Maine Paid Leave Starts Benefit Payments May 1, 2026

Maine Paid Family and Medical Leave is a new program to start for Maine workers in May 2026. It provides paid time off for medical, parental, family care, military family, and safe leaves. This program will ensure that workers are able to take time off to care for themselves or a family member and still receive partial wage replacement for up to 12 weeks in a benefit year. Job protection only applies if the employee has worked for their employer for at least 120 consecutive days. Claims will be administered by Aflac.

Qcera | LeaveSource handles Maine PFML for our clients. Schedule a demo more information on how to manage state paid leave in LeaveSource.

^* For more information, visit maine.gov/paidleave.