Can a company discipline, or even terminate, an employee who misbehaves outside of work? Here’s the scenario: a warehouse operations supervisor at a Maryland distribution company disciplines an employee for repeated safety violations and insubordin…
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When businesses are forced to make tough decisions about layoffs or plant closures, advance planning is not just smart—it’s required by law. In Maryland, employers must be particularly cautious. The state’s Economic Stabilization Act (ESA) impo…
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Our clients recognize how important it is to write up employees when situations call for it. Yet, most companies struggle terribly with getting supervisors actually to fill out a disciplinary form when a problem arises with an employee. Why is that?…
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According to EEOC statistics, the most common basis for charges of discrimination filed with the agency is retaliation. Issues related to COVID-19, such as the ongoing need for sick leave, vaccine hesitancy, religious exemption requests from vaccine…
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Have you been wrongfully terminated? Click here to learn whether you can file a wrongful termination claim according to employment law in Maryland.
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One of the benefits of being a high level State employee is job security. Employees in the State Personnel Management System within the Executive Branch may not be fired without just cause – and if these employees are fired, they are granted appeal…
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