Legislators in Maine recently passed a bill to limit the types of surveillance and monitoring employers can place on employees. On July 8, 2025, Governor Janet Mills held the bill, meaning it did not become law, but it could be reconsidered during the next legislative session, which begins January 6, 2026.

• On May 29, 2025, Maine’s legislature passed a bill to regulate employer surveillance of employees.
• On July 8, 2025, the governor held the bill, so it did not automatically become law without her signature.
• The bill would have prohibited employers from using audiovisual monitoring in an employee’s residence or personal vehicle or on the employee’s property.

House Paper 25 would require private and public employers to inform employees before using electronic surveillance or monitoring technology, colloquially called “bossware.” Employers would be obligated to inform applicants during the interview process that the employer uses surveillance technology.

The bill would prohibit employers from using audiovisual monitoring in an employee’s residence or personal vehicle or on the employee’s property. Furthermore, employees would have the right to decline an employer’s request to install data collection or transmission applications on the employee’s personal electronic devices for the purposes of employer surveillance. The bill would give workers a right to sue for injunctive relief and recovery of civil penalties and attorneys’ fees, if the employer was in violation.

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