Private Sector Labor And Industry
Maryland 2014 Regular Session
Labor and Employment - Minimum Wage - Establishment by Counties [SB-273]
Authorizing a county to establish a minimum wage rate for employees working in the county; and altering the minimum wage that an employer is required to pay employees.
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Human Relations - Employment Discrimination - Protections for Interns [SB-237]
Establishing that an intern is considered to be in an employment relationship with an employer for the purposes of specified protections from specified discriminatory acts, access to a specified complaint resolution procedure, and specified administrative remedies; providing that the Act does not create an employment relationship between an employer and an intern for the purposes of specified provisions of law; establishing the exclusive remedies for specified discriminatory acts; defining the term "intern"; etc.
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Maryland 2014 Regular Session
Prevailing Wage Rates Reform Act of 2014 [SB-204]
Expanding the applicability of the prevailing wage rate law to political subdivisions, agencies, and public works on property where the State, a political subdivision, or an agency is the owner or lessee by altering the definition of "public body"; altering the dollar amount for public work contracts at which the prevailing wage rate law applies; requiring that prevailing wage rates be calculated using wage rates established by specified collective bargaining agreements; etc.
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Maryland 2014 Regular Session
Labor and Employment - Minimum Wage - Establishment by Counties [SB-166]
Authorizing a county to establish a minimum wage rate for employees working in the county; and altering the minimum wage that an employer is required to pay employees.
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Maryland 2014 Regular Session
Changing the Name of the Washington, D.C., Professional Football Team [HJR-5]
Urging the owners of the Washington, D.C., professional football franchise to change the name of the football team.
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Maryland 2014 Regular Session
Rescission of Maryland's Ratification of the Corwin Amendment to the United States Constitution [HJR-2]
Rescinding Maryland's ratification of the Corwin Amendment to the United States Constitution.
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Maryland 2014 Regular Session
Labor and Employment - Maryland Earned Sick and Safe Leave Act [HB-968]
Requiring specified employers to provide employees with specified earned sick and safe leave; providing for the manner in which earned sick and safe leave is accrued by the employee and treated by the employer; requiring an employer to allow an employee to use earned sick and safe leave for specified purposes; requiring an employee, under specified circumstances, to request leave, notify the employer of specified information, and comply with specified procedures; etc.
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Maryland 2014 Regular Session
Prevailing Wage Enforcement Act [HB-956]
Requiring the Division of Labor and Industry in the Department of Labor, Licensing, and Regulation to collect and retain a specified civil penalty rather than have the penalty paid into the General Fund; requiring a contractor to pay specified liquidated damages for late submission of payroll records to the Division and not to the General Fund; requiring a contractor to pay specified liquidated damages for failing to pay a specified laborer or employee the prevailing wage to the Division and not to the General Fund; etc.
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Maryland 2014 Regular Session
Department of Labor, Licensing, and Regulation - Workgroup on Public Works Contractor Occupational Safety and Health Prequalification Requirements [HB-951]
Requiring the Department of Labor, Licensing, and Regulation to convene a specified workgroup to study and make recommendations regarding public works contractor occupational safety and health prequalification requirements; requiring that the workgroup include representatives of specified organizations including the American Society of Safety Engineers and the Alliance for Construction Excellence; providing for the termination of the Act at the end of June 30, 2015.
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Maryland 2014 Regular Session
Labor and Employment - Training Wage for Newly Hired Employees - Establishment [HB-949]
Authorizing an employer to pay specified employees specified training wages for a specified period of time, and relating to training wages for newly hired employees.
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Maryland 2014 Regular Session
Education - Summer Career Academy Pilot Program [HB-811]
Establishing the Summer Career Academy Pilot Program and identifying the purpose of the Program; requiring the State Department of Education to develop criteria for the selection of eligible school systems and eligible students for participation in the Program; authorizing the State Superintendent of Schools to select up to four school systems to participate in the Program; requiring a student selected to participate in the Program to be assigned a summer career counselor and to receive a stipend up to $4,500; etc.
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Maryland 2014 Regular Session
State-Owned Airport Concessionaire Employees - Payment of Wages and Other Rights [HB-725]
Requiring employers operating food, beverage, or retail operations within Baltimore-Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport to pay a specified wage to their employees; requiring employees' wages to increase by a specified amount; requiring the Maryland Aviation Administration to determine a specified wage; providing that the parties that dispute a wage determination may appeal the determination to the Commissioner of Labor and Industry; requiring the Commissioner to issue a final administrative determination; etc.
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Maryland 2014 Regular Session
Labor and Employment - State Minimum Wage Rate - Increase [HB-72]
Increasing the amount of the State minimum wage rate to $12.50 per hour.
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Maryland 2014 Regular Session
Labor and Employment - Nursing Homes and Health Care Facilities - Workplace Safety Assessment and Safety Program [HB-710]
Requiring specified nursing homes to assign to an appropriate committee the task of conducting an annual assessment of workplace safety issues and making recommendations; requiring the committee to consult specified employees of the nursing home; requiring a specified health care facility to establish a workplace safety committee; requiring a workplace safety committee to establish a workplace safety program including specified components; etc.
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Maryland 2014 Regular Session
Labor and Employment - Intern Transportation Costs - Reimbursement by Employers [HB-640]
Requiring an employer, under specified circumstances, to reimburse an intern for transportation costs incurred by the intern because of the internship; and defining "employer" to include a governmental unit.
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Maryland 2014 Regular Session
Commissioner of Labor and Industry - Authority - Enforcement of Local Minimum Wage Laws [HB-579]
Requiring the Commissioner of Labor and Industry to enforce a local minimum wage law; specifying that the Commissioner has the same powers and duties in enforcing a local minimum wage law as the Commissioner has to enforce specified provisions of State law; authorizing the Commissioner, on the Commissioner's own initiative or on receipt of a written complaint, to investigate whether a local minimum wage law has been violated; etc.
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Maryland 2014 Regular Session
Labor and Employment - Earned Sick Leave [HB-527]
Requiring specified employers to provide employees with specified earned sick leave; providing for the manner in which earned sick leave is accrued by the employee and treated by the employer; requiring an employer to allow an employee to use earned sick leave for specified purposes; requiring an employee, under specified circumstances, to request leave, notify the employer of specified information, and comply with specified procedures; etc.
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Maryland 2014 Regular Session
Labor and Employment - Employment of Minors [HB-467]
Repealing specified provisions of law regarding the issuance of a work permit by the Commissioner of Labor and Industry or a county superintendent of schools; authorizing a parent or guardian of a minor to apply for a work permit by completing a specified online application; and authorizing the Commissioner to issue a work permit under specified circumstances.
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Maryland 2014 Regular Session
Labor and Employment - Labor Organizations - Right to Work [HB-435]
Prohibiting an employer from requiring, as a condition of employment or continued employment, an employee or a prospective employee to join or remain a member of a labor organization, pay charges to a labor organization, or pay a specified amount to a third party under specified circumstances; prohibiting an employer from threatening an employee or a prospective employee with specified action; providing that a specified violation of law is a misdemeanor and is subject to specified penalties; etc.
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Maryland 2014 Regular Session
Human Relations - Employment Discrimination - Protections for Interns [HB-381]
Establishing that an intern is considered to be in an employment relationship with an employer for the purposes of specified protections from specified discriminatory acts, access to a specified complaint resolution procedure, and specified administrative remedies; providing that the Act does not create an employment relationship between an employer and an intern for the purposes of specified provisions of law; establishing the exclusive remedies for specified discriminatory acts; defining the term "intern"; etc.