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Employers often make the mistake of drafting overly broad non-compete agreements. Courts in Maryland have found broad non-compete agreements unenforceable unless they are specifically tailored to protect the company's legitimate business interests. As a good rule of...
There is a growing movement among legislators to ban employers from asking applicants their current or most recent salary. In Maryland, an employer can ask current salary information, but New York City, Massachusetts, and Philadelphia have recently acted to ban the...
A paid sick leave law that passed the Maryland Legislature is now headed for an override battle after Governor Hogan recently vetoed the bill. The bill would require Maryland employers with more than 15 employees to have a paid sick and safe leave policy. The...
As the calendar turns over to summer months, it is increasingly common to see interns in workplaces across Maryland and throughout the United States. Unpaid or paid internships provide meaningful benefits to individuals and businesses alike. Interns receive valuable...
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission recently sued the company XPO Last Mile, Inc., in federal court in Maryland, for discriminating against a new hire because he could not start work on a Jewish Holiday. The company pulled its offer letter for Tzvi...
In the landmark case of Kimberly Hively v. Ivy Tech Community College, an Appellate Court (covering Illinois, Indiana, and Wisconsin) concluded for the first time that the federal Civil Rights Act protects against discrimination in the workplace based on one's sexual...
Many businesses require job applicants and employees to submit to drug tests either on a random basis or as a condition of employment. Generally speaking, federal law does not govern drug tests except for federal employees. For employees working in the private sector...
Anyone who has applied for a job has probably had to tell the potential employer how much they earned in their previous jobs, either in the interview process or in an application. Given the current trends, however, it is quite possible employer requests for salary...
Terminating an employee is never easy, even when it is an employer's only reasonable option. Making matters more complicated is the fact that a fired employee has many avenues on social media to make negative comments about his or her former employer. Employers are...
Usually it is obvious who is an "employer" under wage and hour laws, and the employees know who cuts their checks. What about the situation when a worker is employed by a small affiliate to a larger organization? Who is the "employer" for purposes of wage and hour...