Sec. 843

Family member: means , with respect to a covered individual or spouse or domestic partner of a covered individual:

A. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 26 Sec. 850-A

Farm labor contractor: means a person or entity that employs migrant and seasonal farm workers and that is required to register with the United States Department of Labor under the federal Migrant and Seasonal Agricultural Worker Protection Act. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 26 Sec. 642

Farm support arrangement: means an arrangement that meets requirements established by the department by rule under which:

A. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 7 Sec. 60

Farm support payments: means annual payments by a municipality during the term of a qualified easement:

A. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 7 Sec. 60

Farmland: means any tract or tracts of land used for commercial farming:

A. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 7 Sec. 52

Federal Government: means the United States of America or any agency or instrumentality, corporate or otherwise, of the United States of America. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 30-A Sec. 2001

Federally recognized substance use test: means any substance use test recognized by the federal Food and Drug Administration as accurate and reliable through the administration's clearance or approval process. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 26 Sec. 682

Fiduciary: A trustee, executor, or administrator.

Financial institution: means any bank or trust company, savings bank, savings and loan association, industrial bank, national banking association, federal savings and loan association, mortgage banker, credit union or other such institution authorized to do business in the State, or a government agency which customarily provides service or otherwise aids in the financing of mortgage loans. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 30-A Sec. 4702

Fiscal year: The fiscal year is the accounting period for the government. For the federal government, this begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends; for example, fiscal year 2006 begins on October 1, 2005 and ends on September 30, 2006.

Fishery products: includes fish, crustaceans, mollusks and marine products for human consumption. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 13 Sec. 2003

Foreclosure: A legal process in which property that is collateral or security for a loan may be sold to help repay the loan when the loan is in default. ^{Source: OCC}

Forestry worker: means a person employed on a temporary or seasonal basis to perform reforestation activities, including, but not limited to, precommercial thinning, tree planting and brush clearing. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 26 Sec. 642

Fund: means the Paid Family and Medical Leave Insurance Fund established under section 850?E. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 26 Sec. 850-A

Gift: A voluntary transfer or conveyance of property without consideration, or for less than full and adequate consideration based on fair market value.

Guardian: A person legally empowered and charged with the duty of taking care of and managing the property of another person who because of age, intellect, or health, is incapable of managing his (her) own affairs.

Health care provider: means :

A. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 26 Sec. 843

Health care provider: means an individual licensed to practice medicine, surgery, dentistry, chiropractic, podiatry, midwifery or osteopathy or any other individual determined by the administrator to be capable of providing health care services. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 26 Sec. 850-A

housing authority: means any of the public corporations created or authorized to be created by this chapter. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 30-A Sec. 4702

Immature cannabis plant: means a cannabis plant that is not a mature cannabis plant or a seedling. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 28-B Sec. 102

Incompatible use: means the development or use of abutting land for a well, drinking water spring or water supply intake point when that use is initiated on abutting land that is within 50 feet of farmland after that farmland has been registered under this chapter. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 7 Sec. 52

Independent contractor: means an individual who qualifies as an independent contractor under section 1043, subsection 11, paragraph E. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 26 Sec. 591

Indictment: The formal charge issued by a grand jury stating that there is enough evidence that the defendant committed the crime to justify having a trial; it is used primarily for felonies.

Inherently hazardous substance: means a liquid chemical, compressed gas or commercial product that has a flash point at or lower than 38 degrees Celsius or 100 degrees Fahrenheit, including, but not limited to, butane, propane and diethyl ether. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 28-B Sec. 102

Injunction: An order of the court prohibiting (or compelling) the performance of a specific act to prevent irreparable damage or injury.

Interest rate: The amount paid by a borrower to a lender in exchange for the use of the lender's money for a certain period of time. Interest is paid on loans or on debt instruments, such as notes or bonds, either at regular intervals or as part of a lump sum payment when the issue matures. ^{Source: OCC}

lands: includes lands and all tenements and hereditaments connected therewith, and all rights thereto and interests therein. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 1 Sec. 72

Lawsuit: A legal action started by a plaintiff against a defendant based on a complaint that the defendant failed to perform a legal duty, resulting in harm to the plaintiff.

Lease: A contract transferring the use of property or occupancy of land, space, structures, or equipment in consideration of a payment (e.g., rent). ^{Source: OCC}

Legal tender: coins, dollar bills, or other currency issued by a government as official money. ^{Source: U.S. Mint}

Licensed veterinarian: means a person licensed as a veterinarian by the State who is operating under the direction or authority of the department. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 7 Sec. 81

licensee: means a person, agricultural society or other entity licensed to conduct an agricultural fair in accordance with section 83. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 7 Sec. 81

Litigation: A case, controversy, or lawsuit. Participants (plaintiffs and defendants) in lawsuits are called litigants.

Livestock: means cattle, equines, goats, members of the genus Lama, rabbits, sheep and swine. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 7 Sec. 81

Majority: when used in reference to age shall mean the age of 18 and over. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 1 Sec. 72

manufacture: means the production, blending, infusing, compounding or other preparation of cannabis and cannabis products, including, but not limited to, cannabis extraction or preparation by means of chemical synthesis. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 28-B Sec. 102

Medical leave: means leave taken pursuant to section 850?B, subsection 3. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 26 Sec. 850-A

Medical leave benefits: means wage replacement paid pursuant to sections 850?B and 850?C to a covered individual while the covered individual is on medical leave. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 26 Sec. 850-A

Medically disqualified: means that an employee is prohibited by a federal law or regulation, or any rules adopted by the State's Department of Public Safety that incorporate any federal laws or regulations related to substance use testing for motor carriers, from continuing in the employee's former employment position due to the result of a substance use test conducted under the federal law or regulation or the Department of Public Safety rule. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 26 Sec. 682

Member: includes members of associations without capital stock and holders of common stock in associations organized with shares of stock. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 13 Sec. 2003

Migrant and seasonal farm worker: means a person employed by a farm labor contractor on a temporary or seasonal basis to perform farm labor. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 26 Sec. 642

Mortgage: The written agreement pledging property to a creditor as collateral for a loan.

mortgage: means :

A. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 30-A Sec. 4702

Mortgage loan: A loan made by a lender to a borrower for the financing of real property. ^{Source: OCC}

municipal authority: means any of the public corporations authorized to be created by section 4721. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 30-A Sec. 4702

Municipal legislative body: means :

A. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 30-A Sec. 2001

Municipal officers: means :

A. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 30-A Sec. 2001

Municipal officers: means the mayor and municipal officers or councilors of a city, the members of the select board or councilors of a town and the assessors of a plantation. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 1 Sec. 72

Municipality: means a city, town or plantation in this State that is not located within the unorganized and deorganized areas. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 28-B Sec. 102

Municipality: means a city or town, except as provided in chapter 225. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 30-A Sec. 2001

Municipality: includes cities, towns and plantations, except that "municipality" does not include plantations in Title 10, chapter 110, subchapter IV; or Title 30?A, Part 2. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 1 Sec. 72

Negative test result: means a test result that indicates that:

A. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 26 Sec. 682

Obligation: An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future period.

obligee: includes :

A. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 30-A Sec. 4702

Oversight: Committee review of the activities of a Federal agency or program.

Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses.

Person: means a natural person or a business entity. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 28-B Sec. 102

Person: means an individual, sole proprietorship, partnership, corporation, association or any other legal entity. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 26 Sec. 832

Person: means an individual, corporation, partnership, firm, organization or other legal entity. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 30-A Sec. 2001

Persons of low income: means persons or families, elderly or otherwise, who lack the income which is necessary, as determined by a housing authority, to enable them, without financial assistance, to live in or purchase decent, safe and sanitary dwellings, without overcrowding. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 30-A Sec. 4702

Plaintiff: The person who files the complaint in a civil lawsuit.

Positive test result: means a test result that indicates the presence of a substance in the tested sample above the cutoff level of the test. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 26 Sec. 682

Poultry: means domesticated fowl and domesticated waterfowl. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 7 Sec. 81

Premium: means a ribbon, trophy or monetary amount or a service or object with monetary value awarded as a prize in a competition. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 7 Sec. 81

Private employer: means a sole proprietor, corporation, partnership, limited liability company or other entity with one or more employees. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 26 Sec. 877

Probable cause: A reasonable ground for belief that the offender violated a specific law.

Probable cause: means a reasonable ground for belief in the existence of facts that induce a person to believe that an employee may be under the influence of a substance, provided that the existence of probable cause may not be based exclusively on any of the following:

A. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 26 Sec. 682

Program: means the paid family and medical leave benefits program established in section 850?B. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 26 Sec. 850-A

Prohibited substance: means :

A. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 7 Sec. 81

Public body: means all of the following:

A. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 26 Sec. 832

Public law: A public bill or joint resolution that has passed both chambers and been enacted into law. Public laws have general applicability nationwide.

Qualified easement: means an agricultural conservation easement held by a municipality on qualified farmland in that municipality that:

A. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 7 Sec. 60

Qualified farmland: means farmland that meets eligibility requirements established by the department by rule. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 7 Sec. 60

Qualifying exigency: means an exigency determined pursuant to the federal Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993, 29 United States Code § 2612(a)(1)(E). See Maine Revised Statutes Title 26 Sec. 850-A

Qualifying patient: means a person who possesses a valid certification for the medical use of cannabis pursuant to Title 22, section 2423?B. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 28-B Sec. 102

Quorum: The number of legislators that must be present to do business.

Real estate: means land and structures attached to it. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 30-A Sec. 2001

Real estate: includes lands and all tenements and hereditaments connected therewith, and all rights thereto and interests therein. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 1 Sec. 72

Recognized organization: means a nonprofit search and rescue organization recognized by the Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife, Bureau of Warden Service. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 26 Sec. 810

Recourse: An arrangement in which a bank retains, in form or in substance, any credit risk directly or indirectly associated with an asset it has sold (in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles) that exceeds a pro rata share of the bank's claim on the asset. If a bank has no claim on an asset it has sold, then the retention of any credit risk is recourse. ^{Source: FDIC}

Reduced leave schedule: means a leave schedule that reduces the usual number of hours per workweek, or hours per workday, of an employee. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 26 Sec. 843

registered mail: when used in connection with any requirement for notice by mail shall mean either registered mail or certified mail. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 1 Sec. 72

residence: refer to an individual's place of domicile. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 30-A Sec. 2001

Responding to an emergency: means responding to, working at the scene of or returning from a fire or emergency medical services call, a hazardous or toxic materials spill and cleanup or any other situation to which the fire department or emergency medical services provider has been dispatched. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 26 Sec. 809

Retirement: means termination of membership with a retirement allowance granted under this chapter. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 5 Sec. 17001

Retirement benefit: means the same as retirement allowance. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 5 Sec. 17001

Retirement system: means the Maine Public Employees Retirement System. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 5 Sec. 17001

Safe leave: means any leave taken because the covered individual or the covered individual's family member is a victim of violence, assault, sexual assault under Title 17?A, chapter 11, stalking or any act that would support an order for protection under Title 19?A, chapter 103. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 26 Sec. 850-A

Screening test: means an initial substance use test performed through the use of immunoassay technology or a federally recognized substance use test, or a test technology of similar or greater accuracy and reliability approved by the Department of Health and Human Services under rules adopted under section 687, and that is used as a preliminary step in detecting the presence of substances. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 26 Sec. 682

Search and rescue: means a search, rescue or search and rescue. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 26 Sec. 810

Search and rescue volunteer: means a person who is certified in search and rescue practices and procedures by a recognized organization. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 26 Sec. 810

Select board: means the members of the select board of the town or, if the town has no select board, the officers charged with the duties customarily imposed on the select board of a town. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 30-A Sec. 4702

Self-employed individual: means an independent contractor as described in section 1043, subsection 11, paragraph E, a sole proprietor, a member of a limited liability company or limited liability partnership or an individual whose net profit or loss from a business must be reported to the Department of Administrative and Financial Services, Bureau of Revenue Services and who resides in the State. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 26 Sec. 850-A

Serious health condition: means an illness, injury, impairment or physical or mental condition that involves:

A. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 26 Sec. 843

Serious health condition: means an illness, injury, impairment, pregnancy, recovery from childbirth or physical, mental or psychological condition that involves inpatient care in a hospital, hospice or residential medical care center or continuing treatment by a health care provider. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 26 Sec. 850-A

Service: means service as an employee for which compensation was paid. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 5 Sec. 17001

Service credit: means credit received for creditable service as defined under subsection 10. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 5 Sec. 17001

Service employee: means any employee engaged in an occupation in which the employee customarily and regularly receives more than:

A. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 26 Sec. 663

Settlement: Parties to a lawsuit resolve their difference without having a trial. Settlements often involve the payment of compensation by one party in satisfaction of the other party's claims.

Sibling: means a sibling of an employee who is jointly responsible with the employee for each other's common welfare as evidenced by joint living arrangements and joint financial arrangements. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 26 Sec. 843

single-family or multi-unit residential housing: means any work or undertaking:

A. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 30-A Sec. 4702

Social media account: means an account with an electronic medium or service through which users create, share and view user-generated content including but not limited to videos, still photographs, blogs, video blogs, podcasts, instant and text messages, e-mail, online service accounts and Internet website profiles and locations. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 26 Sec. 615

State average weekly wage: means the average weekly wage as published by the department for the State as a whole for the 12 most recently reported months. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 26 Sec. 850-A

State public body: means any city, town, district or other political subdivision of the State. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 30-A Sec. 4702

Stipend: means an amount distributed from the Stipend Fund or the Fair Fund to a qualifying fair licensee. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 7 Sec. 81

Stipend Fund: means the fund receiving money in accordance with Title 8, sections 286 and 287 to provide aid and encouragement to fair licensees. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 7 Sec. 81

Subpoena: A command to a witness to appear and give testimony.

Substance: means any scheduled drug, alcohol or other drug, or any of their metabolites. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 26 Sec. 682

Substance use test: means any test procedure designed to take and analyze body fluids or materials from the body for the purpose of detecting the presence of substances. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 26 Sec. 682

Summons: Another word for subpoena used by the criminal justice system.

Testify: Answer questions in court.

Tip: means a sum presented by a customer in recognition of services performed by one or more service employees, including a charge automatically included in the customer's bill. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 26 Sec. 663

Tort: A civil wrong or breach of a duty to another person, as outlined by law. A very common tort is negligent operation of a motor vehicle that results in property damage and personal injury in an automobile accident.

Town: includes cities and plantations, unless otherwise expressed or implied. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 1 Sec. 72

Trustee: A person or institution holding and administering property in trust.

Trustor: The person who makes or creates a trust. Also known as the grantor or settlor.

Veteran: means a person who has served on active duty in the United States Armed Forces, or has served in the national guard of any state or the Reserves of the United States Armed Forces, and was discharged or released with an honorable discharge. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 26 Sec. 877

Veteran preference employment policy: means a private employer's preference for hiring, promoting or retaining a veteran over another qualified applicant or employee. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 26 Sec. 877

Wages: includes , but is not limited to, salary, wages, tips, commissions and other compensation as determined by rule. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 26 Sec. 850-A

Weekly benefit amount: means the amount of wage replacement paid to a covered individual on a weekly basis while the covered individual is on family leave or medical leave as provided in section 850?C. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 26 Sec. 850-A

Whips: Assistants to the floor leaders who are also elected by their party conferences. The Majority and Minority Whips (and their assistants) are responsible for mobilizing votes within their parties on major issues. In the absence of a party floor leader, the whip often serves as acting floor leader.

Worker: means a forestry worker or migrant and seasonal farm worker. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 26 Sec. 642