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Maine’s state law requires employers with 15 or more employees in the workplace to provide sexual harassment training to all employees. (26 M.R.S.A §807). The following FAQs are intended to help organizations comply with the Maine training requirements.
Training must be provided within one year of hire for new employees. Supervisors must be trained within one year of obtaining a supervisory position.
The Maine sexual harassment training law requires that the training include, at a minimum:
In addition, supervisors must receive additional training content on:
Clear Law Institute’s online sexual harassment training covers all required elements of Maine law. In addition, the training covers not just sexual harassment, but all forms of workplace harassment, discrimination, and retaliation. The training also addresses topics required by other laws such as bystander intervention, workplace civility, and bullying.
Maine employers must keep a record of the training, including a record of employees who have received the required training. Training records must be maintained for at least 3 years and must be made available to the Maine Department of Labor’s inspection upon request.
Clear Law Institute’s online sexual harassment training allows employers to track completion electronically in its Learning Management System, greatly reducing the burden of tracking employee completion internally.
Maine law (Title 26 M.R.S.A §807) states that an employer who does not provide the required training may be assessed a fine by the Maine Department of Labor as follows:
In addition to requiring sexual harassment training, Maine law also requires employers to provide all employees annually “individual written notice” describing sexual harassment and the protections against such harassment. This notice “must be delivered in a manner to ensure notice to all employees without exception, such as including the notice with an employee’s pay.”
This notice must include, at a minimum:
Employers must post in a “prominent and accessible location in the workplace” a poster that “may meet but may not exceed 6th-grade literacy standards.” The poster must include the following information, at a minimum:
The Maine Human Rights Commission has provided a poster containing the required information, which can be reproduced by employers.
Maine law (Title 26 M.R.S.A §807) states that an employer who does not provide the required training may be assessed a fine by the Maine Department of Labor as follows:
Employers should take the following steps: