Maryland Employers Guide PDF Download

The Maryland Employer's Guide is an authoritative and accessible book that provides the lay of the land about employment law. The Guide integrates federal and Maryland laws that affect the employer-employee relationship, plus it includes valuable information about managing employees, developing employment policies, and avoiding liability for employment law violations. The Maryland Employer's Guide is written and updated annually by an employment law attorney. We have eliminated legal jargon, offering clear and concise explanations of today's complex labor laws, regulations, and court decisions. Relevant state and federal agencies are listed at the end of each of the ten chapters, along with citations for the information discussed. A valuable resource for business owners, managers, and human resource professionals, the Maryland Employer's Guide includes discussion of these and other current topics: New regulations that clarify employer obligations under the Maryland Flexible Leave Act Expanded section on the Maryland Clean Indoor Air Act, including new regulations clarifying the types of workplaces covered by the Act The federal Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Restoration Act and the Maryland Lilly Ledbetter Civil Rights Restoration Act, which extend the time period during which pay discrimination claims may be filed New regulations that significantly affect employer rights and responsibilities under the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) New Maryland law granting unemployment benefits to certain part-time workers The ADA Amendments Act of 2008, which greatly broadens the reach of the Americans with Disabilities Act Recent U.S. Supreme Court decisions regarding union organization and payment of dues, Title VII retaliation claims, and more New subsidies for certain COBRA premium payments and new tax credits for hiring disadvantaged workers, which are components of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 Changes to the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) involving information security breach notification requirements and new health insurance enrollment and notice requirements The Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act of 2008, which generally requires mental health insurance benefits to be equal to benefits for other medical conditions