APPROVED CHAPTER
MAY 2, 2022 690
BY GOVERNOR PUBLIC LAW
STATE OF MAINE
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IN THE YEAR OF OUR LORD
TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-ONE
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H.P. 668 - L.D. 912
An Act To Extend Family Medical Leave to Hourly School Employees
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:
Sec. 1. 26 MRSA §844, sub-§1, as amended by PL 2007, c. 233, §2, is further
amended to read:
1. Family medical leave entitlement. Every Except as provided in subsection 4,
every employee who has been employed by the same employer for 12 consecutive months
is entitled to up to 10 work weeks of family medical leave in any 2 years unless employed
at a permanent work site with fewer than 15 employees. The following conditions apply
to family medical leave granted under this subchapter:
A. The employee must give at least 30 days' notice of the intended date upon which
family medical leave will commence and terminate, unless prevented by medical
emergency from giving that notice;
B. The employer may require certification from a physician to verify the amount of
leave requested by the employee, except that an employee who in good faith relies on
treatment by prayer or spiritual means, in accordance with the tenets and practice of a
recognized church or religious denomination, may submit certification from an
accredited practitioner of those healing methods; and
C. The employer and employee may negotiate for more or less leave, but both parties
must agree.
Sec. 2. 26 MRSA §844, sub-§4 is enacted to read:
4. School employees. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, an
employee of a school administrative unit who has worked at least 900 hours in the previous
12-month period is eligible for family medical leave under the same terms and conditions
as leave provided to eligible employees under the federal Family and Medical Leave Act
of 1993.
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Statutes affected:
Bill Text LD 912, HP 668: 26.844
Bill Text ACTPUB , Chapter 690: 26.844