Inside Augusta's Marathon, 8.5 Hour Public Hearing on Proposed Changes to Maine's Paid Family and Medical Leave Program

Inside Augusta's Marathon, 8.5 Hour Public Hearing on Proposed Changes to Maine's Paid Family and Medical Leave Program

Maine’s new Paid Family and Medical Leave (PFML) Program was the center of sustained attention Wednesday afternoon in Augusta as the legislature’s Labor Committee held a massive public hearing on a protracted series of bills seeking to either amend or repeal the program. The PFML program, enacted last year as part of a spending bill, [...] The post Inside Augusta’s Marathon, 8.5 Hour Public Hearing on Proposed Changes to Maine’s Paid Family and …