Maryland Employment Law Developments

Recent Posts from Maryland Employment Law Developments

• More Enforcement for Wage and Hour Violations

  As previously mentioned here, Maryland’s Workplace Fraud Act imposes new penalties on employers who misclassify employees as independent contractors.  At a talk before the Maryland State Bar Association’s Labor and Employment Section’s annual meeting recently,…

• How Employers Can Honor Veterans

  Veterans have long received mixed welcome upon their return home from service.  Many of us remember the Vietnam era veterans’ difficulty in reassimilating, facing as they did receptions ranging from indifference to outright hostility.  These…

• Well, He Made It

  Yesterday the full Senate finally confirmed Judge Andre M. Davis to the Fourth Circuit.  As reported here before, the seat that Judge Davis will take has been vacant since Judge Murnaghan’s death in 2000. This…

• Age Discrimination is a Second-Class Claim

  Today’s New York Times editorial page presents a brief history of the second-class status of age discrimination claims.  Although Congress is considering overturning the recent Gross case out of the Supreme Court, which erected a…

• New Push for ENDA

  As reported here, the Employment Non-Discrimination Act, or ENDA, is one of the Obama administration’s top priorities.  The bill would outlaw discrimination on the basis of gender identity and sexual orientation.  Those categories are protected…

• How do you spell relief at the Fourth Circuit? V-O-T-E

  This blog has previously discussed the difficulty of delivering justice to this region, in light of five openings (out of 15) on the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals.  Two nominees have been given the green…

• Fourth Circuit Logjam Continues

  Barbara Keenan earned unanimous approval from the Senate Judiciary Committee to take an open spot on the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals.  Judge Keenan has been a judge in every level in Virginia state courts,…

• Health reform’s effect on small businesses

  The Secretary of Health and Human Services released a report explaining in very clear language the effect of health insurance reform on the ability of small businesses to offer health insurance.  According to HHS’s report,…

• But What if They Don’t?

  I know I’m not the only one who’s a little leery of the charge ahead toward electronic access of health records.  I’m not a Luddite, I use technology for hours every day, and can’t completely…

• Age Discrimination Case Shows Value of Stereotype Remarks

  Dean Inman worked for 17 years at Klockner Pentaplast of America as a senior manager.  He charged Klockner with age discrimination when it fired him.  The prospects of getting to trial in federal court on…