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ME LD952

Bill

Status

Failed

6/3/2025

Primary Sponsor

Russell Black

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Origin

Senate

132nd Legislature

AI Summary

  • Exempts agricultural employers and employees from Maine's Paid Family and Medical Leave Benefits Program, using definitions from the Employment Security Law and Federal Unemployment Tax Act (26 USC Section 3311)

  • Requires the Department of Labor to refund all contributions made by agricultural employers to the program since it began collecting on January 1, 2025

  • Employers who deducted premium portions from agricultural employees' wages must remit those amounts back to the employees

  • Applies retroactively to October 25, 2023, the date the original paid leave law was enacted

  • Designated as emergency legislation, taking effect immediately upon approval rather than after the standard 90-day waiting period

Legislative Description

An Act to Exempt Agricultural Employers and Employees from the Maine Paid Family and Medical Leave Benefits Program

Compensation

Last Action

Placed in the Legislative Files. (DEAD)

6/3/2025

Committee Referrals

Labor3/6/2025

Full Bill Text

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