Private Sector Labor And Industry
Maryland 2014 Regular Session
Labor and Employment - Training Wage for New Employees - Establishment and Payment [HB-374]
Authorizing a county to establish a training wage for employees working in the county; prohibiting the training wage from being less than a specified minimum wage; and authorizing an employer to pay a training wage to employees for the first 2 years of employment if the county in which the employee works established the training wage and the employee has not been employed previously by any employer.
Sponsored by: Rep. Tony McConkey
Unfavorable Report By Economic Matters on 03/15/2014
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Maryland Minimum Wage Act of 2014 [HB-295]
Incrementally increasing the State minimum wage rate to $10.10 beginning July 1, 2018; authorizing specified employers to pay employees under the age of 20 years a specified wage under specified circumstances; requiring the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene to increase reimbursement of community providers serving individuals with developmental disabilities; requiring the Governor, in specified fiscal years, to include in a specified budget proposal specified funding increases; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Susan Lee
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 262 on 05/05/2014
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Maryland 2014 Regular Session
Labor and Employment - Minimum Wage - Establishment by Counties [HB-293]
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.
Sponsored by: Rep. Tony McConkey
Unfavorable Report By Economic Matters on 03/15/2014
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Maryland 2014 Regular Session
Maryland Occupational Safety and Health Act - Chemical Information List - Submission, Maintenance, and Accessibility [HB-189]
Repealing obsolete language regarding specified chemical information lists submitted to the Department of the Environment; requiring employers that cease to operate as a business or to take specified action related to hazardous chemicals to submit a chemical information list to the Department of Labor, Licensing, and Regulation; requiring the Department of Labor, Licensing, and Regulation to keep the chemical information list for at least 40 years; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Glen Glass
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 549 on 05/15/2014
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Maryland 2014 Regular Session
Labor and Employment - Maryland Wage and Hour Law - Payment of Wages [HB-187]
Specifying the amount of the State minimum wage rate as of January 1, 2015 as $8.20 per hour for the 12-month period; providing annual increases in the State minimum wage in 2016 and 2017; authorizing specified amusement and recreational establishments to pay specified employees a specified wage under specified circumstances; repealing specified exemptions from provision of law related to the payment of overtime wages; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Susan Lee
Hearing 3/26 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/26/2014
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Maryland 2014 Regular Session
Department of Labor, Licensing, and Regulation - Boards, Commissions, and Councils - Member Removal [HB-168]
Providing that a member of a specified board, commission, or council under the Department of Labor, Licensing, and Regulation shall be considered to have resigned if the member does not attend at least two-thirds of the meetings during any consecutive 12-month period while the member was serving, subject to a specified exception; requiring specified notice to be provided to the Governor; requiring the Governor to appoint a successor under specified circumstances; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kathy Afzali
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 588 on 05/15/2014
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Maryland 2014 Regular Session
Maryland Wage and Hour Law - Exemptions - Employees Receiving Social Security Disability Insurance Benefits [HB-1364]
Providing that the Maryland Wage and Hour Law does not apply to specified employees who receive federal Social Security disability insurance benefits.
Sponsored by: Rep. Tony McConkey
Unfavorable Report By Economic Matters on 04/07/2014
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Maryland 2014 Regular Session
Maryland Wage Payment and Collection Law - Awards of Certain Fees and Costs and Prohibition Against Retaliation [HB-1314]
Authorizing the court, on a specified 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 the court, on a specified finding in an action by an employee for a violation of the Wage Payment and Collection Law, to award the employee reasonable counsel fees and other costs; prohibiting an employer from taking specified adverse action against an employee under specified circumstances; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Tom Hucker
Favorable With Amendments Report By Finance on 04/07/2014
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Maryland 2014 Regular Session
Maryland Secure Choice Retirement Savings Program and Trust [HB-1251]
Establishing the Maryland Secure Choice Retirement Savings Program for eligible private sector employees; establishing the Maryland Secure Choice Retirement Savings Trust; establishing the Maryland Secure Choice Retirement Savings Board to implement, maintain, and administer the Program and the Trust; requiring eligible employers to offer the Program and requiring eligible employees to participate in the Program unless written notice to opt out is provided to the employer; authorizing the Comptroller to enforce employer compliance; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Marvin Holmes
Hearing 3/04 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/04/2014
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Maryland 2014 Regular Session
Division of Labor and Industry - Youth Apprenticeship Advisory Committee [HB-1207]
Establishing the Youth Apprenticeship Advisory Committee in the Division of Labor and Industry; providing for the composition and duties of the Committee; requiring the Committee to submit a report to the General Assembly on or before December 1 of each year regarding any recommended legislation to promote high school youth apprenticeship programs in the State; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Luiz Simmons
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 646 on 05/15/2014
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Maryland 2014 Regular Session
Labor and Employment - Unpaid Parental Leave - Birth or Adoption of a Child [HB-1026]
Providing specified employees a total of 6 workweeks of unpaid parental leave in a 12-month period under specified circumstances; authorizing an employer to deny unpaid parental leave to an eligible employee under specified circumstances; authorizing, under specified circumstances, an employer to require an eligible employee, or an eligible employee to elect, to substitute paid leave for any part of or all of the period of parental leave; requiring employers to maintain health coverage during the duration of parental leave; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Nathaniel Oaks
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 334 on 05/05/2014
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Maryland 2013 Regular Session
Task Force to Study Temporary Disability Insurance Programs and the Process for Assisting Individuals with Disabilities at Local Departments of Social Services [SB-888]
Establishing the Task Force to Study Temporary Disability Insurance Programs and the Process for Assisting Individuals with Disabilities at Local Departments of Social Services; requiring the Task Force to study and make recommendations regarding specified matters; and requiring the Task Force to report its findings and recommendations to the Governor and the General Assembly on or before December 1, 2013.
Sponsored by: Sen. Charles Muse
Vetoed By The Governor (duplicative) on 05/16/2013
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Maryland 2013 Regular Session
Labor and Employment - Health Care Facilities - Workplace Violence Prevention Program [SB-804]
Requiring a specified health care facility, on or before August 1, 2014, to establish a specified workplace violence prevention committee; requiring a workplace violence prevention committee, on or before October 1, 2014, to establish a specified workplace violence prevention program; requiring a workplace violence prevention program to include specified components; requiring the Department of Labor, Licensing, and Regulation, on or before July 1, 2014, to adopt specified regulations; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Katherine Klausmeier
Unfavorable Report By Finance Withdrawn on 03/20/2013
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Maryland 2013 Regular Session
Employment Discrimination - Reasonable Accommodations for Disabilities Due to Pregnancy [SB-784]
Requiring an employer to explore specified means of reasonably accommodating a disability caused or contributed to by pregnancy if an employee requests a reasonable accommodation; requiring an employer to transfer an employee to a less strenuous or less hazardous position for a specified period of time in specified circumstances; authorizing an employer to require an employee to provide a specified certification under specified conditions; requiring an employer to post specified information; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Joanne Benson
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 547 on 05/16/2013
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Maryland 2013 Regular Session
Labor and Employment - Lien for Unpaid Wages - Establishment [SB-758]
Requiring an employee to provide specified written notice to a specified employer first in order to establish a lien for unpaid wages; authorizing a specified employer to dispute a lien for unpaid wages by filing a specified complaint in a specified circuit court in a specified manner; authorizing the employer or employee to request an evidentiary hearing; requiring a circuit court to make a determination on a claim to establish a lien for unpaid wages in a specified manner; authorizing a circuit court to take specified actions; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Delores Kelley
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 540 on 05/16/2013
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Maryland 2013 Regular Session
Maryland Occupational Safety and Health Act - Discrimination Against Employee - Complaints [SB-757]
Authorizing the Commissioner of Labor and Industry to accept as timely an oral complaint made by a specified employee if the employee submits a written complaint, signed by the employee, within 7 business days of the oral complaint.
Sponsored by: Sen. Victor Ramirez
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 538 on 05/16/2013
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Maryland 2013 Regular Session
Labor and Employment - Maryland Earned Sick and Safe Leave Act [SB-698]
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.
Sponsored by: Sen. Richard Madaleno
Hearing 2/27 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/27/2013
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Maryland 2013 Regular Session
Labor and Employment - Maryland Wage and Hour Law - Payment of Wages [SB-683]
Specifying the amount of the State minimum wage rate that is in effect for specified time periods; requiring the Commissioner of Labor and Industry to set the rate in a specified manner on or after a specified date or under specified circumstances; requiring that the Commissioner publish the rate in the Maryland Register on or before a specified date each year; repealing the exemption from the Maryland Wage and Hour Law for specified individuals; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Delores Kelley
Unfavorable Report By Finance on 03/22/2013
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Maryland 2013 Regular Session
Labor and Employment - Right to Work [SB-668]
Prohibiting an employer from refusing to employ or refusing to continue to employ an individual based on membership or nonmembership in a labor organization; prohibiting an employer from requiring an individual to refrain from joining or from requiring an individual to become a member of a labor organization; prohibiting an employer from requiring an individual to pay specified charges to a labor organization; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. David Brinkley
Hearing 2/21 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/21/2013
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Maryland 2013 Regular Session
Construction Safety and Health Training - Public Work Contracts [SB-555]
Requiring specified individuals performing work on public work projects to complete construction safety training; requiring contractors, before beginning work on a public work contract, to provide a certification to a public body indicating that each individual working on the site has completed the construction safety training course within the past 5 years; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. James Rosapepe
Unfavorable Report By Finance on 03/18/2013