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If you ask me, it would be a difficult task to make sure that every single employee in the entire state of Maine is aware of the ins and outs of all the labor laws that exist. But, in a certain sense, that’s what the Department of Labor expects to do. They are able to accomplish this by requiring all the employers in the state to display what is known as Maine ( ME ) Employment Labor Posters. These posters have the all the relevant labor laws printed on them. By posting them in a place that all employees can see them, like the break room, lunch room, or mail room, an employer is able to educated the employees in the various aspects of labor laws.

The laws that are required to be posted in Maine are: Child Labor/Family Medical Leave/Wage Payment Law, Minimum Wage Law, Whistleblowers’ Protection Act, Discrimination Notice, Video Display Terminal Law, and the Workers’ Compensation Law.

Those are the state requirements for employment labor posters. Next let’s talk about the Federal posting requirements, because the Federal government has their own requirements as well. These include the following posters: USERRA - Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act, Equal Employment Opportunity is the Law, Federal Minimum Wage, Employee Polygraph Protection Act, Family and Medical Leave Act, and OSHA-Job Safety & Health Protection.

Everyone has a responsibility with regard to these Maine Employment Labor Posters. The employer has the responsibility to post them and to keep abreast of what the current laws are. He or she must replace them often because the laws are constantly being reviewed and updated. Employees have the responsibility to read and understand the posters, and to take note when they’ve been updated so they can fully follow the scope of the laws.

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