2025 Maine Revised Statutes
TITLE 26: LABOR AND INDUSTRY
Chapter 7: EMPLOYMENT PRACTICES
Subchapter 5-A: LEAVE OF ABSENCE AS LEGISLATOR
26 §821. Person employed in position other than temporary

§821. Person employed in position other than temporary

A person, except a person covered under Title 20‑A, section 13602, employed in a position other than a temporary position must be granted a leave of absence to fulfill the duties of a Legislator as long as the employee gives written notice to the employee's employer of the employee's intent to become a candidate for the Legislature within 10 days after taking action under Title 21‑A to place the employee's name on a primary or general election ballot. Following the employee's term of service as a Legislator, the employee, if the employee is still qualified to perform the duties of the position from which the employee was granted leave, is entitled to be restored to the employee's previous, or a similar, position with the same status, pay and seniority. This leave of absence may, within the discretion of the employer, be with or without pay and is limited to one legislative term of 2 years.   [RR 2023, c. 2, Pt. E, §28 (COR).]

Revisor's Note: §821. Short title (As enacted by PL 1983, c. 452 is REALLOCATED TO TITLE 26, SECTION 831)

SECTION HISTORY

PL 1983, c. 128, §1 (NEW). PL 1983, c. 452 (NEW). PL 1983, c. 583, §15 (RAL). PL 1985, c. 161, §7 (AMD). PL 1987, c. 402, §A154 (AMD). RR 2023, c. 2, Pt. E, §28 (COR).