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Maryland’s Sick and Safe Leave Law – When Bad Legislation Is Good Enough

By on February 12, 2018 in 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 […]

Maryland DLLR Issues Sample Notice For Earned Sick And Safe Leave

By on February 11, 2018 in 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.  […]

Register Now For Our Complimentary Webinar On Maryland’s New Paid Sick Leave Law

By on January 25, 2018 in Firm News, Maryland Healthy Working Families Act, Paid Leave, State Law

As you likely have heard, mandatory (paid) sick and safe leave is now a reality in Maryland.  The “Healthy Working Families Act” (“MHWFA”), which is set to become effective February 11, 2018, creates a number of new obligations for Maryland employers. On Friday, February 2, 2018, Kollman & Saucier, P.A., will conduct a free 75-minute […]

Maryland’s Healthy Working Families Act To Become Law February 11th

By on January 15, 2018 in 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 […]

Governor Hogan Offers “The Paid Leave Compromise Act of 2018” – Now What?

By on December 1, 2017 in 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 […]

Maryland Sick Leave Bill Has Died, For Now

By on June 2, 2017 in Legislative Developments, Paid Leave, State Law

We reported two months ago here that Maryland’s General Assembly had passed veto-proof sick leave legislation, the Healthy Working Families Act, which would have guaranteed sick leave to most employees working in Maryland. Governor Hogan, however, vetoed that bill calling the bill “deeply flawed” and “job-killing.”  That done, Governor Hogan made clear he favors a […]

Maryland General Assembly Passes Veto-Proof Sick Leave Legislation

By on April 7, 2017 in 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 […]

Maryland Legislative Update – The Healthy Working Families Act

By on January 9, 2017 in Disability & Leave, Employee Benefits, Legislative Developments, Paid Leave, State Law

Lawmakers in Maryland have attempted to pass a paid sick leave bill for a number of years.  With the General Assembly reconvening on Wednesday, the effort is being renewed this year.  Thus far, legislators have introduced House Bill 1 and House Bill 65 — both are versions of the Healthy Working Families Act, which was […]

The Most Generous Paid Leave Act Is Pending Before The District of Columbia Council

By on October 14, 2015 in Legislative Developments, Paid Leave, State Law

Last week, Eric Paltell posted on this very same legislation.  I promise I do read the posts on our own blog, but clearly “forgot” for a minute when I posted this entry yesterday.  While there is some duplication, our presentations come from a different angle.  So I leave this up for your reading pleasure, openly […]