Private Sector Labor And Industry
Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Commissioner of Labor and Industry - Construction Services - Stop Work Orders [SB-688]
Requiring the Commissioner of Labor and Industry to issue a 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 the stop work order; requiring the Commissioner to issue an order releasing a certain stop work order on a certain showing by the employer; etc.
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Maryland Healthy Working Families Act - Family Member - Definition [HB-880]
Altering the definition of "family member" for purposes of the Maryland Healthy Working Families Act to include a legal ward of an employee, a legal ward of an employee's spouse, or a legal guardian of an employee's spouse.
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Labor and Employment - Incentive Programs for Hiring and Retraining - List [HB-835]
Requiring the Maryland Department of Labor to develop a list of any federal or State incentive programs available to an employer who hires and trains formerly incarcerated individuals; and requiring the Department to make the list available on the main page of the Department's website.
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Maryland Wage and Hour Law and Maryland Wage Payment and Collection Law – Revisions (Maryland Wage Protection Act) [SB-641]
Requiring that a certain summary that certain employers are required to keep conspicuously posted in certain places of employment include certain antiretaliation provisions; prohibiting certain employers from taking certain actions under the Maryland Wage and Hour Law and the Maryland Wage Payment and Collection Law; prohibiting certain employers from discriminating against certain employees under certain circumstances; etc.
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Labor and Employment - Family and Medical Leave Insurance Program - Establishment [SB-539]
Establishing the Family and Medical Leave Insurance Program to provide temporary benefits to a covered individual who is taking leave from employment; establishing the Family and Medical Leave Insurance Fund; requiring, beginning January 1, 2021, certain employees, employers, and self-employed individuals to pay certain contributions; authorizing, beginning July 1, 2022, a covered individual taking certain leave from employment to submit a claim for benefits; authorizing the establishment of private employer plans; etc.
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Labor and Employment - Leave With Pay - Bereavement Leave (Family Bereavement Act) [HB-712]
Authorizing employees of certain employers to use certain leave with pay for bereavement leave in the event of the death of an immediate family member.
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Labor and Employment - Occupational Safety and Health - Heat Stress Standards [HB-722]
Requiring the Commissioner of Labor and Industry, in consultation with the Maryland Occupational Safety and Health Advisory Board to develop and adopt regulations, on or before October 1, 2022, that require employers to protect employees from heat-related illness caused by heat stress; requiring Maryland Occupational Safety and Health to hold certain informational meetings before beginning a certain process; requiring the Commissioner to consider certain standards in developing regulations; requiring the Commissioner to make a certain report; etc.
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Discrimination in Employment - Reasonable Accommodations for Applicants With Disabilities [SB-473]
Prohibiting an employer from failing or refusing to make a reasonable accommodation for the known disability of an otherwise qualified applicant for employment; and expanding a certain undue hardship exception for employers regarding provision of a certain reasonable accommodation to include certain qualified disabled applicants for employment.
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Labor and Employment - Health Care Facilities - Workplace Safety Program - Revisions [HB-612]
Requiring that a certain annual assessment required to be included in a certain workplace safety program include certain recommendations to reduce injuries that could result from a lack of workplace safety; requiring a health care facility to guarantee that a health care worker who reports a physical assault or threatening behavior under a certain process may elect not to care for the individual who caused the harm or issued the threat; etc.
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Labor and Employment - Grant Program for Workforce Skills Assessment [SB-419]
Establishing the Grant Program for Workforce Skills Assessment in the Maryland Department of Labor; providing that the purpose of the Program is to provide financial assistance to an employer for the administration of assessments that measure workplace or job-related skills of employees who are State residents; authorizing the Governor to include an annual appropriation to the Program in the State budget; requiring the Department to implement and administer the Program and adopt certain regulations; etc.
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Labor and Employment – Maryland Wage and Hour Law – Agricultural Stands, Retail Farms, and Farmers’ Markets [SB-403]
Establishing an exemption from the Maryland Wage and Hour Law for an individual employed at an agricultural stand, a retail farm, or a farmers' market that primarily sells agricultural products that the employer has produced.
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
2026 FIFA World Cup - Protection of Human Rights [SJR-1]
Supporting the fundamental requirements for United 2026 as laid out in FIFA's "Proposal for a United Human Rights Strategy"; and encouraging all host stadiums, cities, ports of entry, and fan zones to provide certain atmospheres, experiences, and policies for fans, spectators, players, officials, and volunteers at the 2026 FIFA World Cup.
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Labor and Employment - Maryland Healthy Working Families Act - Verification [SB-404]
Altering the circumstances under which an employer is authorized to require an employee who uses certain sick and safe leave to provide verification that the leave was used appropriately; and authorizing certain employers to deny a certain request to take certain sick and safe leave under certain circumstances.
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Labor and Employment - Occupational Safety and Health - Heat Stress Standards [SB-434]
Requiring the Commissioner of Labor and Industry to adopt regulations, on or before October 1, 2022, that include a certain standard establishing certain heat stress levels and to ensure that all employers comply with certain requirements with respect to occupational exposure to excessive heat; requiring certain employers to develop, implement, and maintain a certain excessive heat-related illness prevention plan for employees; etc.
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Labor and Employment - Direct Care Workforce Innovation Program [SB-449]
Establishing the Direct Care Workforce Innovation Program in the Division of Workforce Development and Adult Learning within the Maryland Department of Labor; requiring the Division to provide certain matching grants to certain entities to create and expand on successful recruitment and retention strategies that address certain barriers to increasing the population of direct care workers; requiring the Division to issue a request for certain applications from certain entities for certain matching grants each year; etc.
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Discrimination in Employment - Reasonable Accommodations for Applicants With Disabilities [HB-312]
Prohibiting an employer from failing or refusing to make a reasonable accommodation for the known disability of an otherwise qualified applicant for employment; and expanding a certain undue hardship exception for employers regarding providing a certain reasonable accommodation to include certain qualified disabled applicants for employment.
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Labor and Employment - Leave With Pay - Bereavement Leave (Family Bereavement Act) [SB-260]
Authorizing employees of certain employers to use certain leave with pay for bereavement leave in the event of the death of an immediate family member or a pet of the employee.
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Maryland Healthy Working Families Act - Applicability [SB-241]
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.
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Labor and Employment - Wage History and Wage Range [SB-217]
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 negative actions against an applicant for employment because the applicant did not provide wage history or wage range; prohibiting an employer from relying on wage history, except when voluntarily provided, for the purpose of determining fair wage, and from seeking an applicant's wage history from former employers or their agents; etc.
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Income Tax Credit - Employment of Apprentices - Extension [HB-220]
Extending the termination date for the credit against the State income tax for the employment of an eligible apprentice to January 1, 2025, under certain circumstances; providing that Section 2 of Chapter 149 of the Acts of 2017 shall remain effective until June 30, 2025; etc.