 State Policies
Maine Attorney General
http://www.maine.gov/ag/index.php?r=crimeandvictims&s=
domesticviolence&t=
AG's Policy
http://mainegov-images.informe.org/ag/dynld/documents/DVPolicy.pdf
Maine State Library Policy Concerning Workplace Response to Domestic Violence, Sexual Assault, and Stalking
http://www.maine.gov/msl/about/policies/domestic.htm
Fact Sheet: Unemployment insurance for survivors of domestic violence (2002) http://www.nelp.org/docUploads/pub135.pdf
Which states permit survivors of domestic violence to quit work and receive unemployment insurance? Eighteen states have passed new laws that explicitly allow survivors of domestic violence to leave their jobs due to the violence. These are California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Maine, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Montana, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Oregon, Rhode Island, Washington, Wisconsin and Wyoming. In the 2001 and 2002 legislative sessions, bills have been introduced in Arizona, Georgia, Hawaii, Iowa, Maryland, New Mexico, North Dakota, Tennessee, Vermont, and West Virginia.
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