ME LD799

Employers with at least 1 employee in Maine and 250+ employees nationally must annually report gender wage gap data to the state labor bureau, beginning June 1, 2026

Reports must include employee counts and median hourly equivalent pay rates broken down by male, female, and nonbinary employees, based on a 7-day "snapshot week" between October 1 and December 31

Median pay rates can only be reported for gender categories with 100 or more employees, and no personally identifiable information may be submitted

The bureau must publish all employer reports by name on its public website by September 1 each year and provide summaries to legislative committees on labor and human rights

Violations carry civil penalties up to $1,000, and employers must retain collected data for at least one year after report submission