Unemployment Insurance – Computation of Earned Rate of Contribution – Applicable Table of Rates [SB-214]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Unemployment ]
[Insurance ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Funding ]
[Economic Development ]
Requiring, beginning June 1, 2021, the computation of the earned rate of contribution to be calculated using Table A of unemployment insurance rates; and terminating the Act on the date that is 1 year from the date on which the state of emergency declared by the Governor due to the COVID-19 pandemic ends under Title 14 of the Public Safety Article.
SB-214: Unemployment Insurance – Computation of Earned Rate of Contribution – Applicable Table of Rates
Sponsored by: Sen. Johnny Salling
Hearing 2/09 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/15/2021
Unemployment Insurance - Earned Rating Record - Waiver of Benefit Charges Due to COVID-19 [SB-64]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Unemployment ]
[Insurance ]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
[Economic Development ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Disaster Relief ]
Requiring the Secretary of Labor to waive the charging of unemployment insurance benefits paid to a claimant during the state of emergency declared by the Governor due to the COVID-19 pandemic against the earned rating record of an employing unit; specifying the circumstances under which the required waiver of benefit charges is no longer in effect; and terminating the Act 1 year from the date on which the state of emergency declared by the Governor due to the COVID-19 pandemic ends.
SB-64: Unemployment Insurance - Earned Rating Record - Waiver of Benefit Charges Due to COVID-19
Sponsored by: Sen. Johnny Salling
Withdrawn By Sponsor on 02/12/2021
Workforce Data Act of 2019 [SB-493]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Unemployment ]
[Data Privacy ]
Requiring that the information that the Secretary of Labor, Licensing, and Regulation requires to be included in unemployment insurance contribution and employment reports shall include, for each employee, occupation and job title, number of hours worked in a calendar quarter, and work location; and requiring that the location listed in a contribution and employment report under a certain provision of the Act be the employee's actual work site and not the employing unit's place of business.
SB-493: Workforce Data Act of 2019
Sponsored by: Sen. James Rosapepe
Unfavorable Report By Finance on 03/13/2019
Civilian Federal Employees – Unemployment Insurance Benefits and Federal Government Shutdown Employee Assistance Loan Fund (Federal Shutdown Paycheck Protection Act) [SB-391]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Unemployment ]
[Funding ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Human Services ]
Specifying that a certain individual who is a civilian employee of the federal government is eligible to receive unemployment benefits under certain circumstances; altering the purpose of the Catastrophic Event Account to enable the State to respond to federal civilian employee financial hardship from a full or partial federal government shutdown due to a lapse in federal appropriations; establishing a certain loan fund to provide loans to civilian employees of the federal government under certain circumstances; etc.
SB-391: Civilian Federal Employees – Unemployment Insurance Benefits and Federal Government Shutdown Employee Assistance Loan Fund (Federal Shutdown Paycheck Protection Act)
Sponsored by: Sen. Delores Kelley
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 2 on 03/26/2019
You have voted SB-391: Civilian Federal Employees – Unemployment Insurance Benefits and Federal Government Shutdown Employee Assistance Loan Fund (Federal Shutdown Paycheck Protection Act).
Department of Labor, Licensing, and Regulation - Renaming [HB-60]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
Renaming the Department of Labor, Licensing, and Regulation to be the Maryland Department of Labor; renaming the Secretary of Labor, Licensing, and Regulation to be the Secretary of Labor; providing that the Maryland Department of Labor is the successor of the Department of Labor, Licensing, and Regulation; providing that certain names and titles of a certain unit and officials in laws and other documents mean the names and titles of the successor unit and officials; etc.
HB-60: Department of Labor, Licensing, and Regulation - Renaming
Sponsored by: Rep.
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 91 on 04/18/2019
Civilian Federal Employees – Unemployment Insurance Benefits and Federal Government Shutdown Employee Assistance Loan Fund (Federal Shutdown Paycheck Protection Act) [HB-336]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Unemployment ]
[Funding ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Human Services ]
Specifying that an individual who is a civilian employee of the federal government is eligible to receive unemployment benefits under certain circumstances; altering the purpose of the Catastrophic Event Account to enable the State to respond to federal civilian employee financial hardship from a full or partial federal government shutdown due to a lapse in federal appropriations; establishing a certain loan fund to provide loans to civilian employees of the federal government under certain circumstances; etc.
HB-336: Civilian Federal Employees – Unemployment Insurance Benefits and Federal Government Shutdown Employee Assistance Loan Fund (Federal Shutdown Paycheck Protection Act)
Sponsored by: Rep. Kumar Barve
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 1 on 03/26/2019
You have voted HB-336: Civilian Federal Employees – Unemployment Insurance Benefits and Federal Government Shutdown Employee Assistance Loan Fund (Federal Shutdown Paycheck Protection Act).
Unemployment Insurance - Contribution and Employment Reports - Required Information (Workforce Data Act of 2019) [HB-1128]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Unemployment ]
Requiring that the information that the Secretary of Labor, Licensing, and Regulation requires to be included in unemployment insurance contribution and employment reports shall include, for each employee, occupation and job title, number of hours worked in a calendar quarter, and work location; and requiring that the location listed in a contribution and employment report under a certain provision of the Act be the employee's actual work site and not the employing unit's place of business.
HB-1128: Unemployment Insurance - Contribution and Employment Reports - Required Information (Workforce Data Act of 2019)
Sponsored by: Rep. Ben Barnes
Unfavorable Report By Economic Matters on 03/14/2019
Unemployment Insurance - Recovery of Benefits and Penalties for Fraud [SB-90]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Unemployment ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Crime ]
Altering the means by which the Secretary of Labor, Licensing, and Regulation is authorized to recover overpayments of benefits, monetary penalties, and interest; authorizing the Secretary to adjust, compromise, or settle specified interest due; providing that a person who violates a specified provision of law is disqualified from receiving benefits for specified periods of time under specified circumstances; applying the Act to fraud determinations made on or after October 3, 2016; making a conforming change; etc.
SB-90: Unemployment Insurance - Recovery of Benefits and Penalties for Fraud
Sponsored by: Sen.
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 342 on 05/10/2016
Unemployment Insurance - Exemption From Actively Seeking Work Requirement - Repeal [SB-86]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Unemployment ]
[Senior Citizens ]
[Insurance ]
Repealing the prohibition on denying unemployment benefits to individuals who are at least 60 years old and who have been furloughed temporarily and are subject to recall for failing to actively seek work; and providing that the Act applies only to initial and reopened unemployment insurance claims filed on or after July 3, 2016.
SB-86: Unemployment Insurance - Exemption From Actively Seeking Work Requirement - Repeal
Sponsored by: Sen.
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 339 on 05/10/2016
Unemployment Insurance - Exemption From Covered Employment - Messenger Service Business [SB-777]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Unemployment ]
[Insurance ]
[Small Business ]
Altering the definition of "messenger service business" for purposes of a specified exemption from covered employment for specified unemployment benefits; specifying that commission includes specified payment arrangements for purposes of the exemption; and applying the Act retroactively.
SB-777: Unemployment Insurance - Exemption From Covered Employment - Messenger Service Business
Sponsored by: Sen. John Astle
Enacted Under Article Ii, Section 17(c) Of The Maryland Constitution - Chapter 697 on 05/28/2016
Unemployment Insurance - Exemption From Covered Employment - Nail Technicians [SB-679]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Unemployment ]
[Small Business ]
[Workers' Compensation ]
Providing that work is not covered employment when performed by a holder of a limited license to provide nail technician services who leases or otherwise agrees to the use of a chair, booth, or space from a holder of a barbershop permit, a beauty salon permit, or an owner-manager permit who operates a barbershop or beauty salon under specified circumstances.
SB-679: Unemployment Insurance - Exemption From Covered Employment - Nail Technicians
Sponsored by: Sen. John Astle
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 574 on 05/19/2016
Unemployment Insurance - Maximum Benefit - Increase [SB-1145]
[Unemployment ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Insurance ]
Increasing the maximum weekly unemployment insurance benefit amount; applying the Act to all claims filed establishing a new benefit year on or after January 2, 2017; etc.
SB-1145: Unemployment Insurance - Maximum Benefit - Increase
Sponsored by: Sen. Delores Kelley
Third Reading Passed (30-16) on 04/09/2016