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- January 16, 2018
Maryland Paid Sick Leave Effective February 11
January 16, 2018Certain Maryland employers must begin offering paid sick and safe leave to their employees under the Maryland Healthy Working Families Act beginning February 11, 2018. The Act requires Maryland businesses with at least 15 employees to offer paid sick and safe leave. Smaller businesses must provide unpaid sick and safe leave. On... Read More
- May 24, 2016
Maryland Expands Equal Pay Law to Prohibit Gender Identity Discrimination, Require Pay Transparency
May 24, 2016Maryland Governor Larry Hogan has signed into law a significant expansion of the Maryland Equal Pay Law, including new provisions to prohibit pay discrimination on the basis of gender identity and to make it easier for employees to discover and discuss disparities in pay. As expanded on May 19, 2016, the Maryland Equal Pay Law... Read More
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NLRB Vacates Hy-Brand Joint Employer Decision Following Inspector General Report
February 26, 2018 In a surprising reversal, the NLRB on February 26, 2018, vacated its decision in Hy-Brand Industrial Contractors, Ltd., 365 NLRB No. 156 (2017), and restored the Board’s union-friendly joint employer test set forth in Browning-Ferris Industries, 362 NLRB No. 186 (2015) which Hy-Brand had overruled. Read More
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NLRB Solicits Briefs on Independent Contractor Misclassification as ULP Issue
February 21, 2018 National Labor Relations Board Administrative Law Judge Arthur J. Amchan had ruled in Velox Express, Inc. that misclassification of employees as independent contractors violates Section 8(a)(1) of the National Labor Relations Act. 2017 NLRB LEXIS 486 (Sept. 25, 2017). Read More