Maine Revised Statutes

Me. Rev. Stat. tit. 5, § 4571 (2026)

Right to freedom from discrimination in employment

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The opportunity for an individual to secure employment without discrimination because of race, color, sex, sexual orientation or gender identity, physical or mental disability, religion, age, ancestry, national origin or familial status is recognized as and declared to be a civil right. [PL 2021, c. 366, §4 (AMD).]

SECTION HISTORY

PL 1971, c. 501, §1 (NEW). PL 1973, c. 347, §5 (AMD). PL 1973, c. 705, §5 (AMD). PL 1975, c. 355, §5 (AMD). PL 1975, c. 358, §6 (AMD). PL 1975, c. 770, §32 (RPR). PL 1991, c. 99, §6 (AMD). PL 2005, c. 10, §10 (AMD). PL 2021, c. 366, §4 (AMD).

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 28 cases (4 in the last 5 years), 1979–2026 · leading case: Benson v. Wal-Mart Stores East L.P., 14 F.4th 13 (1st Cir. 2021).

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Benson v. Wal-Mart Stores East L.P., 14 F.4th 13 (1st Cir. 2021). “" Me. Rev. Stat. Ann. tit. 5, § 4571 . The Maine Law Court recognizes that "[f]ederal law guides [its] construction of the MHRA.”

Cutting v. Down East Orthopedic Assocs., P.A., 278 F. Supp. 3d 485 (D. Me. 2017). · cites it 2× “(“ADA”), and the Maine Human Rights Act, 5 M.R.S. §§ 4571 et seq. (“MHRA”), The former patient suffers from Tourette’s syndrome, a disabling condition that causes her to experience involuntary motor tics.”

King v. Bangor Fed. Credit Union, 568 A.2d 507 (Me. 1989). “This is an injury distinct from the physical injury for which she was compensated and concerning which she signed a release under the Workers’ Compensation Act.”

Burnett v. Ocean Props., Ltd., 327 F. Supp. 3d 198 (D. Me. 2018). “, and the Maine Human Rights Act, 5 M.R.S. §§ 4571 et seq. The Defendants move for summary judgment on all claims.”

Snowden v. Millinocket Reg'l Hosp., 727 F. Supp. 701 (D. Me. 1990). “§ 1981 , and Me.Rev.Stat.Ann. tit. 5 §§ 4571, 4572.1.A (West 1978).”

Wells v. Franklin Broad. Corp., 403 A.2d 771 (Me. 1979). “3 Accordingly, we hold that in an age discrimination case brought pursuant to 5 M.R.S.A. §§ 4571 — 72 the jury must be instructed that even if more than one factor affects the decision to dismiss an employee, the employee may recover if one factor is his age and in fact it made…”

Phelps v. President & Trs. of Colby Coll., 595 A.2d 403 (Me. 1991). “, 5 M.R.S.A. §§ 4571 (right to freedom from discrimination in employment); 4581-82 (right to freedom from discrimination in housing); 4591-92 (right to freedom from discrimination in public accommodations); 4595-96 (right to freedom from discrimination in credit transactions);…”

Plourde v. Scott Paper Co., 552 A.2d 1257 (Me. 1989). “5 M.R.S.A. § 4571 (1979). The statutes place on the plaintiff the burden of proving by a fair preponderance of the evidence that the alleged unlawful discrimination occurred.”

Muehlhausen v. Bath Iron Works, 811 F. Supp. 15 (D. Me. 1993). “1991): The Maine Human Rights Act [5 M.R.S.A. § 4571 et seq.] was intended by the Maine legislature to be the state analogue to Title VII, and the judicial construction of federal antidiscrimination law has, as a result, long been adverted to by the Law Court as persuasive…”

Andrews v. Am. Red Cross Blood Servs., 251 F. Supp. 2d 976 (D. Me. 2003). “§ 2000e-2(a) and 5 M.R.S.A. § 4571 et seq., the statutory grounds for relief asserted in the complaint, Complaint ¶¶27, 30.”

Carnicella v. Mercy Hosp., 168 A.3d 768 (Me. 2017). “” 5 M.R.S. § 4571. It further provides that “[a] covered entity may not discriminate against a qualified individual with a disability because of the disability of the individual in regard to .”

MacDonald v. E. Fine Paper, Inc., 485 A.2d 228 (Me. 1984). “We need not consider Eastern’s contention that MacDonald’s own affidavit would support a summary judgment in favor of Eastern upon a claim of discriminatory discharge under the Maine Human Rights Act, 5 M.R.S.A. § 4571 (1979), because MacDonald makes no such claim.”

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