The Maryland Supreme Court recently certified in Martinez v. Amazon.com Services LLC that the de minimis doctrine applies to wage and hour law claims under the Maryland Wage and Hour Law and the Maryland Wage Payment and...more
Our April 2025 Chat will cover what every Maryland employer needs to know about employment legislation pending in the Maryland 2025 legislative session. This informative webinar will include an update on Maryland's paid...more
On April 10, 2023, Maryland legislators ended the 2023 session (known as sine die) with three significant bills headed to, and likely to be signed by, Governor Wes Moore. First, Senate Bill 828 will bring sweeping changes...more
Following in Maryland's footsteps, on May 10, 2022, Delaware Governor Carney signed S.B. 1 known as the Healthy Delaware Families Act, which takes effect on July 1, 2022. In brief, the Act establishes a Family and Medical...more
Effective October 1, 2020, employers in Maryland will be required to give advance, written notice of reductions in force – similar to the federal Worker Adjustment Retraining and Notification (WARN) Act. Currently, under the...more
During the 2019 legislative session, the Maryland House and Senate voted to enact the Criminal Record Screening Practices Act (Ban the Box) (the Act). ...more
The #MeToo movement has not only increased social awareness regarding sexual harassment in the workplace, but it has also spawned new legal requirements for Maryland employers. On May 15, 2018, Governor Hogan signed the...more