Thursday, February 23, 2017

Maryland House committee approves paid sick leave legislation

The state’s House Economic Matters Committee gave a favorable recommendation to a paid sick leave bill Thursday, the first step in getting the legislation passed this year. The committee voted 14-9 to approve the Maryland Healthy Working Families Act, sponsored by Democrats Luke Clippinger, of Baltimore, and Dereck Davis, the committee chairman from Prince George’s County. The bill has been vigorously opposed by business advocacy groups who claim the mandate would have an overly burdensome affect…



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