Maine’s Supreme Court Backs State Rules for Paid Family and Medical Leave Program

Court backs Maine's paid family leave law amid employers' challenge

The Maine Supreme Judicial Court upheld the state's paid family and medical leave law, saying it's constitutional.

Maine high court rules payments into new family leave program by exempt employers are not refundable

Maine’s law court on Tuesday found that businesses exempt from the state’s family and medical leave program would not receive a refund for payments already made into it. At issue is whether businesses who offered their own family leave benefit and later qualified for an exemption should still have to pay startup costs for a new benefit that will be available sometime next spring. The state began collecting payroll taxes this year, but Bath Iron …

Maine’s highest court says paid family and medical leave program rules are constitutional

Flags fly outside the Maine Department of Labor in Augusta. Feb. 25, 2025. (Photo by Jim Neuger/ Maine Morning Star)Maine’s highest court affirmed the legality and constitutionality of the rules for the state’s budding paid family and medical leave program.  On Tuesday, the Maine Supreme Judicial Court unanimously decided that the rules adopted by the Maine Department of Labor regarding the paid family and medical leave program are constitutiona…

Maine’s Supreme Court backs state rules for Paid Family and Medical Leave program

The Maine Supreme Judicial Court has ruled that employers must start paying into the state’s new Paid Family and Medical Leave program in 2025.

Maine high court rejects employers’ challenge of paid family leave law

Bath Iron Works and the Maine State Chamber of Commerce sued in January, claiming the state was unfairly taxing the company, which has its own paid leave program.

Maine high court upholds paid family leave law after challenge by BIW, Chamber of Commerce

The Paid Family and Medical Leave program was established in 2023 and is expected to be fully operational in May 2026.