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As our regular readers know, we have several times discussed in our blog that many Maryland workers are entitled to take leave for work to care for a family member with a serious medical condition or because the employee has a serious health condition making them...
You have just been fired. You are angry. Your former boss was dismissive, curt and impolite during the meeting about termination of your employment. It can make a person wonder if this is a situation in which you might need a Maryland employment law attorney. Before...
At first blush, the recent decision by the Maryland Court of Appeals might not appear to be especially significant. After all, the court held that overtime pay is included in the statutory definition of "wages." However, that means overtime wages are covered by both...
A recent Maryland Court of Appeals case asked the court "to re-examine the contours of the firmly established doctrine of at-will employment." The court was asked to look at a written contract that contained "a for-cause provision but no definite term of employment."...
The state of Maryland “provides every Marylander equal protection in employment,” it says on its website. It sounds good, but what does it really mean? Which forms of discrimination are you protected from? It means that your employer cannot discriminate against you...
The Civil Rights Act of 1964 was landmark legislation forbidding discrimination on the basis of race, religion, color, gender or national origin. Fifty years later, it is still helping protect workers, as a recent Maryland case involving a pair of restaurants...
It’s always important to know the protections afforded by Maryland law to employees, as well as the limits of those protections. For instance, because Maryland is an at-will employment state, employees work “at the will” of employers. That means that unless you have a...
Competition among Maryland gambling houses has become increasingly heated in recent months. Baltimore's Horseshoe casino is a recent entry in the business, ratcheting up pressure on the Maryland Live casino just a few miles away. While the two establishments go head...
The Court of Appeals recently took an opportunity to take a look at Maryland’s Wage Payment and Collection Law. That law has a particularly interesting aspect: it can triple damages in some cases and result in a plaintiff also receiving attorneys’ fees. The law can be...
Having a sick child shouldn’t cost a person their job or health coverage. Neither should a spouse’s illness lead to either of those outcomes. The same is true for having a baby or taking time to care for a newborn. Before the Family and Medical Leave Act was made law,...