Section 3-1302 – Paid Leave Policy
(a) In this section, “existing paid leave” includes: (1) vacation days; (2) sick days; (3) short–term disability benefits; (4) floating holidays; (5) parental leave; and (6) other paid time off that may be used under the terms and conditions as paid sick and safe leave. (b) This subtitle may not be construed to: (1) require an employer to compensate an employee for unused earned […]
Section 3-1407 – Prohibited Activities
(a) An employer may not: (1) violate any provision of this subtitle; (2) hinder, delay, or otherwise interfere with the Commissioner or an authorized representative of the Commissioner in the enforcement of this subtitle; or (3) discharge or otherwise discriminate against an employee because the employee has: (i) requested or taken organ donation leave authorized under this subtitle; (ii) made a […]
Section 3-1303 – Applicability
(a) This subtitle does not apply to an employee who: (1) regularly works less than 12 hours a week for an employer; (2) (i) is employed in the construction industry; and (ii) is covered by a bona fide collective bargaining agreement in which the requirements of this subtitle are expressly waived in clear and unambiguous terms; or (3) (i) is called to […]
Section 3-1304 – Requirements; Calculation of Leave
(a) (1) (i) Subject to subparagraph (iii) of this paragraph, an employer that employs 15 or more employees shall provide an employee with earned sick and safe leave that is paid at the same wage rate as the employee normally earns. (ii) An employer that employs 14 or fewer employees shall at least provide an employee with unpaid earned […]
Section 3-1305 – Use of Leave
(a) An employer shall allow an employee to use earned sick and safe leave: (1) to care for or treat the employee’s mental or physical illness, injury, or condition; (2) to obtain preventive medical care for the employee or employee’s family member; (3) to care for a family member with a mental or physical illness, injury, or condition; (4) for […]
Section 3-1306 – Notifications to Employees
(a) An employer shall notify the employer’s employees that the employees are entitled to earned sick and safe leave under this subtitle. (b) The notice provided under subsection (a) of this section shall include: (1) a statement of how earned sick and safe leave is accrued under § 3–1304 of this subtitle; (2) the purposes for which the employer […]
Section 3-1307 – Records
(a) An employer shall keep for at least 3 years a record of: (1) earned sick and safe leave accrued by each employee; and (2) earned sick and safe leave used by each employee. (b) The Commissioner may inspect a record kept under subsection (a) of this section for the purpose of determining whether the employer is complying with […]
Section 3-1203 – Notice Requirements
(a) Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, an employer may require an eligible employee to give the employer written notice of the employee’s intention to take parental leave at least 30 days before commencing parental leave. (b) An eligible employee may begin taking parental leave without prior notice following a premature birth, unexpected adoption, […]
Section 3-1204 – Return to Work
(a) An eligible employee who returns to work after taking parental leave is entitled to be restored by an employer: (1) to the position of employment held by the employee when the parental leave began; or (2) to an equivalent position with equivalent employment benefits, pay, and other terms and conditions of employment. (b) An employer may: (1) deny restoration […]
Section 3-1205 – Group Health Plans; Commissions
(a) (1) During any period that an eligible employee takes parental leave, an employer shall maintain coverage of a group health plan for the duration of the parental leave and in the same manner that coverage would have been provided if the employee had continued in employment continuously for the duration of the parental leave. (2) (i) An employer […]