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Families First Coronavirus Response Act -- Paid Sick Leave and Job Protection

Kollman & Saucier

03/15/2020

The U.S House of Representatives has passed the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (the “Act”), which, among other things, expands the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) and provides paid sick leave in an effort to confront the coronavirus. The Senate is expected to approve the measure soon. The Act will take effect not later than 15 days after enactment. With respect to the FMLA, the Act (if approved by the Senate) expands...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Kollman & Saucier

06/02/2017

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 viable compromise with the General Assembly before January 2018, when the legislation...

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...

Kollman & Saucier

01/09/2017

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 introduced last session as House Bill 580. Governor Hogan has said that he will introduce paid sick leave legislation of his...

Kollman & Saucier

10/14/2015

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 acknowledging the "already done that" aspect of the base topic. The D.C. Council has pending before it one of the most generous paid...

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Families First Coronavirus Response Act -- Paid Sick Leave and Job Protection

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

Maryland DLLR Issues Sample Notice For Earned Sick And Safe Leave

Maryland Healthy Working Families Act: FAQ For Employers

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

Governor Hogan Offers "The Paid Leave Compromise Act of 2018" - Now What?

Maryland Sick Leave Bill Has Died, For Now

Maryland General Assembly Passes Veto-Proof Sick Leave Legislation

Maryland Legislative Update - The Healthy Working Families Act

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

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