Private Sector Labor And Industry
Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Employment Standards – Firefighters – Payment of Wages and Payroll Information [HB-205]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
[Workers' Compensation ]
Requiring governmental units that employ firefighters to compute overtime pay for each hour over 168 hours that a firefighter works during a 28-day work period; requiring an employer to include all regularly scheduled hours; requiring counties and municipalities to provide certain payroll information to each employed firefighter; and authorizing a firefighter or their exclusive representative to initiate a certain grievance if a county or municipality does not provide the payroll information as required or wages due.
Sponsored by: Rep. Jared Scott Solomon
Referred Finance on 03/17/2025
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Maryland Small Business Retirement Savings Board - Membership - Alteration [SB-41]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Retirement ]
[Small Business ]
Adding the Comptroller, or the Comptroller's designee, as a member to the Maryland Small Business Retirement Savings Board.
Sponsored by: Sen. James C. Rosapepe
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 292 on 05/06/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Cyber Maryland Program - Revisions [HB-82]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Cybersecurity ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Education ]
[Economic Development ]
Transferring the Cyber Maryland Program from the Maryland Technology Development Corporation to the Maryland Department of Labor; altering the duties of the Program; altering the purposes for which the Cyber Maryland Fund may be used; repealing certain funding requirements related to the Program; and altering the membership of the Cyber Maryland Board.
Sponsored by: Rep. Health and Government Operations
First Reading Health And Government Operations on 01/08/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Business Occupational and Professional Licenses - Suspension and Revocation for Workplace Fraud [HB-264]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Small Business ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Construction ]
[Public Safety ]
Requiring, under certain circumstances, the Commissioner of Labor and Industry to notify a licensing authority when a licensee is found in violation of certain workplace fraud provisions; requiring licensing authorities to suspend or revoke the licenses of licensees who are reported by the Commissioner; and establishing certain appeal and license reinstatement procedures.
Sponsored by: Rep. Economic Matters
Withdrawn By Sponsor on 02/10/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Declaration of Rights - Right to Organize [HB-37]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Human Rights ]
Establishing every person employed in the State of Maryland has the fundamental right to organize and collectively bargain concerning compensation, hours, and other terms and conditions of employment; prohibiting the State from, directly or indirectly, denying, burdening, or abridging the right unless justified by a compelling State interest achieved by the least restrictive means; and providing that the Constitutional amendment proposed by the Act be submitted to the qualified voters of the State or adoption or rejection.
Sponsored by: Rep. Joe Vogel
Hearing Canceled on 01/24/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Family and Medical Leave Insurance Program – Application Year and Participation of Self–Employed Individuals [SB-225]
[Insurance ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Healthcare ]
[Family-Related Legislation ]
Requiring the Maryland Department of Labor to adopt regulations establishing an optional self-employed enrollment program governing the participation of self-employed individuals in the Family and Medical Leave Insurance Program; repealing certain requirements related to the payment of contributions to the Program by participating self-employed individuals; excluding participating self-employed individuals from certain provisions of law governing the payment of benefits under the Program; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Finance
Hearing 1/29 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/14/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Employment Standards - Firefighters - Payment of Wages and Payroll Information [SB-124]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
[Workers' Compensation ]
Requiring governmental units that employ firefighters to compute overtime pay for each hour over 168 hours that a firefighter works during a 28-day work period; requiring an employer to include all regularly scheduled hours, regardless of whether earned or accrued leave was use; requiring counties and municipalities to provide certain payroll information to each employed firefighter; and authorizing a firefighter or their exclusive representative to initiate a certain grievance under certain circumstances.
Sponsored by: Sen. Benjamin Fred Kramer
Hearing 1/16 At 3:00 P.m. on 01/09/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
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Workgroup on the Creation of a Data Dashboard for Public Work Contracts and Apprentices - Establishment [SB-3]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Construction ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Data Privacy ]
[Economic Development ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
Establishing the Workgroup on the Creation of a Data Dashboard for Public Work Contracts and Apprentices to study the most efficient and cost-effective methods to create a publicly available data dashboard that disaggregates information regarding public work contracts with the State and apprentices working under public work contracts; and requiring the Workgroup to report its findings and recommendations to the Governor and the General Assembly by January 7, 2027.
Sponsored by: Sen. Arthur Ellis
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 716 on 05/20/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Ratifying the Federal Child Labor Amendment [HJR-3]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Human Rights ]
Ratifying the federal Child Labor Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, as proposed by U.S. House Joint Resolution 184 of 1924, to provide the U.S. Congress with the power to limit, regulate, and prohibit the labor of persons under the age of 18 years.
Sponsored by: Rep. Sheila Ruth
Hearing 3/03 At 12:00 P.m. on 02/26/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Cyber Maryland Program - Revisions [SB-241]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Cybersecurity ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Economic Development ]
[Education ]
Transferring the Cyber Maryland Program from the Maryland Technology Development Corporation to the Maryland Department of Labor; altering the duties of the Program; altering the purposes for which the Cyber Maryland Fund may be used; repealing certain funding requirements related to the Program; and altering the membership of the Cyber Maryland Board.
Sponsored by: Sen. Education, Energy, and the Environment
Hearing 1/30 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/14/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
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Davis Martinez Public Employee Safety and Health Act [SB-26]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Health ]
[Workers' Compensation ]
[Crime ]
Requiring the Correctional Training Commission to adopt regulations for the training, issuance, and use of body-worn cameras by January 1, 2026; establishing the Public Employees' Safety and Health Unit in the Division of Labor and Industry to administer and enforce certain duties regarding the oversight of workplace safety and health of employees of certain public bodies; establishing and applying certain civil and criminal penalties to public bodies and persons in government; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Benjamin Fred Kramer
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 608 on 05/20/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
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Family and Medical Leave Insurance Program - Revisions [HB-102]
[Insurance ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Healthcare ]
[Family-Related Legislation ]
Defining "anchor date" to establish certain reference points for the calculation of a certain covered employee's average weekly wage and eligibility for increases in weekly benefits under the Family Medical Leave and Insurance Program; requiring the Maryland Department of Labor to adopt regulations establishing an optional self-employed enrollment program governing the participation of self-employed individuals in the Program; repealing certain requirements related to contributions made by certain participating individuals; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Economic Matters
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 363 on 05/06/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Labor and Employment - Parental School Engagement Leave Act [SB-58]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Education ]
[Family-Related Legislation ]
[Children and Youth ]
Requiring certain employers to provide certain employees with at least 12 hours of parental school engagement leave each school year to attend meetings and conferences relating to the schooling of the employee's child; and requiring the State Superintendent of Schools and the Commissioner of Labor to provide notice of certain provisions of the Act and develop and make available a document that may be used to validate an employee's use of parental school engagement leave.
Sponsored by: Sen. Joanne C. Benson
Hearing 1/29 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/14/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Ratifying the Federal Child Labor Amendment [SJR-1]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Human Rights ]
Ratifying the federal Child Labor Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, as proposed by U.S. House Joint Resolution 184 of 1924, to provide the U.S. Congress with the power to limit, regulate, and prohibit the labor of persons under the age of 18 years.
Sponsored by: Sen. Cory V. McCray
Hearing 1/22 At 3:45 P.m. on 01/14/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Business Occupational and Professional Licenses - Suspension and Revocation for Workplace Fraud [SB-218]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Small Business ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Construction ]
[Public Safety ]
Requiring, under certain circumstances, the Commissioner of Labor and Industry to notify a licensing authority when a licensee is found in violation of certain workplace fraud provisions; requiring licensing authorities to suspend or revoke the licenses of licensees who are reported by the Commissioner; and establishing certain appeal and license reinstatement procedures.
Sponsored by: Sen. Finance
Withdrawn By Sponsor on 01/27/2025
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
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Maryland Protecting Opportunities and Regional Trade (PORT) Act [HB-1526]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Trade ]
[Funding ]
[Economic Development ]
[Unemployment ]
[Disaster Relief ]
[Public Safety ]
[Workers' Compensation ]
Establishing the Fallen Transportation Workers Scholarship Program and the Fallen Transportation Workers Scholarship Fund; authorizing the Secretary of Labor to exempt an individual from the requirement to be actively seeking work for unemployment insurance benefits eligibility; requiring the Maryland Department of Labor and the Department of Commerce to establish certain temporary relief programs to provide assistance to individuals and certain entities impacted by a certain closure of the Port of Baltimore; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Robert B. Long
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 2 on 04/09/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
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Maryland Protecting Opportunities and Regional Trade (PORT) Act [SB-1188]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Trade ]
[Economic Development ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Unemployment ]
[Public Safety ]
[Children and Youth ]
Establishing the Fallen Transportation Workers Scholarship Program and the Fallen Transportation Workers Scholarship Fund to provide tuition assistance to a student who was a dependent or is the surviving spouse of a fallen transportation worker; requiring the Maryland Department of Labor and the Department of Commerce to establish programs to assist individuals and certain entities impacted by the reduced operations of the Port of Baltimore; authorizing the Secretary of Labor to alter certain unemployment eligibility requirements; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. William C. Ferguson
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 3 on 04/09/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Labor and Employment - Noncompete and Conflict of Interest Clauses - Veterinary and Health Care Professionals [SB-1182]
[Healthcare ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
Applying to certain veterinary and health care professionals certain provisions of law stating that certain noncompete and conflict of interest provisions in certain employment contracts are null and void as being against the public policy of the State; and applying the Act retroactively.
Sponsored by: Sen. J.B. Jennings
First Reading Senate Rules on 02/20/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Employment Standards - Firefighters - Payment of Overtime and Payroll Information [SB-1117]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
[Workers' Compensation ]
Requiring governmental units that employ firefighters to compute overtime pay in a certain manner; requiring counties and municipalities to provide certain payroll information to each firefighter employed by the county or municipality; and authorizing a firefighter or the firefighter's exclusive representative to initiate a certain grievance if a county or municipality does not provide the payroll information as required.
Sponsored by: Sen. Benjamin Fred Kramer
Hearing 3/19 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/11/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
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Electric System Planning - Scope and Funding [HB-1393]
[Energy ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Public Safety ]
Altering the scope of certain policy goals with regard to energy systems; requiring the Public Service Commission to report on certain projects relating to certain goals; altering the scope of certain funds that may be used for certain projects; requiring the Commission to adopt regulations to require investment in certain demand-side reliability and efficiency improvement methods; requiring that certain regulations adopted and orders issued by the Commission by December 31, 2025, be developed in a certain manner; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Brian M. Crosby
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 540 on 05/09/2024