James Myall, a policy analyst with the Maine Center for Economic Policy (MECEP), told Beacon in a recent interview that workers’ fear of using leave was well-documented at the time the 2019 bill was being considered. That’s why it was so disappointing when protections were taken out of the original bill, he said.
A 2019 MECEP survey was shared with lawmakers and MDOL officials that found that one-third of Mainers who had paid time off declined to take time off explicitly because they feared retaliation.
Lawmaker seeks to protect workers who take paid time off from retaliation
