Unemployment Insurance – Federal Extended Benefits for Long–Term Unemployment [HB-253]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Unemployment ]
[Funding ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Social Security ]
Altering the period that constitutes an extended benefit period and when a State "on" indicator exists; specifying the total amount of certain extended unemployment benefits that are payable to an eligible individual; authorizing the Secretary of Labor, if authorized by federal law, to suspend the payment of certain extended unemployment benefits; and establishing that federal unemployment law provisions and definitions related to extended benefits apply to a certain extent.
HB-253: Unemployment Insurance – Federal Extended Benefits for Long–Term Unemployment
Sponsored by: Rep. Ned Carey
Enacted Under Article Ii, Section 17(c) Of The Maryland Constitution - Chapter 652 on 05/29/2022
Unemployment Insurance – Recovery of Benefits – Refund of Payments [HB-4]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Unemployment ]
Requiring the Secretary of Labor to investigate claims that the Secretary recovered unemployment insurance benefits in excess of the amount included in a notice provided to a claimant and refund the claimant any excess funds; and requiring the Secretary to submit a monthly report to the General Assembly that includes certain information on investigated claims.
HB-4: Unemployment Insurance – Recovery of Benefits – Refund of Payments
Sponsored by: Rep. Courtney Watson
Enacted Under Article Ii, Section 17(c) Of The Maryland Constitution - Chapter 651 on 05/29/2022
Relating To The Department Of Labor And Industrial Relations. [HB-634]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Unemployment ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Libraries ]
[Funding ]
Requires the Department of Labor and Industrial Relations to open at least one office in each county for claimants wishing to file for unemployment insurance in person. Requires state library employees to minimally assist claimants wishing to file for unemployment insurance using public access computers at the library. Requires the department of labor and industrial relations to hire or reassign staff to increase capacity of processing unemployment insurance claims. Requires the department to complete its computer upgrade and modification project
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HB-634: Relating To The Department Of Labor And Industrial Relations.
Sponsored by: Rep. Cedric Gates
Carried Over To 2022 Regular Session. on 12/10/2021
Relating To The Department Of Labor And Industrial Relations. [SB-901]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Unemployment ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Libraries ]
[Funding ]
Requires the Department of Labor and Industrial Relations to open at least one office in each county for claimants wishing to file for unemployment insurance in person. Requires state library employees to minimally assist claimants wishing to file for unemployment insurance using public access computers at the library. Requires the department of labor and industrial relations to hire or reassign staff to increase capacity of processing unemployment insurance claims. Requires the department to complete its computer upgrade and modification project
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SB-901: Relating To The Department Of Labor And Industrial Relations.
Sponsored by: Sen. Stanley Chang
Carried Over To 2022 Regular Session. on 12/10/2021
Unemployment Insurance - Nonmonetary Eligibility - Alterations to Disqualifications [SB-954]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Unemployment ]
[Insurance ]
Authorizing the Secretary of Labor, for purposes of determining unemployment insurance benefit eligibility, to find that a cause of voluntarily leaving employment is good cause if it is directly attributable to, arising from, or connected with certain circumstances; repealing provisions of law that, for certain purposes, allow an individual to voluntarily leave employment for certain valid circumstances; etc.
SB-954: Unemployment Insurance - Nonmonetary Eligibility - Alterations to Disqualifications
Sponsored by: Sen. Justin Ready
First Reading Senate Rules on 02/18/2021
Unemployment Insurance - Weekly Benefit Amount - Income Disregard [SB-819]
[Unemployment ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Insurance ]
[Public Safety ]
Increasing to $200 the maximum amount of wages disregarded when computing the weekly benefit amount to be paid to an unemployment insurance benefits claimant; and terminating the Act on the date that the COVID-19 pandemic ends under Title 14 of the Public Safety Article.
SB-819: Unemployment Insurance - Weekly Benefit Amount - Income Disregard
Sponsored by: Sen. Katherine Klausmeier
Enacted Under Article Ii, Section 17(b) Of The Maryland Constitution - Chapter 53 on 04/09/2021
Unemployment Insurance – Maryland Department of Labor – Accountability and Oversight [SB-818]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Unemployment ]
[Insurance ]
[Disaster Relief ]
[Economic Development ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Public Safety ]
Requiring the Maryland Department of Labor to post on its website certain reports on the administration and operation of the State's unemployment insurance laws by the first day of each month; establishing that a disaster exists if the Department, for 4 consecutive weeks, fails to pay at least 82% of first payments within 21 days after the week ending date of the first compensable week in the benefit year; requiring the Department to submit a disaster report within 7 days after the disaster declaration; etc.
SB-818: Unemployment Insurance – Maryland Department of Labor – Accountability and Oversight
Sponsored by: Sen. Katherine Klausmeier
Enacted Under Article Ii, Section 17(b) Of The Maryland Constitution - Chapter 51 on 04/09/2021
Unemployment Insurance – Earned Rating Record – Waiver of Benefit Charges Due to COVID–19 [SB-814]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Unemployment ]
[Insurance ]
[Workers' Compensation ]
[Economic Development ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Public Health ]
[Healthcare ]
Requiring, except under certain circumstances, the Secretary of Labor to waive the charges of unemployment insurance benefits against the earned rating record of an employing unit for claims filed during a certain period of time that the Secretary determines to be related to COVID-19; authorizing the Secretary to charge certain unemployment insurance benefits against the earned rating record of an employing unit due to certain conduct related to separation notices; etc.
SB-814: Unemployment Insurance – Earned Rating Record – Waiver of Benefit Charges Due to COVID–19
Sponsored by: Sen. Katherine Klausmeier
Withdrawn By Sponsor on 03/12/2021
Unemployment Insurance – Reimbursing Employers – Deferral of Payment During a State of Emergency for COVID–19 [SB-790]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Unemployment ]
[Healthcare ]
[Funding ]
[Disaster Relief ]
[Economic Development ]
[Public Health ]
[Insurance ]
Extending the time in which a certain bill must be paid by a nonprofit organization or governmental entity that has elected to reimburse the Unemployment Insurance Fund to within 30 days after a certain bill is mailed or within 1 year after the date on which the state of emergency declared by the Governor due to the COVID-19 pandemic ends under certain circumstances; applying the Act prospectively; etc.
SB-790: Unemployment Insurance – Reimbursing Employers – Deferral of Payment During a State of Emergency for COVID–19
Sponsored by: Sen. Cheryl Kagan
Hearing 3/02 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/10/2021
Unemployment Insurance - Study on System Reforms [SB-817]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Unemployment ]
[Insurance ]
Requiring the Maryland Department of Labor, in consultation with the Department of Legislative Services, to conduct a study regarding reforms to the State's unemployment insurance system; requiring the Maryland Department of Labor to report monthly to the Department of Legislative Services and the Joint Committee on Unemployment Insurance Oversight on the status of the study, to consult with other stakeholders, and to consider any report of the National Academy of Social Insurance Unemployment Insurance Task Force of 2021; etc.
SB-817: Unemployment Insurance - Study on System Reforms
Sponsored by: Sen. Katherine Klausmeier
Enacted Under Article Ii, Section 17(b) Of The Maryland Constitution - Chapter 46 on 04/09/2021
Unemployment - Insurance Revisions and Special Enrollment Period for Health Benefits [SB-893]
[Unemployment ]
[Insurance ]
[Healthcare ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
Requiring the Maryland Health Benefit Exchange to open a special or other enrollment period for an individual who consents to share information through a certain system; establishing certain requirements for a certain enrollment period; authorizing the Maryland Health Benefit Exchange to conduct outreach to an individual who consents to share information using certain methods; requiring the Maryland Department of Labor to take certain actions to carry out the State's unemployment insurance law; etc.
SB-893: Unemployment - Insurance Revisions and Special Enrollment Period for Health Benefits
Sponsored by: Sen. James Rosapepe
Enacted Under Article Ii, Section 17(b) Of The Maryland Constitution - Chapter 65 on 04/13/2021
Unemployment Insurance – Computation of Earned Rate of Contribution – Applicable Table of Rates [SB-811]
[Unemployment ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Funding ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Taxes ]
Requiring the Governor, based on the availability of certain federal funds, to include in the annual budget bill for fiscal year 2022 a certain appropriation to the Unemployment Insurance Trust Fund; authorizing the appropriation to be used for certain administrative costs, including the repayment of certain federal funds; and requiring that the earned rate of contributions for calendar year 2023 be calculated using a certain table of unemployment insurance rates.
SB-811: Unemployment Insurance – Computation of Earned Rate of Contribution – Applicable Table of Rates
Sponsored by: Sen. Delores Kelley
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 73 on 04/13/2021
Unemployment Insurance - Employer Contributions and Reimbursement Payments [SB-816]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Unemployment ]
[Nonprofit ]
[Funding ]
[Budget and Spending ]
Requiring the Secretary of Labor to offer to employing units for certain calendar years a variety of payment plan options that spread certain contribution due dates through the end of August; requiring the Secretary to offer a variety of additional payment plan options; authorizing certain employing units to elect to delay submitting certain contributions for certain calendar quarters; altering the nonprofit and governmental entities that may elect to defer payment of reimbursement bills for calendar year 2021; etc.
SB-816: Unemployment Insurance - Employer Contributions and Reimbursement Payments
Sponsored by: Sen. Katherine Klausmeier
Enacted Under Article Ii, Section 17(b) Of The Maryland Constitution - Chapter 48 on 04/09/2021