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Maryland DLLR Issues Sample Notice For Earned Sick And Safe Leave

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

02/11/2018

Firm News, Maryland Healthy Working Families Act

On February 2, 2018, we hosted a complimentary webinar discussing and explaining the obligations of the MHWFA, as best we could decipher as of that date. You may view and listen to the Webinar by clicking here. We are continuing to monitor all updates on the MHWFA, which did go into effect today, February 11, 2018. We posted earlier today about the DLLR sample employee notice just made available. We will continue to post as more MHWFA events...

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

02/06/2018

Age Discrimination, Employment Discrimination

A case decided this past week in the United State District Court for the District of Maryland highlights the importance of documenting an employee’s (non-discriminatory) performance issues at the time they occur. Ward v. Columbia Bank, No. CCBC-16-3606 (D. Md. 2/2/18). Plaintiff Ward began working for Columbia Bank in 1999, and was promoted to branch manager five years later. In 2012, her branch’s overall performance began to decline. ...

Kollman & Saucier

02/01/2018

Drug Testing, Third Party Liability

The EEOC has taken to suing employers who screen out disabled workers through medical inquiries or exams. Since September 2017, it has filed seven such suits. In one of those cases, EEOC v. M.G. Oil Co., No. 4:16-CV-04131 (D.S.D. Jan. 25, 2018), the EEOC filed an action against M.G. Oil, on behalf of Kim Mullaney, after Happy Jack's Casino (owned by M.G. Oil) rescinded her job offer. In the post-offer stage, Ms. Mullaney tested positively for...

Kollman & Saucier

01/26/2018

Restrictive Covenants

Many business owners utilize some forms of restrictive covenants when hiring employees. Whether it is to protect trade secrets or customer lists, or to ensure that sensitive information remains confidential, employees routinely execute agreements barring them from competing with their former employer, soliciting their former employer’s clients, or taking certain information with them when they leave. While the enforcement of these covenants...

Kollman & Saucier

01/26/2018

Wage & Hour

A recent case decided this week by the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, Balbed v Eden Park Guest House, et al., sheds some light on the somewhat confusing FLSA analysis that comes into play when an employer provides an employee on-site lodging and other benefits. At its most basic level, the FLSA requires an employer to pay an employee a minimum wage rate based on the number of hours an employee works and the remuneration...

Kollman & Saucier

01/25/2018

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 webinar on the MHWFA from 11:45 am to 1:00 p.m. EST. Garrett Wozniak and Eric Paltell will explain the...

Kollman & Saucier

01/23/2018

Virginia Employment Law

On January 17, 2018, Delegate Chris Hurst of Blacksburg introduced legislation that would grant civil immunity to employers who share information about violent acts or threats made by current or former employees to prospective employers or law enforcement agencies. The proposed legislation, House Bill No. 1457, would also grant civil immunity to employers who rely upon such information in hiring decisions. The bill would protect employers who...

Kollman & Saucier

01/17/2018

Employment Discrimination, Sex Discrimination

Last week, the Fourth Circuit issued a favorable decision for the EEOC in a case the federal agency brought against the Maryland Insurance Administration (“MIA”) for violations of the Equal Pay Act (“EPA”). United States EEOC v. Md. Ins. Admin., 2018 U.S. App. LEXIS 298 (4th Cir. Jan. 5, 2018). The Underlying Case The lawsuit grew from three female MIA Fraud Investigators’ complaints that they made less money than male Fraud...

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Maryland DLLR Issues Sample Notice For Earned Sick And Safe Leave

The Link Is Here For The February 2, 2018 Maryland Healthy Working Families Act Webinar

Maryland Healthy Working Families Act: FAQ For Employers

Yet Another Example of the Importance of Documenting Performance Issues

Drug Testing Company Can't Be Drug Into Discrimination Dispute

Financial Firms Revisiting Approach to Restrictive Covenants

Fourth Circuit Revives Live-in Innkeepers FLSA Claims

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

Virginia General Assembly Considering Legislation To Limit Liability for Disclosing Threats of Workplace Violence

Fourth Circuit Allows EEOC to Proceed with Equal Pay Claim

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