paid sick leave

While ten states mandate paid sick leave for workers, Maine will be the first state to require employers to give their employees up to 40 hours of paid…

Portland’s city council is poised to vote Monday night on a requirement for city employers to provide workers paid sick leave.The measure would require…

Roughly 200,000 Maine workers who do not currently receive paid sick leave could soon earn paid time off for any reason if a newly amended bill becomes…

A bill mandating employers to provide paid parental leave will get a public hearing Friday alongside House Speaker Sara Gideon's more comprehensive LD…

A proposal to require paid sick leave for Portland workers brought supporters, opponents - and some in between - to City Hall last night, for the final…

Nearly 200 Maine workers were at the statehouse Thursday, lobbying in favor of measures that would establish paid sick leave, public employees' right to…

AUGUSTA, Maine - Maine Republicans say they're proposing a "reasonable'' compromise on paid sick leave. Republicans on the Legislature's Labor and Housing…

State lawmakers considered a proposal on Monday to create a paid sick leave law in Maine.A bill backed by Democrats would require all companies with more…

PORTLAND, Maine - Portland officials have postponed a committee vote on a proposal to allow employees to earn paid sick leave, a policy that the Maine…

Supporters of a proposal to create a paid sick leave ordinance in Portland won a victory Tuesday night when a city committee agreed to create a universal…