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Employer defined
“Employer" includes:
“Employer” does not include a religious or fraternal corporation or association, not organized for private profit and in fact not conducted for private profit, with respect to employment of its members of the same religion, sect or fraternity, except for purposes of disability-related discrimination, in which case the corporation or association is considered to be an employer.
Unlawful employment practices
The unlawful employment practices and exemptions are similar to those under the federal Guidelines on Discrimination Because of Religion. For example, the state law includes provisions for bona fide occupational qualifications, and requires that employers make reasonable accommodations.
A complaint of discrimination must be filed with the Human Rights Commission not more than six months after the act of alleged discrimination occurred.
Recordkeeping
Any personnel or employment record (including, but not limited to: employment application forms, applicant and employee rating sheets, tests, and other records having to do with job referral, hiring, promotion, demotion, transfer, lay-off, rates of pay or other terms of compensation, seniority, labor organization memberships or selection for training or apprenticeship) made or kept by an employer, employment agency or labor organization must be preserved for at least one year from the date of the making of the record or the personnel action involved, whichever occurs later. When an employee has been involuntarily terminated, the personnel records of the individual terminated must be kept for one year from the date of termination.
Contact
Regulations
Statutes: Title 5, Part 12, Chapter 337 Human Rights Act
http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/statutes/5/title5ch337sec0.html
Statutes: Title 5, Part 12, Chapter 337-A Protection from Harassment
http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/statutes/5/title5ch337-Asec0.html
Maine Human Rights Commission, 94-348, Chapter 3, Employment Regulations of the Maine Human Rights Commission
http://www.maine.gov/sos/cec/rules/90/94/348/348c003.doc
Contact
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC)
Regulations
29 CFR Part 1605, Guidelines on Discrimination Because of Religion