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At Patriot Software, our payroll experts stay up-to-date on the latest payroll processing and employment laws in Maine:
- Withholding Requirements -- Maine employers must register as an employer on the Maine.gov website.
Employers can access the Employee's Maine Withholding Allowance Certificate Form W-4ME online.
To pay a Supplemental Rate, employers should withhold at 5% or add to the regular wages from the preceding payroll period, compute tax on the total, and subtract the tax withheld from regular wages.
- State Unemployment Insurance (SUI) -- The wage base for calculating state unemployment is $12,000.
Unemployment insurance rates range from 0.92% to 8.01%.
New employers are assigned an SUI rate of 1.53%.
Maine's SUI insurance rates do not include the new Competitive Skills Scholarship program tax of 0.05%.
Maine employers can find out more information on Maine unemployment insurance at the Maine.gov website.
- State Labor Laws -- The minimum wage in Maine is $7.50 per hour (as of 7/20/2011.)
Employees who are fired or who quit must receive their termination pay the earlier of the next regular payday or within two weeks after demand.
- New Hire Reporting -- Employers must report hiring, rehiring, and employees returning to work within seven days on Form W-4 (Employee's Withholding Allowance Certificate) to:
Department of Human Services
New Hire Reporting
11 State House Station
Augusta, ME 04333
- Sub-Tax -- The "Competitive Skills Scholarship" program has a rate of .05%. For more information, visit the Maine Career Center.