On April 24, 2020, the Maryland Department of Labor launched a new application, the BEACON One-Stop (Beacon), for online claims filing. Beacon provides Marylanders with a single platform to file claims for unemployment...more
On April 3, 2020, Governor Larry Hogan issued an order providing guidance on evictions and failure to pay rent actions and, until the state of emergency and health emergency are over, prohibiting: repossession of cars,...more
The Maryland Healthy Working Families Act requires certain Maryland employers to offer paid sick leave to their employees. It took effect on February 11, 2018— 30 days after the legislature overrode Governor Larry Hogan's...more
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) this week published revised proposed regulations for collecting pay data through the Employer Information Report (EEO-1). The revised proposal incorporates more than 300...more
7/15/2016
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Wage and Hour
The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) issued a final rule substantially increasing the annual salary an employee must earn to be exempt from overtime pay requirements. The final rule—which takes effect on December 1, 2016—will...more
The U. S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit unanimously upheld a Department of Labor (DOL) rule which extended the Fair Labor Standard Act’s (FLSA) minimum wage and overtime protections to certain home...more
8/26/2015
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Home Health Care ,
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Minimum Wage ,
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Unpaid Overtime
This month, Maryland Governor Martin O'Malley is expected to sign the Fairness for All Marylanders Act of 2014 (the Act). The Act prohibits discrimination against transgender individuals in employment, housing, and places of...more
The U.S. Supreme Court has unanimously held that payments of supplemental unemployment benefits (SUB payments) are taxable wages subject to FICA tax withholding. The Court’s decision in United States v. Quality Stores, Inc.,...more