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State Employees - Four-Day Workweek - Implementation

Sponsor: Shelly Hettleman (District 11)Committee: FinanceSubject: State Government - PersonnelStatus: Hearing 2/29 at 1:00 p.m. (as of Nov 13, 2024)

What this bill does

Official synopsis

Requiring, on or before October 1, 2025, the Department of Budget and Management to identify units of State government or functions of State government for which a transition to a 4-day workweek is feasible for 60% of State employees; requiring the Department to implement a 4-day workweek for certain State employees by October 1, 2027; and prohibiting State employees who transition to a 4-day workweek from, as a direct result of the transition, having work hours reduced to less than 36 hours per week or having a reduction in pay or benefits.

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Testimony (26)

MGA witness list
FAV 9FavorableUNF 17Unfavorable
PositionWitnessOrganizationTestimony
FAVGilmore , DeniselobbyistAFSCME MarylandOral + Written (PDF)
FAVCavathas, DimitriosLower Shore ClinicOral + Written (PDF)
FAVHettleman, ShellyMGA- Senator HettlemanWritten (PDF)
FAVO'Connor, JoeWork Time Reduction Center of ExcellenceOral + Written (PDF)
FAVSteinman, JonWorkFour - 4 Day Week Campaign USWritten (PDF)
FAVHarris, Mrs.IndividualPosition only
FAVRiley, DeniselobbyistIndividualWritten (PDF)
FAVSenator Hettleman, Senator HettlemanlegislatorIndividualOral
FAVWertz, RoseIndividualOral + Written (PDF)
UNFGallagher, GeorgeICQPosition only
UNFVykol-Gray, LauraMaryland Department of Budget and Management OPSBWritten (PDF)
UNFDOrazio, PeterYearPosition only
UNFAtkins, RobertIndividualPosition only
UNFDiefenbach, LindaIndividualPosition only
UNFDitraglia, FrankIndividualPosition only
UNFElbourn, JamesIndividualPosition only
UNFHopkins, BarbaraIndividualPosition only
UNFKatz, JanetIndividualPosition only
UNFLang, AlanIndividualPosition only
UNFLove, WilliamIndividualPosition only
UNFMeyerovich, MarkIndividualPosition only
UNFRaine, JamesIndividualPosition only
UNFTibbals, TrudyIndividualPosition only
UNFWilliams, PeggyIndividualPosition only
UNFmcavoy, vinceIndividualPosition only
UNFsirkel, jessIndividualPosition only

Organizations on record

Registered lobbyists who testified

FAVGilmore , DeniseAFSCME MarylandRegistered for: AFSCME Maryland Council 3; AFSCME Council 3
FAVRiley, DeniseRegistered for: American Federation of Teachers - Maryland