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132nd MAINE LEGISLATURE
FIRST REGULAR SESSION-2025
Legislative Document No. 575S.P. 256 In Senate, February 25, 2025
An Act to Ensure Equitable Access to the Paid Family and Medical
Leave Benefits Program by Removing the Requirement That Leave
Must Be Scheduled to Prevent Undue Hardship on the Employer
Received by the Secretary of the Senate on February 19, 2025. Referred to the Committee
on Labor pursuant to Joint Rule 308.2 and ordered printed.
DAREK M. GRANT
Secretary of the Senate
Presented by Senator TIPPING of Penobscot.
Cosponsored by Representative: ROEDER of Bangor. Page 1 - 132LR1813(01)
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2 as enacted by PL 2023, c. 412, Pt. AAA, ยง7, is
3 amended to read:
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5 taking leave, an employee shall give reasonable notice to the employee's supervisor of the
6 employee's intent to use leave under this subchapter. Use of such leave must be scheduled
7 to prevent undue hardship on the employer as reasonably determined by the employer. If
8 an employer fails to provide notice as required under section , the employee's
9 obligation to provide notice under this subsection is waived.
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11 This bill amends the law governing paid family and medical leave to remove the
12 provision that the leave must be scheduled to prevent undue hardship on the employer.
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