Private Sector Labor And Industry
Maryland 2013 Regular Session
Procurement - Occupational Safety and Health Prequalification [HB-1486]
Requiring the Department of Labor, Licensing, and Regulation to develop and adopt by regulation a specified safety questionnaire and safety rating system; requiring the Department to calculate by using a specified safety rating system the safety rating that a prospective bidder or offeror has attained on a specified safety questionnaire; providing that a prospective bidder or offeror that attains a specified safety rating is deemed to have prequalified to submit a bid or an offer on specified contracts; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. C. William Frick
Rereferred To Economic Matters on 03/20/2013
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Labor and Employment - Short-Term Disability Insurance for Pregnancy - Requirement [HB-1335]
Requiring specified employers to offer specified short-term disability insurance to employees who are pregnant; requiring, under specified circumstances, the employer to pay a specified percentage of the premium costs of the short-term disability insurance; requiring that the short-term disability insurance provide income replacement for a specified number of days for specified employees; specifying the percentage of income that must be replaced under specified circumstances; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Anne Kaiser
Unfavorable Report By Economic Matters on 04/05/2013
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Maryland 2013 Regular Session
Labor and Employment - Parental Leave - Birth or Adoption of a Child [HB-1331]
Providing specified employees a total of six workweeks of parental leave in a 12-month period under specified circumstances; providing that the parental leave granted by an employer may be unpaid; providing that paid leave may be substituted for any part of the six workweeks of leave under specified circumstances; authorizing an employer to require an employee to provide written notice of the employee's intention to take parental leave under specified circumstances; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Eric Luedtke
Unfavorable Report By Economic Matters on 03/21/2013
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Maryland 2013 Regular Session
Maryland Secure Choice Retirement Savings Program and Maryland Secure Choice Retirement Savings Trust [HB-1318]
Establishing the Maryland Secure Choice Retirement Savings Program for eligible private sector employees; establishing the Maryland Secure Choice Retirement Savings Trust and the Maryland Secure Choice Retirement Savings Investment Board; authorizing the 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; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Tom Hucker
Unfavorable Report By Economic Matters Withdrawn on 03/21/2013
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Maryland 2013 Regular Session
Labor and Employment - Division of Labor and Industry - Appropriations [HB-1317]
Requiring the Governor, beginning in the fiscal year 2015 budget, to include in the annual budget bill submitted to the General Assembly an appropriation for the Division of Labor and Industry of specified minimum amounts to fund at least 10 positions for implementation of the Employment Standards Service Unit and at least 15 positions for implementation of the Prevailing Wage Unit.
Sponsored by: Rep. Tom Hucker
Hearing 3/14 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/14/2013
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Maryland 2013 Regular Session
Prevailing Wage Enforcement Act [HB-1283]
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.
Sponsored by: Rep. C. William Frick
Unfavorable Report By Economic Matters on 03/19/2013
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Maryland 2013 Regular Session
Labor and Employment - Payment of Overtime Wages [HB-127]
Limiting the applicability of an overtime wage provision of law to exclude, under specified circumstances, a specified employer that is subject to Title II of the federal Railway Labor Act.
Sponsored by: Rep. Dereck Davis
Vetoed By The Governor (duplicative) on 05/16/2013
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Maryland 2013 Regular Session
Labor and Employment - Maryland Wage and Hour Law - Payment of Wages [HB-1204]
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. Susan Lee
Hearing 2/27 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/27/2013
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Maryland 2013 Regular Session
Labor and Employment - Lien for Unpaid Wages - Establishment [HB-1130]
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 a party 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: Rep. Ben Barnes
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 541 on 05/16/2013
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Maryland 2013 Regular Session
Occupational Safety and Health - Good Faith Actions by Business Owners - Penalty Forgiveness [HB-104]
Prohibiting the Commissioner of Labor and Industry from assessing under specified circumstances a civil penalty against an employer for specified violations of the Maryland Occupational Safety and Health Act, specified orders passed under that Act, or specified regulations adopted to carry out that Act; and making the Act subject to a contingency.
Sponsored by: Rep. Nicholaus Kipke
Unfavorable Report By Economic Matters on 03/12/2013
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Hospitals - Changes in Status - Hospital Employee Retraining and Placement [HB-1571]
Providing that the assessment of a certain fee by the State Health Services Cost Review Commission for funding the Hospital Employees Retraining Fund is to be in the case of a hospital closure, merger, or full delicensure; altering the circumstances under which hospitals are required to pay a certain fee directly to the Maryland Department of Labor; requiring certain hospitals to pay an annual direct remittance to the Department by July 1; requiring certain money from the Fund be returned to certain hospitals under certain circumstances; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Anne Healey
Enacted Under Article Ii, Section 17(c) Of The Maryland Constitution - Chapter 490 on 05/08/2020
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Labor and Employment - Health Care Facilities - Workplace Safety (Safe Care Act) [HB-1568]
Requiring State residential centers and State-operated hospitals to develop a workplace safety plan; establishing certain requirements for a certain workplace safety plan; requiring that certain training address certain risks and include certain instruction on certain matters; requiring certain State residential centers and State-operated hospitals to collaborate with a certain committee for certain purposes; requiring that certain procedures include certain other procedures; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Bonnie Cullison
Hearing 3/10 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/11/2020
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Labor and Employment - Number of Employees Granted H-1B or L-1 Visa - Disclosure [HB-1303]
Requiring each employer, on or before December 1 each year, to report to the Maryland Department of Labor and the Maryland Higher Education Commission and make available to the public the number of the employer's employees who have been granted an H-1B or L-1 visa by the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kevin Hornberger
Unfavorable Report By Economic Matters on 03/12/2020
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Commissioner of Labor and Industry - Construction Services - Stop Work Orders [HB-1371]
Requiring the Commissioner of Labor and Industry to issue a certain stop work order requiring the cessation of all business operations to certain employers for certain violations of certain wage and hour laws or workplace fraud laws; providing that a certain stop work order takes effect when served and remains in effect until the Commissioner issues an order releasing a certain stop work order; requiring the Commissioner to issue an order releasing a certain stop work order on a certain showing by an employer; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Benjamin Brooks
Unfavorable Report By Economic Matters; Withdrawn on 03/02/2020
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Labor and Employment – Secure Maryland Wage Act [HB-1410]
Requiring that certain employees working at a heightened security interest location be paid a certain wage or combination of wages and benefits; specifying that low wages, high turnover rates, and the inexperience of many employees at certain locations hinder the ability of employees to respond to emergency situations threatening the safety, security, and welfare of the residents of the State; specifying that certain provisions of the Act do not diminish certain rights of certain covered employees; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Talmadge Branch
Hearing 2/18 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/10/2020
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Labor and Employment - Use of Facial Recognition Services - Prohibition [HB-1202]
Prohibiting an employer from using certain facial recognition services during an applicant's interview for employment unless the applicant consents under a certain provision of the Act; authorizing an applicant to consent to the use of certain facial recognition service technologies during an interview by signing a waiver; and providing for the contents of a certain waiver.
Sponsored by: Rep. Seth Howard
Enacted Under Article Ii, Section 17(c) Of The Maryland Constitution - Chapter 446 on 05/08/2020
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Labor and Employment - Employment Contracts - Intellectual Property [HB-1466]
Providing that certain intellectual property rights provisions in an employment contract are null and void as being against the public policy of the State.
Sponsored by: Rep. Haven Shoemaker
Hearing 3/10 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/11/2020
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Health Facilities - Residential Service Agencies - Compliance with State Labor Laws [HB-1415]
Requiring the Maryland Department of Health, in consultation with the Maryland Department of Labor and the Office of the Attorney General, to produce a guidance document concerning the application of certain laws to certain personal care aides; providing for the content and structure of the guidance report; requiring a residential agency to certify certain information through the signature of a certain individual to the Maryland Department of Health as a condition of obtaining a license to operate as a residential service agency; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Terri Hill
Hearing 3/10 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/04/2020
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Labor and Employment - Maryland Wage and Hour Law - Agricultural Stands [HB-1123]
Establishing an exemption from the Maryland Wage and Hour Law for an individual employed at an agricultural stand that primarily sells at retail perishable or seasonal fresh fruits, vegetables, or horticultural commodities that the employer has produced.
Sponsored by: Rep. Sheree Sample-Hughes
Hearing 3/03 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/10/2020
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Workgroup to Study Basic Economic Security [HB-1086]
Establishing the Workgroup to Study Basic Economic Security; providing for the composition, cochairs, and staffing of the Workgroup; establishing the duties of the Workgroup; prohibiting a member of the Workgroup from receiving compensation, but authorizing the reimbursement of expenses; requiring the Workgroup to report to the Governor and General Assembly on or before December 15, 2020; and terminating the Act at the end of June 30, 2021.
Sponsored by: Rep. Nick Mosby
Hearing 3/10 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/11/2020