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| 3 | 3 | EXPLANATION: CAPITALS INDICATE MAT TER ADDED TO EXISTIN G LAW. | |
| 4 | 4 | [Brackets] indicate matter deleted from existing law. | |
| 5 | - | Underlining indicates amendments to bill. | |
| 6 | - | Strike out indicates matter stricken from the bill by amendment or deleted from the law by | |
| 7 | - | amendment. | |
| 8 | 5 | *sb0785* | |
| 9 | 6 | ||
| 10 | 7 | SENATE BILL 785 | |
| 11 | 8 | K3 5lr2339 | |
| 12 | - | CF | |
| 9 | + | CF 5lr3035 | |
| 13 | 10 | By: Senator Ready | |
| 14 | 11 | Introduced and read first time: January 27, 2025 | |
| 15 | 12 | Assigned to: Finance | |
| 16 | - | Committee Report: Favorable | |
| 17 | - | Senate action: Adopted | |
| 18 | - | Read second time: February 16, 2025 | |
| 19 | 13 | ||
| 20 | - | ||
| 14 | + | A BILL ENTITLED | |
| 21 | 15 | ||
| 22 | 16 | AN ACT concerning 1 | |
| 23 | 17 | ||
| 24 | 18 | Labor and Employment – Unpaid Parental Leave – Definition of Employer 2 | |
| 25 | 19 | ||
| 26 | 20 | FOR the purpose of altering the definition of “employer” to exclude employers who are 3 | |
| 27 | 21 | covered by the federal Family and Medical Leave Act for the current year from being 4 | |
| 28 | 22 | required to provide to employees a certain unpaid parental leave benefit in the State; 5 | |
| 29 | 23 | and generally relating to unpaid parental leave. 6 | |
| 30 | 24 | ||
| 31 | 25 | BY repealing and reenacting, without amendments, 7 | |
| 32 | 26 | Article – Labor and Employment 8 | |
| 33 | 27 | Section 3–1201(a) and (b) 9 | |
| 34 | 28 | Annotated Code of Maryland 10 | |
| 35 | 29 | (2016 Replacement Volume and 2024 Supplement) 11 | |
| 36 | 30 | ||
| 37 | 31 | BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments, 12 | |
| 38 | 32 | Article – Labor and Employment 13 | |
| 39 | 33 | Section 3–1201(c) 14 | |
| 40 | 34 | Annotated Code of Maryland 15 | |
| 41 | 35 | (2016 Replacement Volume and 2024 Supplement) 16 | |
| 42 | 36 | ||
| 43 | 37 | SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF MARYLAND, 17 | |
| 44 | 38 | That the Laws of Maryland read as follows: 18 | |
| 45 | 39 | ||
| 46 | 40 | Article – Labor and Employment 19 | |
| 47 | 41 | ||
| 48 | - | 3–1201. 20 2 SENATE BILL 785 | |
| 42 | + | 3–1201. 20 | |
| 43 | + | ||
| 44 | + | (a) In this subtitle the following words have the meanings indicated. 21 | |
| 45 | + | ||
| 46 | + | (b) (1) “Eligible employee” means an individual who has requested that an 22 | |
| 47 | + | employer provide parental leave and who, as of the date that the requested parental leave 23 | |
| 48 | + | begins, will have been employed by that employer for at least: 24 2 SENATE BILL 785 | |
| 49 | 49 | ||
| 50 | 50 | ||
| 51 | 51 | ||
| 52 | - | ( | |
| 52 | + | (i) a 12–month period; and 1 | |
| 53 | 53 | ||
| 54 | - | (b) (1) “Eligible employee” means an individual who has requested that an 2 | |
| 55 | - | employer provide parental leave and who, as of the date that the requested parental leave 3 | |
| 56 | - | begins, will have been employed by that employer for at least: 4 | |
| 54 | + | (ii) 1,250 hours during the previous 12 months. 2 | |
| 57 | 55 | ||
| 58 | - | ( | |
| 56 | + | (2) “Eligible employee” does not include an individual: 3 | |
| 59 | 57 | ||
| 60 | - | (ii) 1,250 hours during the previous 12 months. 6 | |
| 58 | + | (i) who is employed at a work site at which the employer employs 4 | |
| 59 | + | fewer than 15 employees if the total number of employees employed by that employer 5 | |
| 60 | + | within 75 miles of the work site is also fewer than 15; or 6 | |
| 61 | 61 | ||
| 62 | - | ( | |
| 62 | + | (ii) who is an independent contractor. 7 | |
| 63 | 63 | ||
| 64 | - | (i) who is employed at a work site at which the employer employs 8 | |
| 65 | - | fewer than 15 employees if the total number of employees employed by that employer 9 | |
| 66 | - | within 75 miles of the work site is also fewer than 15; or 10 | |
| 64 | + | (c) (1) “Employer” means a person who: 8 | |
| 67 | 65 | ||
| 68 | - | (ii) who is an independent contractor. 11 | |
| 66 | + | (I) employs at least 15 but not more than 49 individuals in the State 9 | |
| 67 | + | for each working day during each of 20 or more calendar workweeks in the current or 10 | |
| 68 | + | preceding calendar year; AND 11 | |
| 69 | 69 | ||
| 70 | - | (c) (1) “Employer” means a person who: 12 | |
| 70 | + | (II) IS NOT COVERED UNDER THE FEDERAL FAMILY AND 12 | |
| 71 | + | MEDICAL LEAVE ACT FOR THE CURRENT C ALENDAR YEAR . 13 | |
| 71 | 72 | ||
| 72 | - | (I) employs at least 15 but not more than 49 individuals in the State 13 | |
| 73 | - | for each working day during each of 20 or more calendar workweeks in the current or 14 | |
| 74 | - | preceding calendar year; AND 15 | |
| 73 | + | (2) “Employer” includes: 14 | |
| 75 | 74 | ||
| 76 | - | ( | |
| 77 | - | ||
| 75 | + | (i) a person who acts, directly or indirectly, in the interest of an 15 | |
| 76 | + | employer with respect to an employee of the employer; and 16 | |
| 78 | 77 | ||
| 79 | - | ( | |
| 78 | + | (ii) a successor in interest of an employer. 17 | |
| 80 | 79 | ||
| 81 | - | (i) a person who acts, directly or indirectly, in the interest of an 19 | |
| 82 | - | employer with respect to an employee of the employer; and 20 | |
| 83 | - | ||
| 84 | - | (ii) a successor in interest of an employer. 21 | |
| 85 | - | ||
| 86 | - | SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect 22 | |
| 87 | - | October 1, 2025. 23 | |
| 80 | + | SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect 18 | |
| 81 | + | October 1, 2025. 19 |