Maryland joins ranks of states mandating some form of paid sick leave
Law 360 ran a recent article noting that Maryland has joined the ranks of at least 10 states (California, Colorado, Connecticut, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, Oregon, Rhode Island, Washington, Washington, D.C.) that have already mandated some form of paid sick leave. Employers are reminded to check each jurisdiction’s laws as they vary widely, some mandate that employers provide paid sick leave, some call for the creation of state-administered and/or privately insured paid leave programs, and even within those broad categories the amount of what kinds of paid leave required vary widely including for employees of varying seniority. Additionally numerous cities and local governments have implemented their own array of programs.
Also warranting specific and frequent reviews of potentially applicable paid sick leave mandates, these laws are not infrequently the subject of litigation as they roll out. For example, Colorado employers may wish to follow a recent Colorado Supreme Court case, no. 22SC78 (formerly Colorado Court of Appeals case no. 22CA91), titled Chronos Builders, LLC v. Colorado Department of Labor and Employment, Division of Family and Medical Leave Insurance, in which the Supreme Court accepted certiorari, agreeing to hear “whether the Paid Family and Medical Leave Insurance Act’s premium violates Section (8)(a) of TABOR” (TABOR being a 1992 state constitutional amendment limiting the state’s financing capabilities).
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