Coverage for Farm Workers: Required (with limitations)

Limitations: Instead of providing workers' compensation, the following employers of agricultural and aquaculture laborers may maintain an employer's liability insurance: (1) employers of seasonal or casual agricultural or aquaculture laborers; (2) employers of 6 or fewer agricultural or aquaculture laborers; and (3) employers of more than 6 such laborers but the total number of hours worked by all such laborers in a week does not exceed 240 and has not exceeded 240 at any time during the 52 weeks immediately preceding the injury.

Statute: Me. Rev. Stat. Ann. tit. 39-A § 401(1)(B), (C) (2011)

Coverage for Undocumented Workers: Not Defined in Statue or Case Law

Case Law: Uncertain - There is no case law on this issue. However, if an employee is prevented from accepting an offer of reinstatement because of "termination of status as a lawfully employable alien," they are deemed to have refused the offer. Me. Rev. Stat. Ann. tit. 39-A § 218(8).

Benefits Available for Undocumented Workers: There is no case law answering this question.