SB 404

Labor and Employment - Maryland Healthy Working Families Act - Verification

Sponsor: Mary Beth Carozza (District 38)Committee: FinanceSubject: Private Sector Labor and IndustryStatus: Hearing 2/20 at 1:00 p.m. (as of Nov 6, 2020)

What this bill does

Official synopsis

Altering the circumstances under which an employer is authorized to require an employee who uses certain sick and safe leave to provide verification that the leave was used appropriately; and authorizing certain employers to deny a certain request to take certain sick and safe leave under certain circumstances.

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Testimony (21)

MGA witness list

FAV 11FavorableUNF 10Unfavorable

Position	Witness	Organization	Testimony
FAV	Carozza, Senator Mary Beth	Bill Sponsor	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Jones, Susan	HMRA	Position only
FAV	McCulloch, Champe	Maryland AGC	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Robinson, Tiffany	Maryland Department of Labor	Written (PDF)
FAV	O'HALLORAN, MIKE	NFIB	Oral
FAV	Thompson, Melvinlobbyist	Restaurant Association of MD	Oral
FAV	Chambers, Bill	Salisbury Area COC	Oral
FAV	Lane, Holly	garrett county chamber of commerce	Written (PDF)
FAV	Jones, Susan	hmra	Written (PDF)
FAV	Pursel, Melanie	ocean city chamber of commerce	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Senator Carozza, Senator Carozzalegislator	Individual	Position only
UNF	Bevan-Dangel, Jenniferlobbyist	Advocates for Children and Youth	Written (PDF)
UNF	Orr, Benjamin	Maryland Center on Economic Policy	Written (PDF)
UNF	Edwards, Donna	Maryland State and DC AFL-CIO	Written (PDF)
UNF	Dworak-Fisher, Sally	PJC	Written (PDF)
UNF	Siri, Michellelobbyist	Women's Law Center	Written (PDF)
UNF	Frazier, Derrell	job opportunities task force	Oral + Written (PDF)
UNF	Vaughn, Regan	marylanders against poverty	Oral + Written (PDF)
UNF	Baptiste, Alex	national partnership	Oral + Written (PDF)
UNF	Fisher, Sally	pjc	Oral + Written (PDF)
UNF	SIRI, MICHELLElobbyist	Individual	Position only

Organizations on record

Advocates for Children and YouthUNF 1

Bill SponsorFAV 1

garrett county chamber of commerceFAV 1

hmraFAV 1

HMRAFAV 1

job opportunities task forceUNF 1

Maryland AGCFAV 1

Maryland Center on Economic PolicyUNF 1

Maryland Department of LaborFAV 1

Maryland State and DC AFL-CIOUNF 1

marylanders against povertyUNF 1

national partnershipUNF 1

NFIBFAV 1

ocean city chamber of commerceFAV 1

pjcUNF 1

PJCUNF 1

Restaurant Association of MDFAV 1

Salisbury Area COCFAV 1

Women's Law CenterUNF 1

Registered lobbyists who testified

FAVThompson, MelvinRestaurant Association of MDRegistered for: Restaurant Association of Maryland

UNFBevan-Dangel, JenniferAdvocates for Children and YouthRegistered for: Maryland Consumer Rights Coalition DBA Economic Action Maryland; Humane Society of the United States; Chesapeake Bay Foundation; Humane World for Animals

UNFSiri, MichelleWomen's Law CenterRegistered for: Maryland Legal Services Corporation; Women's Law Center of Maryland, Inc.

UNFSIRI, MICHELLERegistered for: Maryland Legal Services Corporation; Women's Law Center of Maryland, Inc.