For additional information on the law, please visit the website or view the text the law itself which can be found in §§ 3-1301 through 3-1311 of the Labor and Employment Article of the Maryland Annotated Code. These model policies set forth the minimum requirements under the Maryland Healthy Working Families Act. Attachment C - The policy for tipped employees (employers with tipped employees who work in the restaurant industry have unique provisions).Attachment B - The policy for employers allowing earned sick and safe leave to accrue throughout the year.Attachment A - The policy for employers awarding earned sick and safe leave at the beginning of the year.The Commissioner has developed two different policies based upon the approach chosen by an employer, as well as a third policy for restaurant employers with tipped employees:
Política modelo de ley de familias trabajadoras sanas ( Word) allow earned sick and safe leave to be accrued during the year.award earned sick and safe leave at the beginning of the year or.The law requires that the Commissioner of Labor and Industry develop a model policy.
These are sample policies for employers who have determined that their employees are covered by the Maryland Healthy Working Families Act. In determining whether an employer is required to provide paid or unpaid earned sick and safe leave under the law, the number of employees is determined by calculating the average monthly number of employees during the immediately preceding year without regard to whether the employee is full-time, part-time, temporary, or seasonal. It also requires that employers who employ 14 or fewer employees provide unpaid sick and safe leave for certain employees. The Maryland Healthy Working Families Act requires that employers with 15 or more employees provide paid sick and safe leave for certain employees. Maryland Sample Earned Sick and Safe Leave Policies