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Employers work hard to preserve the exempt status of employees whose duties meet an exempt category under the Fair Labor Standards Act and who are paid on a salary basis. Common sense tells us that paying an employee on a “salary basis” means tha… Read More

On February 26, 2026, the U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division issued a proposed rule to clarify the classification of workers as employees or independent contractors under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), aiming to provide greater… Read More

Here’s an everyday scenario for your consideration: A company issues its annual merit-based raises to all its employees. Two employees are overheard discussing their bonuses in the break room, with one wondering out loud why the other got more than… Read More

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… Read More

You receive an HR complaint from an employee. It could be someone unhappy with how their manager has been speaking with them, or it could be a manager feeling like their direct report is harassing them, or it could be an employee who brought up safet… Read More

Handbooks. If you’ve ever worked for a company, chances are you’ve been handed one of these. They can run from a few pages to several hundred, often contain inexplicable passages of dense legalese, and are generally skimmed through briefl… Read More

FAMLI Delayed Again — What Maryland Employers Should Still Be Doing Now Maryland employers are still waiting for the state’s Paid Family and Medical Leave Insurance (FAMLI) program to take effect—but “waiting” doesn’t mean standing still.… Read More

Maryland employers should be aware of a recent legal update that changes the landscape for unpaid parental leave. As of July 1, 2024, new exclusions have been added to the Parental Leave Act (PLA) — a state law that provides eligible employees of s… Read More