State Government - Personnel
Maryland 2016 Regular Session
Labor and Employment - Equal Pay for Equal Work - Revisions [HB-401]
Establishing the Equal Pay Commission to study and promote research on wage disparities and recommend ways to remediate wage disparities in the public and private sectors, between men and women and between minorities and nonminorities; requiring an employer to include specified information in a job advertisement to recruit an employee or individual contractor to fill a position within the employer's organization; prohibiting an employer from seeking salary history information by specified methods; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. William Smith
Unfavorable Report By Economic Matters on 03/16/2016
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Carroll County - State's Attorney's Office and Child Support Enforcement Administration - Transfer of Personnel [HB-194]
Transferring the Child Support Unit of the Office of the State's Attorney for Carroll County to the Child Support Enforcement Administration of the Department of Human Resources; requiring that the employees be transferred in accordance with provisions of law; requiring that specified transferred employees be given credit with the State for years of county employment for purposes of determining specified retirement eligibility and also be subject to specified benefit selections in the Employees' Pension System; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep.
Vetoed By The Governor (duplicative) on 05/27/2016
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Maryland 2016 Regular Session
State Personnel Management System - Background Investigation and Criminal History Records Check - Prospective and Current Employees [HB-164]
Authorizing specified appointing authorities in the State Personnel Management System to require specified prospective or current employees to provide specified information, for at least the previous 5-year period, for a specified background investigation; authorizing specified appointing authorities to request from the Criminal Justice Information System Central Repository a State and national criminal history records check for specified prospective and current employees; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep.
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 98 on 04/12/2016
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Maryland 2016 Regular Session
Comptroller - Taxpayer Protection Act [HB-162]
Altering the definition of "public record" to exclude specified documents about State employees' salaries; authorizing specified employees of the Comptroller's Office to act as police officers when enforcing specified tax laws; requiring a tax collector to impose a penalty on specified paid tax preparers not to exceed 100% of the underpayment of tax resulting from a false return filed with the intent to evade the payment of tax; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep.
Favorable With Amendments Report By Judicial Proceedings on 04/11/2016
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Maryland 2016 Regular Session
Maryland Institute for Policy Analysis and Research Positions - Transfer to State Personnel Management System [HB-1536]
Requiring that, under specified circumstances, specified contractual employees of the Maryland Institute for Policy Analysis and Research be placed in specified positions in the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene; requiring that the employees be placed in the State Personnel Management System without further examination or qualification and with a specified salary level; requiring that specified transferred employees be appointed without prior service credit and serve a specified probationary period; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Samuel Rosenberg
First Reading House Rules And Executive Nominations on 02/19/2016
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Maryland 2016 Regular Session
State Government - Administrative Procedure Act - Contested Cases - Judicial Review [HB-1495]
Altering the circumstances under which a court may reverse or modify the decision of an agency in specified contested cases on judicial review under the Administrative Procedure Act.
Sponsored by: Rep. Anne Healey
Rereferred To Judicial Proceedings on 04/11/2016
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Maryland 2016 Regular Session
Labor and Employment - Payment of Wages - Minimum Wage and Repeal of Tip Credit (Fight for Fifteen) [HB-1372]
Specifying the State minimum wage rate that is in effect for specified time periods; increasing, except under specified circumstances, the State minimum wage rate in effect for specified periods of time based on the annual growth in the Consumer Price Index; repealing the authority of an employer to include, as part of an employee's wage, a specified amount to represent the tips of the employee; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Nathaniel Oaks
Unfavorable Report By Economic Matters on 03/10/2016
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Maryland 2016 Regular Session
Labor and Employment - Break Time for Expression of Breast Milk by Employees - Requirement [HB-1293]
Requiring an employer to provide to an employee specified break time for the employee to express breast milk for a nursing child and, except under specified circumstances, a specified place that the employee can use while expressing breast milk; requiring an employer to provide the break time and place for 1 year after the child's birth; authorizing, under specified circumstances, an employer to require an employee to use specified nonworking shift breaks to express breast milk; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Nicholaus Kipke
Unfavorable Report By Economic Matters on 03/10/2016
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Maryland 2016 Regular Session
Human Services - Family Investment Administration - Weighted Caseload Analysis [HB-1190]
Requiring the Executive Director of the Family Investment Administration in the Department of Human Resources to perform a specified weighted caseload analysis on or before July 1, 2017; requiring the Executive Director and the Secretary of Human Resources to use the results of the analysis for a specified purpose and to annually review caseloads and reallocate personnel as necessary based on the results of the analysis; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Dana Stein
Unfavorable Report By Appropriations; Withdrawn on 04/11/2016
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Maryland 2016 Regular Session
Task Force on Workplace Bullying in State Agencies [HB-1104]
Establishing the Task Force on Workplace Bullying in State Agencies; providing for the composition, chair, and staffing of the Task Force; requiring the Task Force to study and make recommendations regarding specified matters related to workplace bullying in State agencies; requiring the Task Force to report its findings and recommendations to the Governor and specified standing committees of the General Assembly on or before December 31, 2016; terminating the Act after June 30, 2017; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Cory McCray
Unfavorable Report By Appropriations; Withdrawn on 04/11/2016
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Maryland 2016 Regular Session
Labor and Employment - Labor Organizations - Right to Work [HB-1038]
Prohibiting an employer from requiring, as a condition of employment or continued employment, an employee or a prospective employee to join or remain a member of a labor organization, pay charges to a labor organization, or pay a specified amount to a third party under specified circumstances; prohibiting an employer from threatening an employee or a prospective employee with specified action; providing that a specified violation of law is a misdemeanor and is subject to specified penalties; applying the Act prospectively; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Seth Howard
Unfavorable Report By Economic Matters on 03/10/2016
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Maryland 2015 Regular Session
State Personnel - Selection Test Credits - Eligible Volunteer Fire, Rescue, or Emergency Medical Services Providers [SB-915]
Requiring specified appointing authorities to apply a specified credit on any selection test for specified positions in the State Personnel Management System for specified eligible volunteer fire, rescue, or emergency medical services providers; requiring that an appointing authority apply a credit of ten points on any selection test for the surviving spouses of deceased eligible volunteer fire, rescue, or emergency medical services providers who died in the line of duty; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Delores Kelley
Rereferred To Appropriations on 04/09/2015
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Maryland 2015 Regular Session
State Personnel - Automatic Step Increases - Standard Pay Plan [SB-793]
Requiring that regulations adopted by the Secretary of Budget and Management provide for automatic increases from minimum to maximum steps in a pay grade of pay rates in the Standard Pay Plan for State employees for an employee whose overall performance is rated satisfactory or above on the employee's annual performance appraisal; and making the Act an emergency measure.
Sponsored by: Sen. Thomas Middleton
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 199 on 05/12/2015
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Maryland 2015 Regular Session
Labor and Employment - Discrimination Based on Engagement in Lawful Activities - Prohibition [SB-784]
Prohibiting, under specified circumstances, an employer from failing or refusing to hire, discharging, or otherwise discriminating against an applicant or employee on the basis of the applicant's or employee's engagement in a lawful activity off the employer's premises during nonworking hours; authorizing an applicant or employee aggrieved by a violation of the Act to file a civil action against the employer to obtain specified relief; providing for a specified limitations period for filing an action under the Act; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Joan Conway
Hearing 3/19 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/19/2015
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Maryland 2015 Regular Session
State Correctional Officers' Bill of Rights - Investigatory File and Record of Proceeding [SB-779]
Establishing that a specified investigatory file and record of a proceeding are personnel records for purposes of the Public Information Act.
Sponsored by: Sen. Victor Ramirez
Hearing 3/24 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/24/2015
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Maryland 2015 Regular Session
State Personnel - Parental Leave [SB-687]
Providing that specified State employees may be entitled to parental leave with pay; establishing a maximum of 30 days of parental leave that employees may use for the care and nurturing of a child following the birth or adoption of the child; providing that an employee may use parental leave only after obtaining approval from the employee's appointing authority; prohibiting an employee from receiving specified payment unless the employee takes a specified action; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. James Rosapepe
Hearing 3/19 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/19/2015
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Maryland 2015 Regular Session
State Personnel - Programs to Improve Employee to Supervisor or Manager Ratios [SB-657]
Requiring the Secretary of Budget and Management, the Secretary of Transportation, and the governing boards of State institutions of higher education to establish a program to improve the ratio of State employees to supervisors or managers beginning on specific dates; specifying the goals for establishing reasonable ratios of State employees to supervisors or managers; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Guy Guzzone
Hearing 3/19 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/19/2015
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Maryland 2015 Regular Session
Human Relations - Employment Discrimination - Protection for Interns [SB-604]
Establishing specified protections for interns and applicants for internships from specified discriminatory acts; providing that a specified intern has access to a specified complaint resolution procedure or, under specified circumstances, may file a complaint with the Maryland Commission on Civil Rights for specified nonmonetary administrative remedies; providing that the Act does not create an employment relationship between an employer and an intern for the purposes of specified remedies or specified provisions of law; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Delores Kelley
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 43 on 04/14/2015
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Maryland 2015 Regular Session
Labor and Employment - Maryland Healthy Working Families Act [SB-40]
Requiring specified employers to provide employees with specified earned sick and safe leave; providing for the manner in which earned sick and safe leave is accrued by the employee and treated by the employer; requiring an employer to allow an employee to use earned sick and safe leave for specified purposes; requiring an employee, under specified circumstances, to request leave, notify the employer of specified information, and comply with specified procedures; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Delores Kelley
Hearing 2/03 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/03/2015
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Maryland 2015 Regular Session
State Employees - Fairness in Financial Disclosures Act [SB-342]
Establishing that a State employee shall be immune from liability in any civil, criminal, or administrative action for any representation made by the employee about the employee's compensation for calendar year 2015 if the employee relied in good faith on the amount appropriated in the fiscal year 2015 State operating budget.
Sponsored by: Sen. Roger Manno
Unfavorable Report By Judicial Proceedings on 02/27/2015