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The Maryland Healthy Working Families Act... One Year Later (A Webinar)

Kollman & Saucier
Kollman & Saucier
03/12/2019
Maryland Healthy Working Families Act, Webinars
In follow up to our earlier communications about revisiting the MHWFA one year later, Garrett Wozniak has prepared a 35-minute webinar discussing: (1) the current status of the MHWFA; (2) best options for handling discipline and leave abuse issues; and (3) possible legislative changes in the pipeline.  You may watch/listen to the webinar here. We intend to make these recorded webinars a more regular feature.   We welcome any substantive questions...
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Maryland’s Sick and Safe Leave Law – When Bad Legislation Is Good Enough

Kollman & Saucier
Kollman & Saucier
02/12/2018
Maryland Healthy Working Families Act, Paid Leave
This is not a political blog.  This is not really a political subject.  Or shouldn’t be.  At least not with respect to the question of whether Maryland’s new paid sick and safe leave law should have been delayed for some reasonable amount of time so that employers could modify existing policies, create new policies, and do the other things required to be compliant with the Maryland Healthy Working Families Act (MHWFA). The MHWFA took effect...
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Maryland DLLR Issues Sample Notice For Earned Sick And Safe Leave

Kollman & Saucier
Kollman & Saucier
02/11/2018
Maryland Healthy Working Families Act, Paid Leave
The Maryland Department of Labor, Licensing and Regulation (DLLR) has issued a sample employee notice employers may use to comply with the Maryland Healthy Working Families Act’s (MHWFA) notice posting Requirement. The notice summarizes the MHWFA’s accrual, leave usage, reporting, prohibited conduct, and complaint filing provisions as required by the sick and safe leave law.  With the MHWFA taking effect today (February 11, 2018), Maryland...
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Maryland Healthy Working Families Act: FAQ For Employers

Kollman & Saucier
Kollman & Saucier
02/09/2018
Maryland Healthy Working Families Act, Paid Leave, State Law
Earlier this year, our firm wrote about Maryland's Healthy Working Families Act, set to take effect February 11, 2018.  We have spent a good part of this past week  advising clients  working to quickly review and revise leave policies to bring them into compliance with the Act.  Here you will find answers to some of the most frequently asked questions surrounding the new sick leave requirements. Do I Have to Offer Paid Sick Leave? Employers...
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Maryland’s Healthy Working Families Act To Become Law February 11th

Kollman & Saucier
Kollman & Saucier
01/15/2018
Legislative Developments, Maryland Healthy Working Families Act, Paid Leave, State Law
On January 12, 2018, the Maryland General Assembly voted to override Governor Larry Hogan’s veto of the Healthy Working Families Act (House Bill 1 in 2017’s General Assembly).  As a result of the legislature’s action, the Healthy Working Families Act (the “Act”) will go into effect on February 11, 2018.  In preparation, Maryland employers should begin reviewing and, if necessary, updating (or creating) their paid leave policies in order...
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Governor Hogan Offers "The Paid Leave Compromise Act of 2018" - Now What?

Kollman & Saucier
Kollman & Saucier
12/01/2017
Legislative Developments, Maryland Healthy Working Families Act, Paid Leave, State Law
Six months ago, we reported that the alleged veto-proof Healthy Working Families Act (HWFA) was vetoed by Governor Hogan.  At that time, Governor Hogan called the bill "deeply flawed" and "job-killing."  He then created a task force to study paid sick leave plans and submit a report so that his administration could submit emergency legislation to replace the killed bill when the General Assembly reconvenes in January 2018.  We now have that...
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Maryland General Assembly Passes Veto-Proof Sick Leave Legislation

Kollman & Saucier
Kollman & Saucier
04/07/2017
Legislative Developments, Maryland Healthy Working Families Act, Paid Leave, State Law
The Maryland General Assembly this week passed the Healthy Working Families Act, which all but guarantees that come 2018, employees in Maryland will be entitled to sick leave. The bill was passed with veto-proof margins in both the Senate (29-18) and the House of Delegates (87-53), which means the General Assembly can override Governor Hogan’s anticipated veto when it reconvenes next year.  Below is a summary of the bill which would take effect...
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