What’s Changing in the State of Maryland? Those busy bees at Maryland’s Department of Labor have added important information for employers to the state’s Equal Pay for Equal Work law. All Maryland employers are required to post the updated Equal Pay for Equal Work notice with a revision date of 10/2019 in their workplaces. New Information for […]
Maryland’s Department of Labor, Licensing, and Regulation (DLLR) has issued new requirements related to the employment of minors. The Minor Fact Sheet, which must be posted by every employer who employs minors, has been updated to reflect these changes. It includes additional occupations that are forbidden to all minors, as well as new restrictions for […]
On July 1 minimum wage will be changing in multiple cities and multiple states. There are also a few other changes that happen to be landing on July 1. Depending on where you are, this could have major changes in your business. Read on for the full breakdown of all the changes we know are […]
Over the past few weeks, we’ve been in contact with Maryland’s Department of Labor, Licensing, & Regulation (DLLR) about the availability of the final version of the Earned Sick and Safe Leave notice, which outlines details of the Maryland Healthy Working Families Act, a new law effective 2/11/18. We just received confirmation from the Commissioner […]
The State of Maryland’s Department of Labor, Licensing, and Regulation (DLLR) released initial guidance documents regarding the new Healthy Working Families Act that went into effect on February 11, 2018. Purpose of the New Law The Healthy Working Families Act requires businesses in Maryland with 15 or more employees to provide up to 40 hours […]
Over the past couple of years, there has been an upsurge in the number of municipalities that have passed minimum wage ordinances with higher rates than the state minimum wage laws. As a result, the number of mandatory city and county labor law posters has increased significantly. As of 2018, a total of 35 cities […]
Our research department stays on top of all changes to your labor law compliance, but as we discussed recently in our blog, some changes to state and federal labor law posters do not require updating your current posters. When is an Update Not Necessary? As a refresher, a small change to an employment poster, such […]
The latest required changes to the Maryland labor law poster are on the Minimum Wage, Employment Discrimination, and Work Permit for Minors posters. Maryland’s minimum wage increases to $8.00 per hour effective January 1, 2015, to $8.25 effective July 1, 2015, to $8.75 effective July 1, 2016, to $9.25 effective July 1, 2017, and to […]
A revised Equal Pay for Equal Work Maryland labor law poster includes a new requirement that Maryland employers keep records of employees’ racial classification and gender in addition to the existing categories of wages and job classifications. The Maryland Commissioner of Labor may analyze the records to determine any pay disparity among employees. Poster Compliance […]
Effective July 24, 2008, the minimum wage is $6.55. What has changed on the Maryland Labor Law Poster? Minimum Wage Maryland’s revised labor law poster now includes the new minimum wage of $6.55/hr, previously $6.15 per hour. The new increase has gone into effect due to Maryland’s minimum wage federal minimum wage being higher […]