Private Sector Labor And Industry
Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Labor and Employment - Equal Pay - Job Announcement and Salary History Information Disclosures [SB-404]
Requiring employers with 15 or more employees to include specified information in a job announcement to recruit an employee or independent contractor to fill a position within the employer's organization; prohibiting specified employers from paying less than the minimum rate of pay included in a specified job announcement to a specified employee; prohibiting specified employers from seeking salary history information for an employee by specified methods; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Susan Lee
Unfavorable Report By Finance on 03/23/2017
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Labor and Employment - Noncompete and Conflict of Interest Clauses [HB-506]
Providing that specified noncompete and conflict of interest provisions that restrict the ability of an employee to enter into employment with a new employer or to become self-employed in the same or similar business or trade are null and void as being against the public policy of the State.
Sponsored by: Rep. Sally Jameson
Hearing 3/29 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/29/2017
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Procurement - Prevailing Wage - Application to Leased Properties [HB-468]
Applying the prevailing wage law to specified construction contracts on property where the State or a political subdivision of the State is the owner and the State or political subdivision leases, or plans to lease, the property or a portion of the property; and applying the Act prospectively.
Sponsored by: Rep. Talmadge Branch
Unfavorable Report By Economic Matters on 03/17/2017
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Providing Our Workers Education and Readiness (POWER) - Apprenticeship Act [HB-467]
Requiring a contractor or subcontractor awarded a specified contract for a specified construction project that receives specified funding from the State capital budget to be affiliated with, and to use apprentices from, an apprenticeship program that is registered with the Department of Labor, Licensing, and Regulation or the United States Department of Labor, or requiring the contractor or subcontractor to make specified payments to the State Apprenticeship Training Fund or to specified apprenticeship programs; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kumar Barve
Enacted Under Article Ii, Section 17(c) Of The Maryland Constitution - Chapter 782 on 05/27/2017
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Labor and Employment - Salary History Information Disclosures [HB-398]
Prohibiting employers that employ 15 or more employees from seeking salary history information for an employee by specified methods and screening an applicant for employment based on the applicant's salary history by taking specified actions; specifying that an applicant for employment or an employee is not prohibited from voluntarily sharing salary history information with an employer; specifying that an employer is not subject to a specified criminal penalty for a violation of specified provisions of the Act; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kumar Barve
Hearing 3/30 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/30/2017
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Hospitals - Changes in Status - Hospital Employee Retraining and Placement [SB-379]
Requiring a hospital that downsizes to pay a fee directly to the Department of Labor, Licensing, and Regulation if workers are displaced; requiring the Health Services Cost Review Commission to prorate the total amount of specified fees among all hospitals in a specified manner to derive the individual fee for each hospital; requiring the Department to establish a program for retraining and placement of specified hospital employees; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Brian Feldman
Favorable With Amendments Report By Finance on 04/10/2017
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Employers of Ex-Offenders - Liability for Negligent Hiring or Inadequate Supervision - Immunity [HB-440]
Establishing that specified employers are not liable for negligently hiring or failing to adequately supervise an employee based on evidence that the employee has received probation before judgment for an offense or has been convicted of an offense under specified circumstances; providing that the Act does not limit or abrogate specified other immunities or defenses; applying the Act prospectively; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Mike McKay
Unfavorable Report By Economic Matters on 03/07/2017
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Career Apprenticeship Opportunity Act of 2017 [SB-335]
Requiring the State Board of Education to develop, on or before December 1, 2017, with the Department of Labor, Licensing, and Regulation and the Governor's Workforce Development Board statewide goals that reach 45% for the percentages of high school students who complete specified requirements; requiring specified entities to develop specified earnings goals; requiring the Division of Workforce Development to create specified apprenticeship programs; allowing a specified tax credit for employing a specified apprentice; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Thomas Middleton
Rereferred To Economic Matters on 04/04/2017
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Railroad Company - Movement of Freight - Required Crew [HB-381]
Prohibiting a train or light engine used in connection with the movement of freight from being operated in the State unless it has at least two crew members; establishing penalties for specified violations; prohibiting a county or municipal corporation from enacting and enforcing more stringent measures, as specified; requiring the Commissioner of Labor and Industry to provide notice, as specified, to the Department of Legislative Services; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Dana Stein
Favorable Report By Finance on 04/10/2017
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Commonsense Paid Leave Act [HB-382]
Requiring specified employers to provide employees with specified paid time off; providing that specified employers are eligible for a specified tax subtraction modification under specified circumstances; providing for the method of determining whether an employer is required to provide paid time off; providing for the manner in which paid time off is accrued by the employee and treated by the employer; applying the Act to taxable years beginning after December 31, 2017; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. The Speaker
Hearing 2/10 At 12:30 P.m. on 02/10/2017
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Labor and Employment - Wages and Benefits - Preemption of Local Authority [HB-317]
Limiting the authority of the Commissioner of Labor and Industry to enforce a local minimum wage law; prohibiting a county or municipality from enacting a law that regulates wages or benefits for employees other than employees of the county or municipality; and prohibiting a law enacted by a county or municipality that regulates wages or benefits for employees other than employees of the county or municipality from being enforced if the specified provision was enacted on or after January 1, 2017; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Sally Jameson
Unfavorable Report By Economic Matters; Withdrawn on 03/07/2017
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Commonsense Paid Leave Act [SB-305]
Requiring specified employers to provide employees with specified paid time off; providing that specified employers are eligible for a specified tax subtraction modification under specified circumstances; providing for the method of determining whether an employer is required to provide paid time off; providing for the manner in which paid time off is accrued by the employee and treated by the employer; applying the Act to all taxable years beginning after December 31, 2017; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Thomas Miller
Hearing 2/09 At 1:00 P.m. (finance) on 02/09/2017
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Labor and Employment - Hiring and Promotion Preferences - Veterans of Commissioned Corps [SB-231]
Altering the definition of "eligible veteran" to include the Commissioned Corps of the Public Health Service and the Commissioned Corps of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration for the purpose of granting a preference in hiring and promotion to eligible veterans, spouses of eligible veterans, and surviving spouses of eligible veterans.
Sponsored by: Sen. Thomas Middleton
Unfavorable Report By Economic Matters on 04/03/2017
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Labor and Employment - Maryland Healthy Working Families Act [SB-230]
Requiring employers that employ 15 or more employees to provide employees with earned sick and safe leave that is paid at the same wage rate as the employee normally earns; requiring employers with 14 or fewer employees to provide unpaid earned sick and safe leave; prohibiting an employer from being required to pay a tipped employee more than a specified wage for earned sick and safe leave; requiring the Commissioner of Labor and Industry to develop a specified model paid sick and safe leave policy for use by specified employers; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Thomas Middleton
First Reading Economic Matters on 03/16/2017
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Commission on Access to Tax-Preferred Health and Childcare Savings Accounts for All Marylanders [SB-173]
Establishing the Commission on Access to Tax-Preferred Health and Childcare Savings Accounts for All Marylanders; providing for the composition, chair, and staffing of the Commission; authorizing the reimbursement of specified expenses; requiring the Commission to study and make recommendations regarding specified matters; requiring the Commission to report its findings and recommendations to the Governor and the General Assembly on or before January 1, 2018; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. James Rosapepe
Hearing 2/08 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/08/2017
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Employers of Ex-Offenders - Liability for Negligent Hiring or Inadequate Supervision - Immunity [SB-55]
Establishing that specified employers are not liable for negligently hiring or failing to adequately supervise an employee based on evidence that the employee has received probation before judgment for an offense or has been convicted of an offense under specified circumstances; providing that the Act does not limit or abrogate specified other immunities or defenses; applying the Act prospectively; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Bob Cassilly
Unfavorable Report By Judicial Proceedings on 03/13/2017
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Labor and Employment - Maryland Healthy Working Families Act [HB-65]
Requiring employers that employ 15 or more employees to provide employees with earned sick and safe leave that is paid at the same wage rate as the employee normally earns; requiring employers with 14 or fewer employees to provide an employee with unpaid earned sick and safe leave; providing for the manner in which earned sick and safe leave is accrued; authorizing an employee to work additional hours or trade shifts with another employee under specified circumstances; applying the Act prospectively; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Michael Jackson
Unfavorable Report By Economic Matters; Withdrawn on 01/30/2017
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Labor and Employment - Maryland Healthy Working Families Act [HB-1]
Requiring employers with 15 or more employees to provide employees with earned sick and safe leave that is paid at the same wage rate as the employee normally earns; requiring employers with 14 or fewer employees to provide unpaid earned sick and safe leave; prohibiting an employer from being required to pay a tipped employee more than a minimum wage for earned sick and safe leave; requiring the Commissioner of Labor and Industry to develop a specified model paid sick and safe leave policy for use by specified employers; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kumar Barve
Hearing 3/14 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/14/2018