The Maine Human Rights Commission on Jan. 5 voted on a series of investigator recommendations and publicly announced outcomes on multiple cases.

No reasonable grounds (dismissed or not pursued further at this stage):
- E230448 — Pelletier v. Aroostook Action Program: Commissioners adopted the investigator’s recommendation and voted that there were no reasonable grounds to find discrimination or Whistleblower Protection Act retaliation. The commission instructed staff to send findings letters to both parties.
- E230460 — Christine Baer v. UnitedHealthcare: After hearing from counsel on both sides and reviewing the investigator’s report about substantial W‑2 errors and the employer’s operational rationale, the commission adopted the investigator’s recommendation of no reasonable grounds for retaliation.
- Multiple housing matters (H250277, H250291, H250302 Beckett v. Jewel and others): Investigators’ reports recommending no reasonable grounds were accepted and the complaints will be dismissed; letters will follow.

Findings leading to conciliation:
- PA240015 — Deborah King v. Greyhound Lines: The commission found reasonable grounds to believe Greyhound denied a reasonable modification when its accessible lift failed and the complainant was not provided an effective alternative on that trip; that claim will proceed to conciliation. The commission separately found no reasonable grounds for a terms-and-conditions discrimination claim arising from the same incident.

Administrative actions:
- The commission reopened and amended the consent agenda to allow a late withdrawal (E23-0472) after parties represented they had privately settled the matter; the withdrawal was approved.
- Staff reported monthly case statistics and settlements ($163,986 to complainants in November) and noted six reasonable-grounds findings remain in conciliation queues.

For each item, the commission will notify parties by letter explaining the final finding and next procedural steps.