Private Sector Labor And Industry
Maryland 2019 Regular Session
Labor and Employment - Screening for Use of Marijuana or Cannabis [SB-863]
Prohibiting certain employers from requiring an applicant for employment or an employee to disclose the applicant's or employee's use of marijuana or cannabis and from taking certain other action; providing that certain provisions of the Act do not prohibit an employer from making a certain inquiry or taking certain other action; authorizing the Commissioner on a certain determination to resolve certain issues informally or by mediation; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Robert Zirkin
Hearing 2/26 At 12:00 P.m. on 02/06/2019
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Contracts and Employment - Discrimination Against Medical Cannabis Patients and Caregivers - Prohibition [SB-864]
Prohibiting a party to a contract from rescinding a contract between the party and a qualifying patient or caregiver based on the individual's status as a qualifying patient or caregiver; prohibiting an employer from discriminating against a qualifying patient or caregiver in a certain manner based on the individual's status as a qualifying patient or caregiver or, with respect to a qualifying patient, a certain drug test result; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Robert Zirkin
Hearing 2/26 At 12:00 P.m. on 02/06/2019
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Maryland 2019 Regular Session
Labor and Employment - Criminal Record Screening Practices (Ban the Box) [SB-839]
Prohibiting employers who employ 15 or more full-time employees from requiring an applicant for employment, before the first in-person interview, to disclose certain information regarding the criminal record of the applicant except under certain circumstances; authorizing the Commissioner of Labor and Industry to conduct an investigation to determine whether the Act has been violated on receipt of a written complaint of an applicant or employee; authorizing the Commissioner to assess a certain civil penalty; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. William Smith
Vetoed By The Governor (policy) on 05/24/2019
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Maryland 2019 Regular Session
Labor and Employment - Heightened Security Interest Locations (Secure Maryland Wage Act) [SB-794]
Requiring that certain employees working at a heightened security interest location be paid a certain wage or combination of wages and benefits; declaring findings of the General Assembly; specifying that certain provisions of the Act do not diminish certain rights of certain covered employees; specifying that a certain agreement to work for less than a certain wage is void under certain circumstances; requiring an employer to keep certain records for a certain period of time; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Antonio Hayes
Hearing 3/15 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/11/2019
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Maryland 2019 Regular Session
Labor and Employment - Wage History and Wage Range [SB-738]
Requiring an employer, on request, to provide to an applicant for employment the wage range for the position for which the applicant applied; prohibiting an employer from taking certain actions against an applicant for employment under certain circumstances; prohibiting an employer from relying on wage history, except under certain circumstances, for certain purposes, and from seeking the wage history by certain methods and from certain persons; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Susan Lee
Hearing 3/07 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/11/2019
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Maryland 2019 Regular Session
Organ Donation – Prohibition on Discrimination by Insurer and Unpaid Leave [SB-705]
Prohibiting certain insurers, based solely on the status of an applicant or individual status as an organ donor, from taking certain actions relating to certain insurance policies; prohibiting certain insurers from prohibiting an applicant or individual from donating an organ as a condition of insurance; providing that certain employees are entitled to a certain number of business days of unpaid organ donation leave in a 12-month period under certain circumstances; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. James Rosapepe
Vetoed By The Governor (duplicative) on 05/24/2019
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Maryland 2019 Regular Session
Maryland Healthy Working Families Act - Applicability [SB-686]
Providing that the Maryland Healthy Working Families Act does not apply to employees of a county board of education who are called to work on an as-needed basis, can reject or accept the shift offered by the county board of education, and are not guaranteed to be called on to work by the county board of education.
Sponsored by: Sen. Edward Reilly
Hearing 2/21 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/05/2019
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Maryland 2019 Regular Session
Labor and Employment - Maryland Healthy Working Families Act - Seasonal Temporary Workers [SB-681]
Increasing, from 106 to 120 days, the period during which an employer is not required to allow an employee to use earned sick and safe leave; altering the circumstances under which an employer is required to reinstate certain unused sick and safe leave; and altering the circumstances under which an employer is authorized to require an employee who uses earned sick and safe leave to provide certain verification.
Sponsored by: Sen. Mary Carozza
Hearing 2/21 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/05/2019
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Maryland 2019 Regular Session
Labor and Employment - Occupational Safety and Health - Enforcement of Regulations [SB-66]
Authorizing the Commissioner of Labor and Industry to suspend, delay, or alter enforcement of an occupational safety and health regulation if the federal government has taken certain action related to the corresponding federal regulation.
Sponsored by: Sen.
First Reading Finance on 01/09/2019
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Maryland 2019 Regular Session
Insurance - Group Retirement Annuities - Protections [SB-648]
Providing for the exemption of certain money and assets under certain retirement plans from certain claims; prohibiting the transfer or assumption of certain retirement annuity contracts between certain insurers except under certain circumstances; requiring the prior approval of the Maryland Insurance Commissioner before transferring certain annuity contracts to certain assuming insurers; authorizing the Commissioner to impose certain penalties for certain violations; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Katherine Klausmeier
Hearing 3/08 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/11/2019
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Maryland 2019 Regular Session
Career Education Act of 2019 [SB-588]
Authorizing a county board to award credit for time spent by a high school student toward a high school diploma or a postsecondary credential for work-based training and classroom instruction completed under a youth apprenticeship program; authorizing certain applicants for legislative scholarships to be enrolled in Workforce Development Sequence courses or be participating in an apprenticeship training program; authorizing certain recipients of a senatorial scholarship to use the scholarship to reimburse certain expenses; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. James Rosapepe
First Reading House Rules And Executive Nominations on 03/29/2019
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Maryland 2019 Regular Session
Community Career Centers for 21st-Century Jobs [SB-558]
Requiring each local workforce development board to recruit employers to provide youth apprenticeships, registered apprenticeships, and job opportunities for certain students and graduates; requiring each local workforce development board to match high school students with youth apprenticeships, registered apprenticeships, and job opportunities; requiring the State and certain local governing bodies, beginning in fiscal year 2021, to distribute a certain amount of funding to local workforce development boards; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. James Rosapepe
Hearing 3/15 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/11/2019
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Maryland 2019 Regular Session
Labor and Employment - Family and Medical Leave Insurance Program - Establishment [SB-500]
Establishing the Family and Medical Leave Insurance Program; providing for the manner in which the Program is to be administered; providing for the powers and duties of the Secretary of Labor, Licensing, and Regulation under the Program; requiring, beginning on January 1, 2020, certain employees to pay the Secretary certain contributions; requiring, beginning on July 1, 2021, an individual to meet certain conditions to be eligible for benefits; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Susan Lee
Hearing 3/07 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/11/2019
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Maryland 2019 Regular Session
Workforce Data Act of 2019 [SB-493]
Requiring that the information that the Secretary of Labor, Licensing, and Regulation requires to be included in unemployment insurance contribution and employment reports shall include, for each employee, occupation and job title, number of hours worked in a calendar quarter, and work location; and requiring that the location listed in a contribution and employment report under a certain provision of the Act be the employee's actual work site and not the employing unit's place of business.
Sponsored by: Sen. James Rosapepe
Unfavorable Report By Finance on 03/13/2019
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Maryland 2019 Regular Session
Investment in Job Skills Act of 2019 [SB-492]
Establishing the Career and Technology Education Grant Program; authorizing, rather than requiring, the Governor to appropriate at least $3,000,000 in the annual budget for Workforce Development Sequence Scholarships; requiring the Department of Labor, Licensing, and Regulation to create a statewide media campaign to promote participation in career and technical education, apprenticeships, and workforce development in workforce shortage occupations; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. James Rosapepe
Hearing Canceled (budget And Taxation) on 02/28/2019
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Maryland 2019 Regular Session
Procurement - Prevailing Wage - Modifications [SB-40]
Altering the definition of "public body" to increase, from 25% to 50%, the percentage of money used for construction that must be State money for a certain entity or person to be included with respect to the construction of an elementary or secondary school for purposes of certain provisions of law governing the prevailing wage; authorizing the Commissioner of Labor and Industry to set regional prevailing wage rates for each classification of worker engaged in work of the same or similar character for certain regions; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Andrew Serafini
First Reading Finance on 01/09/2019
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Maryland 2019 Regular Session
Maryland Healthy Working Families Act – Employers With On–Site Health Clinics – Exemption [SB-38]
Exempting from certain provisions of law governing earned sick and safe leave certain employees who regularly work at facilities at which the employer offers the employees access to an on-site health clinic that has operating costs of at least $1,000,000 per year and provides access to discounted prescription drugs; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Andrew Serafini
First Reading Finance on 01/09/2019
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Maryland 2019 Regular Session
Maryland Wage Payment and Collection Law - Awards of Certain Fees and Costs and Prohibition Against Retaliation [SB-329]
Authorizing a court, on a certain finding in an action on behalf of an employee for a violation of the Maryland Wage Payment and Collection Law, to award the Attorney General reasonable counsel fees and other costs; authorizing a court, on a certain finding in an action by an employee for a violation of the Maryland Wage Payment and Collection Law, to award the employee reasonable counsel fees and other costs; and prohibiting an employer from taking certain adverse action against an employee under certain circumstances.
Sponsored by: Sen. James Rosapepe
Hearing 2/21 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/01/2019
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Maryland 2019 Regular Session
Labor and Employment - Noncompete and Conflict of Interest Clauses [SB-328]
Providing that certain noncompete and conflict of interest provisions that restrict the ability of an employee to enter into employment with a new employer or to become self-employed in the same or similar business or trade are null and void as being against the public policy of the State; providing the Act does not apply to an employment contract or similar document or agreement with respect to the taking or use of a client list or other proprietary client-related information; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. James Rosapepe
Enacted Under Article Ii, Section 17(c) Of The Maryland Constitution - Chapter 753 on 05/25/2019
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Maryland 2019 Regular Session
Prevailing Wage Rates - Public Work Contracts - Suits by Employees [SB-300]
Authorizing certain employees to sue to recover the difference between certain prevailing wage rates and certain amounts under certain circumstances; providing that a certain determination by the Commissioner of Labor and Industry does not preclude certain employees from filing a certain action; and providing for the liability of certain contractors and subcontractors under certain circumstances.
Sponsored by: Sen. James Rosapepe
Enacted Under Article Ii, Section 17(b) Of The Maryland Constitution - Chapter 9 on 03/28/2019