SB 848

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Maryland Wage and Hour Law and Maryland Wage Payment and Collection Law - Revisions (Maryland Wage Protection Act)

Sponsor: Joanne C. Benson (District 24)Committee: FinanceSubject: Private Sector Labor and IndustryStatus: Hearing 3/17 at 1:00 p.m. (as of Dec 1, 2021)

What this bill does

Official synopsis

Requiring that a certain summary that certain employers are required to keep conspicuously posted in certain places of employment include certain antiretaliation provisions; prohibiting certain employers from taking certain actions under the Maryland Wage and Hour Law and the Maryland Wage Payment and Collection Law; prohibiting certain employers from discriminating against certain employees under certain circumstances; etc.

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Testimony (11)

MGA witness list

FAV 5FavorableUNF 5UnfavorableINFO 1Information only

Position	Witness	Organization	Testimony
FAV	Guido, Jeffrylobbyist	Baltimore DC Building Trades Council	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Plante, Cecilia	Maryland Legislative Coalition	Position only
FAV	Britt, Adiena	N/A	Position only
FAV	Dworak-Fisher, Sally	Public Justice Center	Written (PDF)
FAV	Senator Benson, Senator Bensonlegislator	Individual	Oral
UNF	McCulloch, Champe	Maryland AGC	Oral + Written (PDF)
UNF	Griffin, Andrewlobbyist	Maryland Chamber of Commerce	Written (PDF)
UNF	Italiano, Ginanne	The Greater Bethesda Chamber of Commerce	Written (PDF)
UNF	McCauley, Kirk	WMDA/CAR	Written (PDF)
UNF	O'Halloran, Mike	Individual	Position only
INFO	Fulginiti, Andrew	Maryland Department of Labor	Written (PDF)

Organizations on record

Baltimore DC Building Trades CouncilFAV 1

Maryland AGCUNF 1

Maryland Chamber of CommerceUNF 1

Maryland Department of LaborINFO 1

Maryland Legislative CoalitionFAV 1

N/AFAV 1

Public Justice CenterFAV 1

The Greater Bethesda Chamber of CommerceUNF 1

WMDA/CARUNF 1

Registered lobbyists who testified

FAVGuido, JeffryBaltimore DC Building Trades CouncilRegistered for: Consulting by JLG

UNFGriffin, AndrewMaryland Chamber of CommerceRegistered for: Alliance to Prevent Legionnaire's Disease; American Subcontractors Association of Baltimore; Annapolis Maritime Museum & Park; Associated Utility Contractors of Maryland; Experience Prince George's; Howard County Chamber of Commerce…