Maryland employers are often faced with the question: When employees are terminated, laid off or resign from my company, should I pay them severance? There are several factors to consider. Even though Maryland employment law generally does not requir…
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The Americans with Disabilities Act (“ADA”), in a nutshell, prohibits employers from discriminating against individuals on the basis of a disability. 42 U.S.C. § 12112(a). Yet, this simple, well-intended proposition seems to create a countless n…
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As most of us know, the FMLA provides an employee with 12 weeks of leave during any 12 month period in which a “serious health condition” prevents the employee from performing the functions of his or her position. However, there are eligibility r…
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The recently concluded 2014 Maryland legislative session resulted in the passage of some important amendments to the Maryland Wage and Hour Law. One such amendment is a long overdue increase in minimum wage. At present, Maryland’s minimum wage rate…
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Litigation can be emotionally and financially draining. By the time parties reach a settlement agreement, even one with which they are satisfied, they often are tempted to turn their attention elsewhere and ignore the details of the settlement agreem…
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Using a standard English dictionary when looking up a legal term can be a bad idea. As an example, Webster’s dictionary defines discrimination as: The ability to understand that one thing is different from another. So here’s the question. Have I…
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In an earlier blog post, we stated that employers are increasingly challenging employees’ rights to unemployment benefits. Employers seek to demonstrate that employees should be disqualified from receiving unemployment benefits for a number of reas…
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After an employee loses his or her job and applies for unemployment benefits, Employers have many different motives for challenging the employee’s right to unemployment benefits. One motivation, for example, is that employers who repeatedly termina…
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Employees who work at shipyards or city ports—or on tankers, oil rigs or similar locations—are often wrongfully denied overtime wages which they are legally entitled to receive. The employers typically argue that the employees are not entitled to…
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Covenants not to compete (often referred to simply as “noncompetes”) have become ubiquitous in employment agreements, particularly for executives and other mid- to high-ranking individuals. The long standing status quo regarding non-competes in t…
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