Maine Revised Statutes Title 39-A Sec. 308 – Employment
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1. Return to employment. Any person receiving compensation under this Act who returns to employment or engages in new employment after that person’s injury shall file a written report of that employment with the board and that person’s previous employer within 7 days of that person’s return to work. This report must include the identity of the employee, the employee’s employer and the amount of weekly wages or earnings received or to be received by the employee. The board shall send the employee notice of the employee’s responsibility to notify the board and the employer when the employee returns to work and the employee’s responsibility to submit the reports required under this section.
[PL 1991, c. 885, Pt. A, §8 (NEW); PL 1991, c. 885, Pt. A, §§9-11 (AFF).]
Terms Used In Maine Revised Statutes Title 39-A Sec. 308
- Board: means the Workers' Compensation Board created by section 151 and includes a designee of the board. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 39-A Sec. 102
- Employee: includes officials of the State and officials of counties, cities, towns, water districts and all other quasi-public corporations of a similar character, every duly elected or appointed executive officer of a private corporation other than a charitable, religious, educational or other nonprofit corporation, and every person in the service of another under any contract of hire, express or implied, oral or written, except: (1) Persons engaged in maritime employment or in interstate or foreign commerce who are within the exclusive jurisdiction of admiralty law or the laws of the United States, except that this section may not be construed to exempt from the definition of "employee" a person who is employed by the State and is thereby barred by the State's sovereign immunity from bringing a claim against that person's employer under admiralty law or other laws of the United States for claims that are otherwise cognizable under this Act;(2) Firefighters, including volunteer firefighters who are active members of a volunteer fire association as defined in Title 30?A, section 3151; volunteer emergency medical services persons as defined in Title 32, section 83, subsection 12; and police officers are employees within the meaning of this Act. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 39-A Sec. 102
- employer: includes :
2. Employment status reports. At the previous employer’s request, any person receiving compensation under this Act who has not returned to that person’s previous employment must submit quarterly employment status reports to that employer. The report is due 90 days after the date of injury, or after the filing of the report under subsection 1, and every 90 days thereafter. The report must be in a form prescribed by the board and must indicate whether the employee has been employed, changed employment or performed any services for compensation during the previous 90 days, the nature of the employment or services, the name and address of the employer or person for whom the services were performed and any other information that the board by rule may require. Any employer requesting a quarterly report under this subsection must provide the employee with the prescribed form at least 15 days prior to the date on which it is due.[PL 2023, c. 405, Pt. A, §144 (AMD).]
SECTION HISTORYPL 1991, c. 885, §A8 (NEW). PL 1991, c. 885, §§A9-11 (AFF). PL 2023, c. 405, Pt. A, §144 (AMD).