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- MHRC and MDOL, along with Clara Porter from Prevention, Action, Change, and Peter Lowe, Esq., from Brann & Isaacson, present a joint training on sexual harassment in the workplace. This training can be used by employers to comply with the 26 M.R.S. Section 807 requirement to provide training to new employees. Please note that presenting this training alone does not meet the training requirement for supervisory and managerial employees. This video is ASL-interpreted.
- MHRC Guidance on HUD Change to Definition of Assistance Animal
- July 27, 2026, MHRC meeting agenda (PDF) (Live on YouTube)
- October 31, 2025: Annual Report for Fiscal Year 2025 now available
- New counsel memo: Standard of review for Right-to-Sue requests made before 180 days have passed
- Commission sets 2025 meeting schedule
- Pursuant to 5 M.R.S. § 4566(3), the Commissioners appointed Kit Thomson Crossman as Executive Director on November 20, 2023.
- 12/16/2022: Amended rules effective as of December 10, 2022: Procedural Rule (94-348 C.M.R., Chapter 2) (including new rules for electronic filing), Employment Rule (Chapter 3), Public Accommodations Rule (Chapter 7), and Housing Rule (Chapter 8)
- 07/19/21: Policy for Remote Participation in Commission Meetings as adopted on 7/19/21 (link to original hearing notice & Memo).
- 01/06/21: PSA: Covid19 and Discrimination
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