State Government - Personnel
Maryland 2014 Regular Session
Talbot County - Child Support Enforcement - Transfer of Personnel [SB-763]
Transferring specified employees of Talbot County who served as employees of the child support division of the Talbot County State's Attorney's Office as of September 30, 2013, to the Department of Human Resources on a specified date; requiring that specified position identification numbers be created in a specified manner; requiring that each transferred employee be given specified credit for specified purposes and retain specified annual and sick leave credit and service credit in the Employees' Pension System; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Richard Colburn
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 552 on 05/15/2014
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Labor and Employment - Maryland Earned Sick and Safe Leave Act [SB-753]
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. James Rosapepe
Hearing 2/20 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/20/2014
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Maryland 2014 Regular Session
State Personnel - Service Contracts - Procurement, Audit, and Reporting Requirements [SB-712]
Altering a definition for the purpose of removing authorization that services provided by a State facility may be procured through a service contract; requiring that service contracts for State services be subject to an audit; requiring that audit findings be reported to the General Assembly and made available to the public; requiring that units of State government submit information to exclusive representatives and the public; and providing for the conduct of audits.
Sponsored by: Sen. James Rosapepe
Hearing 3/06 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/06/2014
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Maryland 2014 Regular Session
Labor and Employment - Minimum Wage Rate - Payment and Adoption [SB-696]
Increasing the amount of the State minimum wage rate to $8.25 per hour; authorizing employers to pay specified employees a specified training wage of $7.25 per hour; providing that employers may only pay specified employees a training wage for a specified period of time; prohibiting a county from adopting a minimum wage law; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Katherine Klausmeier
Hearing 2/17 At 12:00 P.m. on 02/17/2014
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Maryland 2014 Regular Session
Property Tax Assessment Appeal Board - Member - Salary [SB-457]
Providing that a member of a property tax assessment appeal board is entitled to compensation at an hourly rate equal to $40 per hour; providing that the Act does not apply to the salary or compensation of specified members of a property tax assessment appeal board while serving in a specified term of office; and providing that this limitation does not apply to an individual appointed after the effective date of the Act to fill out an unexpired term.
Sponsored by: Sen. Nancy King
Unfavorable Report By Budget And Taxation; Withdrawn on 02/03/2014
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Maryland 2014 Regular Session
Maryland Minimum Wage Act of 2014 [SB-331]
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 time periods based on the annual growth in the Consumer Price Index; requiring the Commissioner of Labor and Industry, beginning on a specified date and each subsequent year, to determine and announce the growth in the Consumer Price Index, if any, and the new State minimum wage rate; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. James Rosapepe
Hearing 2/17 At 12:00 P.m. (finance) on 02/17/2014
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Maryland 2014 Regular Session
Labor and Employment - Minimum Wage - Establishment by Counties [SB-273]
Authorizing a county to establish a minimum wage rate for employees working in the county; and altering the minimum wage that an employer is required to pay employees.
Sponsored by: Sen. Barry Glassman
Hearing 2/17 At 12:00 P.m. on 02/17/2014
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Maryland 2014 Regular Session
Joint Committee on Fair Practices and State Personnel Oversight - Public Hearings on Workplace Bullying in State Agencies [SB-252]
Requiring the Joint Committee on Fair Practices and State Personnel Oversight to hold at least two public hearings on workplace bullying in State agencies before the start of the 2015 regular legislative session; authorizing the Joint Committee to accept testimony on specified subjects at a public hearing held under the Act; requiring the Joint Committee to notify each State agency of the time and location of any public hearing at least 3 weeks before the scheduled date of the hearing; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Charles Muse
Third Reading Passed (45-1) on 04/05/2014
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Maryland 2014 Regular Session
Human Relations - Employment Discrimination - Protections for Interns [SB-237]
Establishing that an intern is considered to be in an employment relationship with an employer for the purposes of specified protections from specified discriminatory acts, access to a specified complaint resolution procedure, and specified administrative remedies; providing that the Act does not create an employment relationship between an employer and an intern for the purposes of specified provisions of law; establishing the exclusive remedies for specified discriminatory acts; defining the term "intern"; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Delores Kelley
Hearing 2/04 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/04/2014
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Maryland 2014 Regular Session
State Personnel - Child Day Care Financial Assistance Program [SB-180]
Requiring the Secretary of Budget and Management to establish by regulation a program that provides financial assistance to specified State employees for child day care services; providing that the program shall apply only to child day care services provided to children under the age of 4 years; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Lisa Gladden
Hearing 1/30 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/30/2014
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Labor and Employment - Minimum Wage - Establishment by Counties [SB-166]
Authorizing a county to establish a minimum wage rate for employees working in the county; and altering the minimum wage that an employer is required to pay employees.
Sponsored by: Sen. Richard Colburn
Hearing 2/17 At 12:00 P.m. on 02/17/2014
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State Personnel - Employees in Legislative Branch of State Government - Sick Leave Incentive Program [SB-147]
Altering the applicability of specified provisions of law governing the Sick Leave Incentive Program for State employees to include employees in the Legislative Branch of State government.
Sponsored by: Sen. Roger Manno
Hearing 1/23 At 2:00 P.m. on 01/23/2014
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Maryland 2014 Regular Session
Public Safety - Prohibition of Polygraph Examinations by Employers - Exemption [SB-126]
Exempting from the prohibition against an employer requiring or demanding, as a condition of employment, that an individual submit to or take a polygraph examination or other similar test an individual who applies for employment or is employed as a correctional officer of a State correctional facility and an individual who applies for employment with or is employed by a State correctional facility in any capacity that involves direct contact with an inmate in a State correctional facility; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen.
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 139 on 04/14/2014
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Maryland 2014 Regular Session
State Lottery - Unlawful Representation [SB-108]
Prohibiting a person or governmental unit from holding itself out as a State lottery sales agent unless the person or governmental unit is licensed to act as an agent; prohibiting a person from using specified terms related to the State lottery in the title or name of a charitable or commercial enterprise, product, or service unless the person receives written authorization from the State Lottery and Gaming Control Agency; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen.
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 131 on 04/14/2014
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Maryland 2014 Regular Session
General Provisions - Cross-References and Corrections [HB-969]
Correcting specified cross-references to the General Provisions Article in the Annotated Code of Maryland; correcting specified errors relating to the General Provisions Article; and providing that specified powers of specified local governments shall be deemed to incorporate and include specified power and authority contained in specified provisions of the General Provisions Article.
Sponsored by: Rep. The Speaker
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 104 on 04/08/2014
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Maryland 2014 Regular Session
Labor and Employment - Maryland Earned Sick and Safe Leave Act [HB-968]
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. Susan Lee
Hearing 2/18 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/18/2014
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Labor and Employment - Training Wage for Newly Hired Employees - Establishment [HB-949]
Authorizing an employer to pay specified employees specified training wages for a specified period of time, and relating to training wages for newly hired employees.
Sponsored by: Rep. Nicholaus Kipke
Unfavorable Report By Economic Matters on 03/15/2014
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Maryland 2014 Regular Session
County Health Officers - Authority of County Governing Body and Secretary of Health and Mental Hygiene [HB-874]
Requiring the governing body of a county to establish a specified process for making a recommendation to the Secretary of Health and Mental Hygiene for the appointment of a health officer; providing for the confidentiality of specified information; providing that specified meetings are closed; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Shirley Nathan-Pulliam
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 619 on 05/15/2014
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Maryland 2014 Regular Session
State Employee and Retiree Health and Welfare Benefits Program - Participation in Program - City of Hyattsville and Satellite Organizations [HB-822]
Authorizing an employee or a former employee of the City of Hyattsville and a surviving spouse or dependent child of the employee or former employee to enroll and participate in the State Employee and Retiree Health and Welfare Benefits Program under specified circumstances; authorizing the State to charge the City of Hyattsville and specified entities specified costs resulting from specified individuals participating in the Program; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep.
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 239 on 04/14/2014
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Maryland 2014 Regular Session
State Personnel - Service Contracts - Procurement, Audit, and Reporting Requirements [HB-815]
Altering a definition for the purpose of removing authorization that services provided by a State facility may be procured through a service contract; requiring that service contracts for State services be subject to an audit; requiring that audit findings be reported to the General Assembly and made available to the public; requiring that units of State government submit information to exclusive representatives and the public; and providing for the conduct of audits.
Sponsored by: Sen. Barbara Robinson
Unfavorable Report By Health And Government Operations on 03/15/2014