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Employer Alert: The Maryland Essential Workers’ Protection Act

Kollman & Saucier

02/03/2021

After cutting short the 2020 legislative session because of the pandemic, the Maryland General Assembly has returned this January with confronting COVID-19 among its highest priorities. One item employers should be keenly aware is the Maryland Essential Workers’ Protection Act, which would impose multiple new mandates on Maryland employers. The legislation, cross-filed as House Bill 481 and Senate Bill 486, is scheduled for a hearing in the...

Kollman & Saucier

11/04/2020

Independent Contractors, State Law

In a reversal of fortune for gig economy workers in California, voters in that state said ‘yes’ to Proposition 22, which classifies app-based transportation and delivery drivers as independent contractors. Proposition 22 was put on the ballot in response to a California law, AB5, which required gig companies like Uber and Lyft to treat drivers as employees and provide them protections like unemployment insurance, healthcare, breaks, and...

Kollman & Saucier

10/08/2020

Employer Training, Handbooks/Policies, Legislative Developments, Sexual Harassment, State Law

Before we get into the new requirements, some legislative history is warranted. In 2018, the District of Columbia passed the Tipped Wage Workers Fairness Amendment Act, designed to, among other things, repeal an initiative that would have eliminated the tip credit system in D.C. That 2018 law mandated local government funding before several provisions of the statute could be implemented that include the postings and sexual harassment training...

Kollman & Saucier

09/10/2020

Agency Activity, State Law, WARN

Earlier this week, I blogged about several employment laws scheduled to take effect October 1. Among them is HB1018/SB0780, which significantly changes the State’s Economic Stabilization Act, Maryland’s version of the federal Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN) Act. For readers who are unfamiliar with the Economic Stabilization Act (the Act), it applies to businesses employing 50 or more individuals and doing business in...

Kollman & Saucier

09/08/2020

Legislative Developments, State Law

I hope everyone had an enjoyable and safe Labor Day weekend. For many of us, it’s back to work. And on that note, here is a rundown of several Maryland labor and employment laws set to go into effect October 1. Wage and Salary History Inquiries -- Employers will soon be prohibited from seeking an applicant’s wage history through an employee or agent or from a current or former employee, or relying on wage history, when screening or...

Vincent Jackson

08/18/2020

Independent Contractors, State Law

In the ongoing battle over the classification of gig workers, a California state court judge recently ruled in favor of workers being classified as employees, as opposed to independent contractors. The California Attorney General had filed suit against Uber and Lyft in the Superior Court of California, County of San Francisco, seeking an injunction that would force the two rideshare companies to classify its drivers as employees. The...

Kollman & Saucier

05/09/2020

State Law, WARN

Maryland employers wrestling with the onerous challenges posed by the COVID-19 crisis, will soon have a new legal obligation to meet when reducing their workforces. Effective October 1, 2020, the Economic Stabilization Act will require employers to provide employees 60 days written notice of a reduction in operations that will result in lay-offs or terminations. The new law requires the Secretary of the Department of Labor,...

Kollman & Saucier

03/21/2020

State Law

Most attention in recent days, justifiably so, has been on responses to the coronavirus. While employers are navigating the business, health, and safety issues raised by the pandemic, they should not lose sight of changes to Maryland’s employment laws that the General Assembly passed in concluding the recent, abbreviated legislative session. Here is a summary of employment-related legislation that is headed to the Governor. HB 14 - Equal...

Kollman & Saucier

02/21/2020

Disability & Leave, Legislative Developments, State Law

We wrote earlier this week about some of the bills working their way through the legislative process in Annapolis. An item worthy of its own post is legislation that would create a Family and Medical Leave Insurance Program to provide wage replacement for employees taking leave from work: to care for a child during the first year after the child’s birth or after the placement of the child through foster care, kinship care, or adoption; ...

Kollman & Saucier

02/19/2020

Legislative Developments, State Law

The General Assembly is in full swing in Annapolis. Here is a summary of just some of the legislation impacting employers and employees. HB 123 / SB 217 - Wage History and Wage Range would require employers to provide the wage range of the position for which an applicant has applied if requested by the applicant. The legislation also prohibits retaliation against applicants who do not provide wage history or seek the wage range for...

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Employer Alert: The Maryland Essential Workers’ Protection Act

California Voters Declare Gig Economy Drivers Are Independent Contractors

D.C. Laws To Take Effect on Workplace Postings and Notices, and Sexual Harassment Training and Reporting

Maryland’s Mini-WARN Act: Will You Be In Compliance?

Heads Up: New Maryland Employment Laws Take Effect October 1

California Judge Rules that Rideshare Drivers Should be Considered Employees

Maryland Passes Mini-WARN Act Effective October 1, 2020

A Non-COVID 19 Blogpost

Maryland Legislature Considering New Payroll Tax To Fund Family and Medical Leave

Pending Legislation In Annapolis That May Affect Your Business

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