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Portland, ME, Sexual Harassment Training Requirements

Sexual harassment training is required in Maine, and in fact, Maine was the first state to require sexual harassment training to be given in situations where an employer has more than 15 employees. There are many reasons that this training was…
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Clerical Employee Sues Hospital for Sexual Harassment

Northern Light Health in Maine is being sued by a former clerical employee. This employee claims that she was not only sexually harassed, but also sexually assaulted. During a time when healthcare workers are being celebrated for their recent…
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Guard Sued Knox County Jail for Sexual Harassment

Sexual harassment can occur at any workplace, even at a jail. While you might think that employees and managers at jails are likely to closely follow various rules and protocols, this was evidently not the case at a Knox County jail. A former…
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Penalties for Failing to Offer Sexual Harassment Training in Maine

Sexual harassment has serious psychological, emotional, and financial repercussions for the victim who experienced it. Anyone who faces this form of harassment will often face a decline in all aspects of their life, including in their careers,…
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Is it illegal or unethical for an employer to sexually harass an employee in Maine?

According to the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), harassment, whether it is verbal, physical, or sexual in nature, is illegal when “it is so frequent or severe that it creates a hostile or offensive work environment or…