{"id":373785,"date":"2016-10-25T11:29:36","date_gmt":"2016-10-25T16:29:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/content.findlaw-admin.com\/ability-law\/state\/maine-law\/maine-workers-compensation-laws.html"},"modified":"2018-12-11T15:06:01","modified_gmt":"2018-12-11T20:06:01","slug":"maine-workers-compensation-laws","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.findlaw.com\/state\/maine-law\/maine-workers-compensation-laws.html","title":{"rendered":"Maine Workers’ Compensation Laws"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Maine Workers' Compensation Laws<\/h1>\n
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Maine may be home to some of the most beautiful autumn leaves and tastiest lobster, making tourism one of its largest industries, but you know that Maine is also home to a proud shipbuilding industry as well as the birthplace of a significant portion of our country’s paper. Whether you prefer lobster mac and cheese or New England clam chowder, if you were injured at work<\/a> in Maine, you will be thankful to learn that Maine workers’ compensation laws are some of the most favorable to employees<\/a> in the nation.<\/p>\r\n

To learn more about Maine workers’ comp laws, read the table and accompanying summaries below.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

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Title 39-A<\/a><\/p>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>

Benefit Time Limits<\/b><\/p>\r\n<\/td>\r\n

\u00a7204<\/a><\/p>\r\n

Benefit Limits<\/b><\/p>\r\n<\/td>\r\n

Filing Time Limits<\/b><\/p>\r\n<\/td>\r\n

\u00a7905<\/a><\/p>\r\n

Choice of Doctor<\/b><\/p>\r\n<\/td>\r\n

\u00a7206<\/a><\/p>\r\n

Mental Injuries Covered<\/b><\/p>\r\n<\/td>\r\n

\u00a7201(3)<\/a>, \u00a7212(2)(F)<\/a><\/p>\r\n

Job Protection<\/b><\/p>\r\n<\/td>\r\n