Maryland 2024 Regular Session

Maryland House Bill HB1226 Compare Versions

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3	3	EXPLANATION: CAPITALS INDICATE MATTER ADDE D TO EXISTING LAW .
4	4	[Brackets] indicate matter deleted from existing law.
5	5	hb1226
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7	7	HOUSE BILL 1226
8	8	K3 4lr1785
9	9	CF SB 994
10	10	By: Delegate Foley
11	11	Introduced and read first time: February 8, 2024
12	12	Assigned to: Economic Matters
13	13
14	14	A BILL ENTITLED
15	15
16	16	AN ACT concerning 1
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18	18	Maryland Predictable Scheduling Act 2
19	19
20	20	FOR the purpose of establishing certain requirements on food service establishments, 3
21	21	hospitality establishments, and retail establishments regarding work schedules for 4
22	22	employees, including requirements related to the provision of work schedules to 5
23	23	employees, notifications regarding changes to the schedules, and payment of wages 6
24	24	to employees whose work schedules are changed by the employer; authorizing certain 7
25	25	employees to request an adjustment in a work schedule before beginning a shift and 8
26	26	to decline to work hours that occur during a certain period; and generally relating to 9
27	27	work schedules. 10
28	28
29	29	BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments, 11
30	30	Article – Labor and Employment 12
31	31	Section 2–106(b) and 3–102(a) 13
32	32	Annotated Code of Maryland 14
33	33	(2016 Replacement Volume and 2023 Supplement) 15
34	34
35	35	BY adding to 16
36	36	Article – Labor and Employment 17
37	37	Section 3–103(n); and 3–1801 through 3–1812 to be under the new subtitle “Subtitle 18
38	38	18. Predictable Scheduling” 19
39	39	Annotated Code of Maryland 20
40	40	(2016 Replacement Volume and 2023 Supplement) 21
41	41
42	42	SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF MARYLAND, 22
43	43	That the Laws of Maryland read as follows: 23
44	44
45	45	Article – Labor and Employment 24
46	46
47	47	2–106. 25
48	48	2 HOUSE BILL 1226
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51	51	(b) Except as provided in subsection (c) of this section, and in addition to authority 1
52	52	to adopt regulations that is set forth elsewhere, the Commissioner may adopt regulations 2
53	53	that are necessary to carry out: 3
54	54
55	55	(1) Title 3, Subtitle 3 of this article; 4
56	56
57	57	(2) Title 3, Subtitle 5 of this article; 5
58	58
59	59	(3) Title 3, Subtitle 13 of this article; 6
60	60
61	61	(4) TITLE 3, SUBTITLE 18 OF THIS ARTICLE; 7
62	62
63	63	[(4)] (5) Title 4, Subtitle 2, Parts I through III of this article; 8
64	64
65	65	[(5)] (6) Title 5 of this article; 9
66	66
67	67	[(6)] (7) Title 6 of this article; and 10
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69	69	[(7)] (8) Title 7 of this article. 11
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71	71	3–102. 12
72	72
73	73	(a) In addition to any duties set forth elsewhere, the Commissioner shall: 13
74	74
75	75	(1) enforce Subtitle 2 of this title; 14
76	76
77	77	(2) carry out Subtitle 3 of this title; 15
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79	79	(3) enforce Subtitle 4 of this title; 16
80	80
81	81	(4) enforce Subtitle 9 of this title; 17
82	82
83	83	(5) enforce Subtitle 16 of this title; [and] 18
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85	85	(6) ENFORCE SUBTITLE 18 OF THIS TITLE; AND 19
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87	87	[(6)] (7) enforce a local minimum wage law. 20
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89	89	3–103. 21
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91	91	(N) THE COMMISSIONER MAY COND UCT AN INVESTIGATION TO DETERMINE 22
92	92	WHETHER A PROVISION OF SUBTITLE 18 OF THIS TITLE HAS BE EN VIOLATED, ON 23
93	93	THE COMMISSIONER ’S OWN INITIATIVE OR ON RECEIPT OF A WRIT TEN COMPLAINT 24
94	94	OF AN EMPLOYEE . 25
95	95
96	96	SUBTITLE 18. PREDICTABLE SCHEDULING. 26 HOUSE BILL 1226 3
97	97
98	98
99	99
100	100	3–1801. 1
101	101
102	102	(A) IN THIS SUBTITLE THE FOLLOWING WORDS HAVE THE MEANINGS 2
103	103	INDICATED. 3
104	104
105	105	(B) (1) “EMPLOYEE” MEANS AN INDIVIDUAL WHO IS: 4
106	106
107	107	(I) PAID AN HOURLY WAGE ; 5
108	108
109	109	(II) NOT EXEMPT FROM THE MINI MUM WAGE AND OVERTIM E 6
110	110	REQUIREMENTS OF THE FEDERAL FAIR LABOR STANDARDS ACT; AND 7
111	111
112	112	(III) EMPLOYED BY AN EMPLOYER . 8
113	113
114	114	(2) “EMPLOYEE” DOES NOT INCLUDE AN INDEPENDE NT 9
115	115	CONTRACTOR . 10
116	116
117	117	(C) (1) “EMPLOYER” MEANS A PERSON THAT EMPLOY S INDIVIDUALS IN A 11
118	118	FOOD SERVICE ESTABLISHMENT , HOSPITALITY ESTABLISHMENT , OR RETAIL 12
119	119	ESTABLISHMENT . 13
120	120
121	121	(2) “EMPLOYER” INCLUDES A FRANCHISEE. 14
122	122
123	123	(D) “FOOD SERVICE ESTABLISHMENT ” MEANS AN ENTITY IN THE INDUSTRY 15
124	124	OF FOOD SERVICES AND DRINKING PLACES , AS DEFINED UNDER THE NORTH 16
125	125	AMERICAN INDUSTRY CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM, NAICS 722, OR A SIMILAR 17
126	126	DESIGNATION ADOPTED BY THE COMMISSIONER , THAT: 18
127	127
128	128	(1) EMPLOYS NOT LESS THA N 500 EMPLOYEES IN THE UNITED 19
129	129	STATES OR WORLDWIDE ; OR 20
130	130
131	131	(2) (I) IS PART OF A CHAIN O F AT LEAST 30 RESTAURANTS IN THE 21
132	132	UNITED STATES OR WORLDWIDE ; OR 22
133	133
134	134	(II) IS A FRANCHISEE. 23
135	135
136	136	(E) (1) “FRANCHISEE” MEANS A PERSON TO WH OM A FRANCHISE OF A 24
137	137	FOOD SERVICE ESTABLI SHMENT, HOSPITALITY ESTABLIS HMENT, OR RETAIL 25
138	138	ESTABLISHMENT IS GRA NTED. 26
139	139
140	140	(2) “FRANCHISEE” INCLUDES A DISTRIBUT OR, WHOLESALER , 27
141	141	JOBBER, OR RETAILER THAT IS GRANTED AUTHORITY UN DER A FRANCHISE TO U SE 28 4 HOUSE BILL 1226
142	142
143	143
144	144	A TRADEMARK , TRADE NAME , SERVICE MAR K, OR OTHER IDENTIFYING SYMBOL OR 1
145	145	NAME. 2
146	146
147	147	(F) “HOSPITALITY ESTABLISH MENT” MEANS AN ENTITY THAT IS A HOTEL, 3
148	148	MOTEL, OR CASINO HOTEL AS D EFINED UNDER THE NORTH AMERICAN INDUSTRY 4
149	149	CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM, NAICS 721110 AND 721120, OR A SIMILAR DESIGNA TION 5
150	150	ADOPTED BY THE COMMISSIONER , THAT EMPLOYS NOT LES S THAN 500 EMPLOYEES 6
151	151	IN THE UNITED STATES OR WORLDWIDE . 7
152	152
153	153	(G) “RETAIL ESTABLISHMENT ” MEANS AN ENTITY DEFINED UN DER THE 8
154	154	NORTH AMERICAN INDUSTRY CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM, NAICS 4410 THROUGH 9
155	155	4599, OR A SIMILAR DESIGNATIO N ADOPTED BY THE COMMISSIONER THAT EMPLOYS 10
156	156	NOT LESS THAN 500 EMPLOYEES WORLDWIDE . 11
157	157
158	158	(H) “SCHEDULED WORK HOURS ” MEANS THE HOURS AN EMPLOYE E IS 12
159	159	SCHEDULED TO WORK UN DER A WORK SCHEDULE . 13
160	160
161	161	(I) “SHIFT” MEANS THE CONSECUTIVE HOURS , INCLUDING BREAKS OF 14
162	162	LESS THAN 1 HOUR, AN EMPLOYER REQUIRES AN EMPLOYEE TO WORK OR TO BE 15
163	163	AVAILABLE FOR WORK. 16
164	164
165	165	(J) “WORK SCHEDULE ” MEANS A WRITTEN NOTI CE OF AN EMPLOYEE ’S 17
166	166	SHIFTS DURING A CONS ECUTIVE 7–DAY PERIOD THAT INCL UDES THE SPECIFIC 18
167	167	START AND END TIME F OR EACH SHIFT. 19
168	168
169	169	(K) “WORK SCHEDULE CHANGE ” MEANS A MODIFICATION TO THE 20
170	170	EMPLOYEE’S WORK SCHEDULE MADE BY THE EMPLOYER , INCLUDING: 21
171	171
172	172	(1) THE ADDITION OR REDUCTIO N OF HOURS; 22
173	173
174	174	(2) THE CANCELLATION OF A PA RT OF A SHIFT; OR 23
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176	176	(3) A CHANGE IN THE TIME , DATE, OR LOCATION OF A SHIFT. 24
177	177
178	178	3–1802. 25
179	179
180	180	(A) THIS SUBTITLE MAY NOT BE CONSTRUED TO : 26
181	181
182	182	(1) DISCOURAGE OR PROHIB IT AN EMPLOYER FROM ADOPTING OR 27
183	183	RETAINING A POLICY THAT IS MORE BENEFICIAL TO E MPLOYEES THAN THE 28
184	184	REQUIREMENTS UNDER THIS SUBTITLE; 29
185	185
186	186	(2) DIMINISH THE OBLIGAT ION OF AN EMPLOYER TO COMPLY W ITH A 30 HOUSE BILL 1226 5
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188	188
189	189	CONTRACT, A COLLECTIVE BARGAIN ING AGREEMENT , AN EMPLOYMENT BENEFI T 1
190	190	PLAN, OR ANY OTHER AGREEME NT THAT ESTABLISHES POLICIES THAT ARE MO RE 2
191	191	BENEFICIAL TO AN EMP LOYEE THAN THE REQUI REMENTS OF THIS SUBT ITLE; OR 3
192	192
193	193	(3) PREEMPT, LIMIT, OR OTHERWISE AFFECT THE APPLICABILITY OF 4
194	194	ANY OTHER LAW , POLICY, OR STANDARD ESTABLIS HING SCHEDULING POLI CIES 5
195	195	THAT PROVIDE ADDITIO NAL RIGHTS OR EXTEND OTHER PROTECTIONS TO 6
196	196	EMPLOYEES BEYOND THO SE PROVIDED UNDER TH IS SUBTITLE. 7
197	197
198	198	(B) FOR PURPOSES OF ENFOR CING THIS SUBTITLE, AN EMPLOYER SHALL 8
199	199	BEAR THE BURDEN OF P ROOF THAT AN INDIVID UAL IS AN INDEPENDEN T 9
200	200	CONTRACTOR AND NOT A N EMPLOYEE OF THE EM PLOYER. 10
201	201
202	202	3–1803. 11
203	203
204	204	(A) (1) AN EMPLOYER SHALL PRO VIDE A NEW EMPLOYEE WITH THE 12
205	205	EMPLOYEE’S FIRST WORK SCHEDUL E NOT LATER THA N THE DATE OF THE 13
206	206	EMPLOYEE’S FIRST SHIFT. 14
207	207
208	208	(2) THE WORK SCHEDULE PRO VIDED UNDER PARAGRAP H (1) OF THIS 15
209	209	SUBSECTION SHALL COV ER THE CONSECUTIVE 7–DAY PERIOD BEGINNING WITH THE 16
210	210	DATE OF THE FIRST SH IFT. 17
211	211
212	212	(B) (1) AT LEAST 14 DAYS BEFORE THE START OF ANY 7–DAY WORK 18
213	213	SCHEDULE, AN EMPLOYER SHALL CONSPICUOUSLY DISPLAY THE WORK SCHEDULE 19
214	214	AT EACH EMPLOYEE ’S WORK SITE AND DISTRI BUTE THE WORK SCHEDULE TO EACH 20
215	215	EMPLOYEE. 21
216	216
217	217	(2) A WORK SCHEDULE SHALL LIST ALL CURRENT EMP LOYEES AT A 22
218	218	RESPECTIVE WORK SITE . 23
219	219
220	220	(C) (1) AN EMPLOYER SHALL : 24
221	221
222	222	(I) NOTIFY AN EMPLOYEE IN WRITING ABOUT A WORK 25
223	223	SCHEDULE CHANGE AS SOON AS PRACTICAB LE BEFORE THE CHANGE TAKES 26
224	224	EFFECT; AND 27
225	225
226	226	(II) POST A REVISED WORK SCHEDULE THAT REFLECTS THE 28
227	227	CHANGE WITHIN 24 HOURS AFTER THE CHANGE IS MAD E. 29
228	228
229	229	(2) AN EMPLOYEE MAY DECLINE TO WORK HOURS NOT IN CLUDED IN 30
230	230	AN ORIGINAL WORK SCHEDULE OR IN A SUBSEQUENTLY RE VISED SCHEDULE . 31
231	231	6 HOUSE BILL 1226
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234	234	(3) IF AN EMPLOYEE CONSENTS TO WORK HOURS NOT INCLUDED IN 1
235	235	AN ORIGINAL SCHEDULE OR IN A SUBSEQUENTLY REVISED SCHEDULE , THE 2
236	236	EMPLOYEE SHALL PROVIDE THE CONSENT IN WRITING. 3
237	237
238	238	(D) (1) (I) SUBJECT TO SUBPARAGRA PH (II) OF THIS PARAGRAPH , 4
239	239	BEFORE BEGINNING A S HIFT, AN EMPLOYEE MAY SUBM IT TO AN EMPLOYER AN 5
240	240	ORAL, WRITTEN, OR ELECTRONIC REQUES T TO ADJUST THE EMPL OYEE’S WORK 6
241	241	SCHEDULE. 7
242	242
243	243	(II) A REQUEST MADE UNDER SUBPARAGR APH (I) OF THIS 8
244	244	PARAGRAPH MAY INCLUD E A REQUEST FOR THE EMPLOYER TO : 9
245	245
246	246	1. SCHEDULE OR REFRAIN FROM SCHEDULING THE 10
247	247	EMPLOYEE FOR WORK SH IFTS DURING SPECIFIC DAYS OR TIMES OR AT SPECIFIC 11
248	248	LOCATIONS; 12
249	249
250	250	2. SCHEDULE THE EMPLOYEE FOR MOR E OR FEWER 13
251	251	HOURS; OR 14
252	252
253	253	3. SCHEDULE THE EMPLOYE E CONSISTENTLY FOR A 15
254	254	SPECIFIC OR MINIMUM NUMBER OF WEEKLY WOR K HOURS. 16
255	255
256	256	(2) ON RECEIPT OF A REQUEST TO ADJUST AN EMPLOYEE’S WORK 17
257	257	SCHEDULE, AN EMPLOYER : 18
258	258
259	259	(I) SHALL ENGAGE WITH THE EMPLOYEE IN AN INTERACTI VE 19
260	260	PROCESS TO DISCUSS T HE EMPLOYEE ’S REQUEST; AND 20
261	261
262	262	(II) MAY GRANT OR DENY THE EM PLOYEE’S REQUEST FOR ANY 21
263	263	LAWFUL AND BONA FIDE BUSINESS R EASON. 22
264	264
265	265	3–1804. 23
266	266
267	267	(A) EXCEPT AS PROVIDED IN SUBSECTIONS (B) AND (C) OF THIS SECTION , 24
268	268	AN EMPLOYER SHALL PA Y AN EMPLOYEE 1 HOUR AT THE EMPLOYEE ’S REGULAR 25
269	269	RATE OF PAY FOR EACH TIME THAT THE EMPLOY ER, AFTER THE WORK SCHED ULE 26
270	270	WAS PROVIDED UNDER § 3–1803(B)(1) OF THIS SUBTITLE: 27
271	271
272	272	(1) ADDS 1 OR MORE HOURS OF WOR K TO THE EMPLOYEE ’S WORK 28
273	273	SCHEDULE; OR 29
274	274
275	275	(2) WITHOUT A REDU CTION OF HOURS OF WO RK, CHANGES THE DATE , 30
276	276	TIME, OR LOCATION OF A SHI FT. 31 HOUSE BILL 1226 7
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278	278
279	279
280	280	(B) EXCEPT AS PROVIDED IN SUBSECTION (C) OF THIS SECTION , AN 1
281	281	EMPLOYER SHALL PAY T HE EMPLOYEE 50% OF THE EMPLOYEE ’S REGULAR RATE OF 2
282	282	PAY FOR ALL SCHEDULE D WORK HOURS THE EMP LOYEE DOES NOT WORK DUE TO 3
283	283	THE EMPLOYER CANCELI NG OR REDUCING THE E MPLOYEE’S WORK HOURS : 4
284	284
285	285	(1) AFTER THE WORK SCHED ULE WAS PROVIDED UND ER § 5
286	286	3–1803(B)(1) OF THIS SUBTITLE; OR 6
287	287
288	288	(2) AFTER THE EMPLOYEE R EPORTS TO WORK FOR T HE EMPLOYEE’S 7
289	289	SHIFT. 8
290	290
291	291	(C) AN EMPLOYER IS NOT RE QUIRED TO PAY THE WA GES REQUIRED UNDER 9
292	292	SUBSECTION (A) OR (B) OF THIS SECTION IF T HE CHANGE TO AN EMPL OYEE’S SHIFT 10
293	293	OR SCHEDULED WORK HOURS : 11
294	294
295	295	(1) WAS MADE AT THE WRITTEN REQUEST OF THE EMPLO YEE, 12
296	296	INCLUDING A REQUEST TO: 13
297	297
298	298	(I) WORK SPECIFIC HOURS OTHER TH AN THOSE SCHEDULED B Y 14
299	299	THE EMPLOYER ; OR 15
300	300
301	301	(II) USE SICK LEAVE , VACATION LEAVE , PERSONAL DAYS , OR 16
302	302	OTHER LEAVE OFFERED BY THE EMPLOYER ; 17
303	303
304	304	(2) IS THE RESULT OF A V OLUNTARY, MUTUALLY AGREED –ON SHIFT 18
305	305	TRADE AMONG EMPLOYEE S; OR 19
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307	307	(3) IS DUE TO THE EMPLOYER BEING UNABL E TO BEGIN OR CONTIN UE 20
308	308	OPERATIONS DUE TO : 21
309	309
310	310	(I) THE UTILITIES AT THE WORK LOCATION NOT WO RKING; 22
311	311
312	312	(II) THE SHUTDOWN OF PUBL IC TRANSPORTATION ; 23
313	313
314	314	(III) A NATURAL DISASTER , INCLUDING A FIRE OR FLOOD; OR 24
315	315
316	316	(IV) AN EMERGENCY DECLARATIO N ISSUED BY THE PRESIDENT 25
317	317	OF THE UNITED STATES OR THE GOVERNOR. 26
318	318
319	319	3–1805. 27
320	320
321	321	(A) AN EMPLOYEE HAS THE R IGHT TO DECLINE TO W ORK A SHIFT THAT: 28 8 HOUSE BILL 1226
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323	323
324	324
325	325	(1) BEGINS LESS THAN 11 HOURS AFTER THE END OF A SHIFT 1
326	326	PREVIOUSLY WORKED BY THE EMPLOYEE ; OR 2
327	327
328	328	(2) IS DURING THE 11–HOUR PERIOD IMMEDIAT ELY FOLLOWING THE 3
329	329	END OF A SHIFT THAT SPANS MORE THAN 1 DAY. 4
330	330
331	331	(B) IF AN EMPLOYEE AGREES IN WRITING TO WORK H OURS THAT OCCUR 5
332	332	DURING A PERIOD DESCRIBED U NDER SUBSECTION (A) OF THIS SECTION , THE 6
333	333	EMPLOYER SHALL PAY THE EMPLOYEE 1.5 TIMES THE EMPLOYEE ’S REGULAR RATE 7
334	334	OF PAY FOR THE HOURS WORKED. 8
335	335
336	336	3–1806. 9
337	337
338	338	(A) AN EMPLOYER SHALL GIV E EMPLOYEES NOTICE O F THEIR RIGHTS 10
339	339	UNDER THIS SUBTITLE BY: 11
340	340
341	341	(1) (I) CONSPICUOUSLY POSTING NOTICES IN ENGLISH AND 12
342	342	SPANISH AT A LOCATION AT THE WORK SITE THAT I S READILY ACCESSIBLE TO ALL 13
343	343	EMPLOYEES; OR 14
344	344
345	345	(II) IF THE POSTING OF A NOTICE UNDER ITEM (I) OF THIS ITEM 15
346	346	IS NOT PRACTICABLE , PROVIDING THE NOTICE ON AN IND IVIDUAL BASIS IN A 16
347	347	PHYSICAL FORM OR IN A REASONABLY ACCESSI BLE ELECTRONIC FORMA T; AND 17
348	348
349	349	(2) PROVIDING WRITTEN NO TICE TO A NEW EMPLOY EE OF THE 18
350	350	EMPLOYEE’S RIGHTS AND THE PRO TECTIONS OF THIS SUB TITLE NOT LATER THAN 19
351	351	THE DATE OF THE FIRST SHIFT WORK ED BY THE EMPLOYEE. 20
352	352
353	353	(B) THE NOTICES REQUIRED UNDER SUBSECTION (A) OF THIS SECTION 21
354	354	SHALL INCLUDE: 22
355	355
356	356	(1) THE RIGHT TO RECEIVE PAY UNDER §§ 3–1804 AND 3–1805 OF 23
357	357	THIS SUBTITLE; 24
358	358
359	359	(2) A STATEMENT THAT RET ALIATION AGAINST EMP LOYEES WHO 25
360	360	EXERCISE THEIR RIGHT S UNDER THIS SUBTITL E IS PROHIBITED; AND 26
361	361
362	362	(3) A STATEMENT THAT EAC H EMPLOYEE HAS THE R IGHT TO FILE A 27
363	363	COMPLAINT OR BRING A CIVIL ACTION TO ENFO RCE THE EMPLOYEE ’S RIGHTS 28
364	364	UNDER THIS SUBTITLE . 29
365	365
366	366	(C) THE COMMISSIONER SHALL DE VELOP AND MAKE AVAIL ABLE ONLINE 30 HOUSE BILL 1226 9
367	367
368	368
369	369	MODEL WRITTEN NOTICE S THAT EMPLOYERS MAY U SE TO COMPLY WITH THIS 1
370	370	SECTION. 2
371	371
372	372	3–1807. 3
373	373
374	374	(A) EACH EMPLOYER SHALL : 4
375	375
376	376	(1) RECORD THE WAGES PAI D TO AN EMPLOYEE UND ER §§ 3–1804 5
377	377	AND 3–1805 OF THIS SUBTITLE IN THE STATEMENT OF EAR NINGS REQUIRED BY § 6
378	378	3–504(A)(2) OF THIS TITLE; AND 7
379	379
380	380	(2) SPECIFY IN THE STATE MENT OF EARNINGS THE TOTAL AMOUNT 8
381	381	OF PAY PAID UNDE R §§ 3–1804 AND 3–1805 OF THIS SUBTITLE. 9
382	382
383	383	(B) IF NECESSARY TO CARRY OUT THIS SUBTITLE , THE COMMISSIONER MAY 10
384	384	REQUIRE AN EMPLOYER TO: 11
385	385
386	386	(1) INCLUDE ADDITIONAL I NFORMATION IN THE ST ATEMENT OF 12
387	387	EARNINGS; AND 13
388	388
389	389	(2) USE ADDITIONAL MEANS TO NOTIFY THE EMPLOYER’S 14
390	390	EMPLOYEES OF THE INF ORMATION REQUIRED TO BE INCLUDED IN THE S TATEMENT 15
391	391	OF EARNINGS UNDER SU BSECTION (A) OF THIS SECTION. 16
392	392
393	393	3–1808. 17
394	394
395	395	(A) IN ADDITION TO THE REQU IREMENTS UNDER § 3–424 OF THIS TITLE, 18
396	396	EACH EMPLOYER SHALL KEEP, FOR AT LEAST 3 YEARS, AN ACCURATE RECORD OF : 19
397	397
398	398	(1) THE WORK SCHEDULE OF EACH EMPLOYEE ; 20
399	399
400	400	(2) THE SHIFTS WORKED EA CH DAY AND WEEK BY E ACH EMPLOYEE ; 21
401	401
402	402	(3) THE PAY PAID TO EACH EMPLOYEE UNDER §§ 3–1804 AND 3–1805 22
403	403	OF THIS SUBTITLE; AND 23
404	404
405	405	(4) ANY SUBSEQUENT REVIS IONS TO THE WORK SCHEDULE OF EACH 24
406	406	EMPLOYEE. 25
407	407
408	408	(B) THE EMPLOYER SHALL : 26
409	409
410	410	(1) COMPLY WITH ANY REGU LATIONS THAT THE MARYLAND 27
411	411	DEPARTMENT OF LABOR ADOPTS REGARDIN G EMPLOYEE RECORD KE EPING; 28 10 HOUSE BILL 1226
412	412
413	413
414	414
415	415	(2) MAKE THE RECORDS KEP T UNDER SUBSECTION (A) OF THIS 1
416	416	SECTION AVAILABLE FO R INSPECTION BY THE COMMISSIONER TO THE S AME 2
417	417	EXTENT AND FOR THE S AME PURPOSES AS RECO RDS ARE MADE AVAILAB LE TO THE 3
418	418	COMMISSIONER UNDER § 3–425 OF THIS TITLE; AND 4
419	419
420	420	(3) ALLOW AN EMPLOYEE TO INSPECT AT ANY REASO NABLE TIME AND 5
421	421	PLACE ANY RECORD KEP T UNDER SUBSECTION (A) OF THIS SECTION PERT AINING TO 6
422	422	THE EMPLOYEE . 7
423	423
424	424	3–1809. 8
425	425
426	426	(A) AN EMPLOYER MAY NOT E NGAGE IN ANY FORM OF INTIMIDATION, 9
427	427	THREAT, REPRISAL, HARASSMENT , DISCRIMINATION , OR ADVERSE EMPLOYMEN T 10
428	428	ACTION BECAUSE AN EMPLOYEE EXERCISES RIGHTS PROTECTED UND ER THIS 11
429	429	SUBTITLE. 12
430	430
431	431	(B) THE PROTECTIONS AFFOR DED UNDER THIS SECTI ON SHALL APPLY TO 13
432	432	AN EMPLOYEE WHO MIST AKENLY, BUT IN GOOD FAITH , ALLEGES A VIOLATION OF 14
433	433	THIS SUBTITLE. 15
434	434
435	435	3–1810. 16
436	436
437	437	(A) (1) A PERSON MAY FILE A CO MPLAINT ALLEGING A V IOLATION OF 17
438	438	THIS SUBTITLE WITH T HE COMMISSIONER . 18
439	439
440	440	(2) THE COMMISSIONER SHALL KE EP CONFIDENTIAL THE IDENTITY 19
441	441	OF A PERSON THAT FIL ES A COMPLAINT UNLES S DISCLOSURE IS NECE SSARY FOR 20
442	442	THE RESOLUTION OF AN Y INVESTIGATION OR I S OTHERWISE REQUIRED BY LAW. 21
443	443
444	444	(3) IF THE COMMISSIONER NEEDS TO DISCLOSE THE IDENTIT Y OF A 22
445	445	PERSON THAT FILES A COMPLAINT, THE COMMISSIONER SHALL , TO THE EXTENT 23
446	446	PRACTICABLE , NOTIFY THE PERSON BE FORE THE DISCLOSURE IS MADE. 24
447	447
448	448	(B) (1) ON RECEIPT OF A COMPL AINT FILED UNDER SUB SECTION (A)(1) 25
449	449	OF THIS SECTION, THE COMMISSIONE R SHALL SEND A LETTE R TO THE EMPLOYER . 26
450	450
451	451	(2) THE LETTER SHALL : 27
452	452
453	453	(I) STATE THAT THERE IS A COMPLAINT ALLEGING A 28
454	454	VIOLATION OF THIS SU BTITLE FILED AGAINST THE EMPLOYER ; 29
455	455
456	456	(II) STATE THE REQUIREMEN TS OF SUBSECTION (C) OF THIS 30 HOUSE BILL 1226 11
457	457
458	458
459	459	SECTION; 1
460	460
461	461	(III) STATE THAT FAILURE TO COMPLY MAY RESULT IN A CIVI L 2
462	462	ACTION SEEKING DAMAG ES, COUNSEL FEES , AND OTHER LEGAL REME DIES; AND 3
463	463
464	464	(IV) INFORM THE EMPLOYER THAT RETALIATION AGA INST AN 4
465	465	EMPLOYEE FOR EXERCIS ING RIGHTS UNDER THI S SECTION IS A BASIS FOR A 5
466	466	PRIVATE RIGHT OF ACT ION SEEKING ADDITIONAL MONETARY DAMAGES TO BE 6
467	467	DETERMINED BY A COUR T. 7
468	468
469	469	(C) IF AN EMPLOYER RECEIV ES A LETTER SENT UND ER SUBSECTION (B) OF 8
470	470	THIS SECTION, WITHIN 10 DAYS AFTER THE DATE OF THE LETTER , THE EMPLOYER 9
471	471	SHALL SUBMIT TO THE COMMISSIONER : 10
472	472
473	473	(1) PROOF OF COMPLIANCE WITH THIS SUBTITLE ; OR 11
474	474
475	475	(2) AN ACTION PLAN THE E MPLOYER WILL IMPLEME NT TO CORRECT 12
476	476	ANY VIOLATION OF THI S SUBTITLE. 13
477	477
478	478	(D) IF THE COMMISSIONER DETERMIN ES THAT THIS SUBTITL E HAS BEEN 14
479	479	VIOLATED, THE COMMISSIONER MAY ISSU E AN ORDER: 15
480	480
481	481	(1) REQUIRING THE EMPLOY ER TO: 16
482	482
483	483	(I) COMPLY WITH THIS SUB TITLE; AND 17
484	484
485	485	(II) PAY ANY PAY UNDER §§ 3–1804 AND 3–1805 OF THIS 18
486	486	SUBTITLE OR OTHER WA GES OWED TO EMPLOYEE S UNDER THIS SUBTITL E; 19
487	487
488	488	(2) IMPOSING A CIVIL PEN ALTY NOT TO EXCEED : 20
489	489
490	490	(I) $200 FOR EACH VIOLATION OF § 3–1803(A) THROUGH (C) OF 21
491	491	THIS SUBTITLE; 22
492	492
493	493	(II) $300 FOR EACH VIOLATION O F §§ 3–1804 AND 3–1805 OF 23
494	494	THIS SUBTITLE; AND 24
495	495
496	496	(III) $500 FOR EACH VIOLATION O F §§ 3–1806 THROUGH 3–1809 25
497	497	OF THIS SUBTITLE; AND 26
498	498
499	499	(3) GRANTING ANY OTHER A PPROPRIATE RELIEF, INCLUDING: 27
500	500
501	501	(I) REINSTATEMENT OF EMP LOYMENT; 28 12 HOUSE BILL 1226
502	502
503	503
504	504
505	505	(II) INJUNCTIVE RELIEF ; 1
506	506
507	507	(III) ACTUAL DAMAGES ; AND 2
508	508
509	509	(IV) AN ADDITIONAL AMOUNT EQUAL TO TWICE ANY P AY UNDER 3
510	510	§§ 3–1804 AND 3–1805 OF THIS SUBTITLE OR OTHER WAGES OWED TO EMPLOYEES 4
511	511	UNDER THIS SUBTITLE. 5
512	512
513	513	(E) FOR ANY RELIEF ORDERED UNDER SUBSECTION (D)(2)(I) AND (II) OF 6
514	514	THIS SECTION, THE RELIEF SHALL BE IMPOSED FOR EACH EMP LOYEE AFFECTED BY 7
515	515	THE VIOLATION DURING EACH PAY PERIOD THE VIOLATION CONTINUED . 8
516	516
517	517	(F) (1) WITHIN 30 DAYS AFTER RECEIVING AN ORDER ISSUED UNDE R 9
518	518	SUBSECTION (D) OF THIS SECTION , AN EMPLOYER MAY REQU EST A DE NOVO 10
519	519	ADMINISTRATIVE HEARI NG. 11
520	520
521	521	(2) AN ADMINISTRATIVE HEA RING REQUESTED UNDER PARAGRAPH 12
522	522	(1) OF THIS SUBSECTION S HALL BE CONDUCTED IN ACCORDANC E WITH TITLE 10, 13
523	523	SUBTITLE 2 OF THE STATE GOVERNMENT ARTICLE. 14
524	524
525	525	(3) IF AN EMPLOYER DOES N OT REQUEST A HEARING UNDER 15
526	526	PARAGRAPH (1) OF THIS SUBSECTION , THE ORDER ISSUED BY THE COMMISSIONER 16
527	527	BECOMES FINAL . 17
528	528
529	529	(4) (I) A FINAL ORDER OF THE COMMISSIONER MAY BE APPEALED 18
530	530	IN ACCORDANCE WITH § 10–222 OF THE STATE GOVERNMENT ARTICLE. 19
531	531
532	532	(II) IF AN EMPLOYER DOES N OT REQUEST JUDICIAL REVIEW OF 20
533	533	A FINAL ORDER WITHIN 30 DAYS AFTER THE ORDER BECOMES FINAL , THE 21
534	534	COMMISSIONER MAY FILE AN ACTION TO ENFORCE THE ORDER IN THE CI RCUIT 22
535	535	COURT FOR THE COUNTY IN WHICH THE EMPLOYE R RESIDES OR HAS A P LACE OF 23
536	536	BUSINESS. 24
537	537
538	538	(G) ON OR BEFORE FEBRUARY 1 EACH YEAR, THE COMMISSIONER SHALL 25
539	539	POST ON THE WEBSITE OF THE MARYLAND DEPARTMENT OF LABOR: 26
540	540
541	541	(1) THE NUMBER AND NATUR E OF COMPLAINTS FILE D UNDER THIS 27
542	542	SECTION; 28
543	543
544	544	(2) THE RESULTS OF ANY I NVESTIGATIONS RELATE D TO A 29
545	545	COMPLAINT; 30
546	546	HOUSE BILL 1226 13
547	547
548	548
549	549	(3) THE NUMBER OF ORDERS ISSUED AND PENALTIES IMPOSED 1
550	550	UNDER THIS SECTION ; AND 2
551	551
552	552	(4) THE AVERAGE TIME TAK EN FOR A COMPLAINT T O BE RESOLVED . 3
553	553
554	554	3–1811. 4
555	555
556	556	(A) (1) ANY CURRENT OR FORMER EMPLOYEE ALLEGING A VIOLATION OF 5
557	557	THIS SUBTITLE MAY BR ING AN ACTION IN A C OURT OF COMPETENT JU RISDICTION. 6
558	558
559	559	(2) AN ACTION MAY BE BROU GHT WHETHER OR NOT A COMPLAINT 7
560	560	WAS FIRST FILED WITH THE COMMISSIONER . 8
561	561
562	562	(3) AN ACTION BROUGHT UND ER THIS SUBSE CTION SHALL BE FILED 9
563	563	WITHIN 3 YEARS AFTER THE CURRENT OR FORMER EM PLOYEE KNEW OR SHOULD 10
564	564	HAVE KNOWN OF THE AL LEGED VIOLATION . 11
565	565
566	566	(B) (1) SUBJECT TO PARAGRAPH (2) OF THIS SUBSECTION , IN AN ACTION 12
567	567	UNDER SUBSECTION (A) OF THIS SECTION , IF A COURT FINDS THA T AN EMPLOYER 13
568	568	HAS VIOLATED THIS SU BTITLE, THE COURT MAY : 14
569	569
570	570	(I) ISSUE AN ORDER REQUI RING THE EMPLOYER TO COMPLY 15
571	571	WITH THIS SUBTITLE ; AND 16
572	572
573	573	(II) AWARD: 17
574	574
575	575	1. REINSTATEMENT OF EMP LOYMENT; 18
576	576
577	577	2. INJUNCTIVE RELIEF ; 19
578	578
579	579	3. ACTUAL DAMAGES ; 20
580	580
581	581	4. ANY PAY UNDER §§ 3–1804 AND 3–1805 OF THIS 21
582	582	SUBTITLE OR OTHER WA GES OWED TO EMPLOYEE S UNDER THIS SUBTITL E PLUS 22
583	583	INTEREST; 23
584	584
585	585	5. AN ADDITIONAL AMOUNT EQUAL TO TWICE ANY P AY 24
586	586	UNDER §§ 3–1804 AND 3–1805 OF THIS SUBTITLE OR OTHER WAGES OWED TO 25
587	587	EMPLOYEES UNDER THIS SUBTITLE; AND 26
588	588
589	589	6. REASONABLE ATTORNEY ’S FEES AND OTHER COS TS. 27
590	590
591	591	(2) THE RELIEF AUTHORIZED UNDER PARAGRAPH (1) OF THIS 28 14 HOUSE BILL 1226
592	592
593	593
594	594	SUBSECTION SHALL BE IMPOSED ON A PER –EMPLOYEE AND PER –INSTANCE BASIS 1
595	595	FOR EACH VIOLATION . 2
596	596
597	597	3–1812. 3
598	598
599	599	THIS SUBTITLE MAY BE CITED AS THE MARYLAND PREDICTABLE 4
600	600	SCHEDULING ACT. 5
601	601
602	602	SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect 6
603	603	October 1, 2024. 7