Private Sector Labor And Industry
Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Wage and Hour Law - Minor League Baseball Players - Exemption [HB-702]
Exempting minor league baseball players who are compensated under the terms of a collective bargaining agreement that expressly provides for the wages and working conditions of employees from the Maryland Wage and Hour Law.
Sponsored by: Rep. C.T. Wilson
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 245 on 04/25/2024
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Public Utilities - Investor-Owned Utilities - Prevailing Wage [SB-583]
Applying certain prevailing wage requirements for contractors and subcontractors working on certain projects involving, and traffic control activities related to, any underground gas or electric infrastructure of an investor-owned gas company, electric company, or combination gas and electric company to any gas or electric infrastructure project of the company.
Sponsored by: Sen. Dawn Gile
Hearing Canceled on 02/09/2024
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Labor and Employment - Equal Pay for Equal Work - Wage Range Transparency [HB-649]
Altering the requirement that an employer disclose certain wage information to an applicant for employment; requiring an employer to disclose certain wage information in certain postings and to certain employees at certain times; requiring an employer to set the wage range disclosed in good faith; requiring the Commissioner of Labor and Industry to develop and make available to employers a form that an employer may use to comply with certain wage disclosure requirements; prohibiting certain retaliatory action by an employer; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Edith Patterson
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 271 on 04/25/2024
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Security Systems Technicians - Applicants - Authority to Practice [HB-679]
Providing that an applicant for registration to provide security systems services may provide security system services and have access to circumventional information if the applicant applied for registration, received an application number confirming receipt, and the application was not rejected by the Secretary of Labor.
Sponsored by: Sen. Carl Jackson
Referred Education, Energy, And The Environment on 03/08/2024
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Maryland Department of Labor - Report on Apprenticeship Mentoring Ratios [HB-650]
Requiring the Maryland Department of Labor to submit a report to the General Assembly that analyzes the apprenticeship mentoring ratio for all nontraditional apprenticeable occupations in the State; and requiring the Department to submit the report to the General Assembly by October 1, 2024, with recommendations for strategies to streamline the expansion of apprenticeship ratios for all newly registered nontraditional apprenticeship occupations for purposes of meeting the goals of the Apprenticeship 2030 Commission.
Sponsored by: Rep. Adrian Boafo
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 308 on 04/25/2024
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Energy Generation Projects - Labor and Minority Business Enterprise Requirements [HB-682]
Requiring the developer of a covered project, on the approval of a certificate of public convenience and necessity for the construction of a certain generating station or qualified generator lead line or approval for the construction of a certain generating station, to meet certain labor standards and reporting requirements; establishing certain labor standards and certain certification, reporting, and record-keeping requirements related to the construction of a covered project; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Vanessa Atterbeary
Hearing 2/15 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/01/2024
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Correctional Services Apprenticeship Start–Up Grant Program – Establishment [HB-536]
Establishing the Correctional Services Apprenticeship Start-Up Grant Program in the Maryland Department of Labor to provide high school students and individuals interested in changing careers opportunities to begin a career within correctional services, to develop a cohort of individuals qualified to work in correctional services, and to encourage correctional facilities to hire interns; establishing requirements for sponsors, employers, and apprentices participating in a correctional services apprenticeship program; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Bernice Mireku-North
Withdrawn By Sponsor on 03/12/2024
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Families Serve Act of 2024 [HB-604]
Authorizing employers to grant a preference in hiring and promotion to spouses of eligible service members; and requiring the appointing authorities in the Executive Branch of State government to apply a credit of 10 points on any selection test for eligible military spouses and veterans of uniformed services.
Sponsored by: Rep. Frank Conaway
Third Reading Passed (46-0) on 03/27/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Employment Discrimination - Use of Cannabis Products [SB-513]
Prohibiting an employer from discriminating against an individual because of the individual's use of cannabis products under certain circumstances; establishing that certain provisions prohibiting employment discrimination do not prohibit an employer from taking certain actions against an employee under certain circumstances or authorize certain behaviors by an employee; and requiring certain employers to issue a drug policy under certain circumstances.
Sponsored by: Sen. Alonzo Washington
Hearing 2/22 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/29/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Family and Medical Leave Insurance Program - Modifications [HB-571]
Modifying provisions of law governing application, administration, and enforcement of the Family and Medical Leave Insurance Program, including provisions related to the payment of contributions, the calculation of the average weekly wage, the submission of claims for benefits, the application of the Program to self-employed individuals, the Family and Medical Leave Insurance Fund, the satisfaction of Program requirements through private employer plans or insurance, and the use of contributions or other funding.
Sponsored by: Rep. Edith Patterson
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 267 on 04/25/2024
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Labor and Employment – Equal Pay for Equal Work – Wage Range Transparency [SB-525]
Altering the requirement that an employer disclose certain wage information to an applicant for employment; requiring an employer to disclose certain wage information in certain postings and to certain employees at certain times; requiring an employer to set the wage range disclosed in good faith; requiring the Commissioner of Labor and Industry to develop and make available to employers a form that an employer may use to comply with certain wage disclosure requirements; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Ariana Kelly
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 272 on 04/25/2024
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Public Utilities - Investor-Owned Utilities - Prevailing Wage [HB-554]
Applying certain prevailing wage requirements for contractors and subcontractors working on certain projects involving, and traffic control activities related to, any gas or electric infrastructure of an investor-owned gas company, electric company, or combination gas and electric company to any gas or electric infrastructure project of the company.
Sponsored by: Rep. Lorig Charkoudian
Hearing 2/08 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/29/2024
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Dorchester County - County Applicants - Polygraph Examination [HB-589]
Exempting applicants for employment as a paramedic or an emergency medical technician with Dorchester County or as a 9-1-1 specialist at the Dorchester County 9-1-1 Center from the prohibition on employers requiring or demanding that an individual submit to or take a polygraph examination as a condition of prospective employment.
Sponsored by: No sponsors
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 380 on 04/25/2024
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Employment Discrimination - Use of Cannabis Products [HB-525]
Prohibiting an employer from discriminating against an individual because of the individual's use of cannabis products under certain circumstances; establishing that certain provisions prohibiting employment discrimination do not prohibit an employer from taking certain actions against an employee under certain circumstances or authorize certain behaviors by an employee; and requiring certain employers to issue a drug policy under certain circumstances.
Sponsored by: Rep. Jheanelle Wilkins
Hearing Canceled on 02/02/2024
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Maryland Department of Labor - Report on Apprenticeship Mentoring Ratios [SB-511]
Requiring the Maryland Department of Labor to submit a report, or or before October 1, 2024, to the General Assembly that analyzes the apprenticeship mentoring ratio for all nontraditional apprenticeable occupations in the State, with recommendations on strategies to streamline the expansion of apprenticeship ratios for all newly registered nontraditional apprenticeship occupations for purposes of meeting the goals of the Apprenticeship 2030 Commission.
Sponsored by: Sen. Alonzo Washington
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 307 on 04/25/2024
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Employment Discrimination – Sexual Orientation [HB-602]
Altering certain provisions of law prohibiting employment discrimination on the basis of sex and gender identity to also prohibit employment discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation.
Sponsored by: Rep. Luke Clippinger
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 131 on 04/25/2024
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Workplace Fraud and Prevailing Wage - Violations - Civil Penalty and Referrals [HB-465]
Increasing, from $5,000 to $10,000, the maximum civil penalty for the knowing failure of an employer to properly classify an individual as an employee; and requiring the Commissioner of Labor and Industry, on a showing by clear and convincing evidence that a violation has occurred, to refer to the Comptroller, certain State's Attorneys, the U.S. Department of Justice, the U.S. Department of Labor, and the U.S. Department of the Treasury complaints that allege a violation of certain tax laws.
Sponsored by: Rep. David Fraser-hidalgo
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 309 on 04/25/2024
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Family and Medical Leave Insurance Program - Modifications [SB-485]
Modifying provisions of law governing application, administration, and enforcement of the Family and Medical Leave Insurance Program, including provisions related to the payment of contributions, the calculation of the average weekly wage, the submission of claims for benefits, the application of the Program to self-employed individuals, the Family and Medical Leave Insurance Fund, the satisfaction of Program requirements through private employer plans or insurance, and the use of contributions or other funding by the Secretary of Labor.
Sponsored by: Sen. Antonio Hayes
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 266 on 04/25/2024
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Food Service Facilities and Tipped Workers - Service Fees and Tip Credits (One Fair Wage Act of 2024) [HB-467]
Establishing consumer protections related to service fees charged by restaurants; specifying a certain tip credit amount that is in effect for certain time periods; and prohibiting employers of tipped employees, beginning January 1, 2027, from including a tip credit amount as part of the employees' wages.
Sponsored by: Rep. Anne Kaiser
Withdrawn By Sponsor on 02/12/2024
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Wage and Hour Law - Minor League Baseball Players - Exemption [SB-466]
Exempting minor league baseball players who are compensated under the terms of a collective bargaining agreement that expressly provides for the wages and working conditions of employees from the Maryland Wage and Hour Law.
Sponsored by: Sen. Pamela Beidle
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 246 on 04/25/2024