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Does That Law Apply to Me? Sick Leave Laws Raise Questions for Out-of-State Employers

February 6, 2018

Via: HR Hero
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Maryland is now the ninth state to have enacted a paid sick leave law. Effective February 11, 2018, the Healthy Working Families Act became law as the result of a veto override, which understandably means there are still a few details related to the law’s enforcement and implementation to be ironed out. In fact, Maryland Governor Larry Hogan promptly created, by Executive Order, a Small Business Regulatory Assistance office to smooth the transition and help Maryland employers comply with the new law.

Yet, while Maryland officials work to draft sample policies and notices, and while other states wrestle with their own legislative developments, an increasingly-common question arises from employers outside the enacting state: “Does this law apply to us”?

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