On April 24, 2026, Maine Governor Janet Mills signed LD 54, "An Act to Require Employers to Disclose Pay Ranges and Maintain Records of Employees' Pay Histories," into law (to be codified at 26 M.R.S. § 622-A). Effective July 29, 2026, the new law requires covered employers to:
Disclose salary ranges in job postings,
Disclose pay ranges to current employees upon request, and
Retain pay history records for a defined period.
Employers with Maine operations should prepare now for compliance.
Employers Covered by the Law
The job-posting pay disclosure obligation applies to any employer with 10 or more employees. For multi-state employers, the law does not specify whether only Maine-based employees or all employees of the employer (regardless of which states they work in) should be counted toward this threshold.
Notably, the separate obligation to disclose pay ranges to current employees upon request and to maintain pay history records applies more broadly to "an employer," without an… Read the complete article here...
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