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Limits to Enhanced Damages under Maryland’s Wage Law: Peters v. Early Healthcare Giver, Inc. (2014)
Maryland employers are particularly wary of employee wage claims because Maryland’s Wage Payment and Collection Law (“WPCL”) provides for enhanced damages (i.e., three times the amount of withheld wages) and attorney’s fees to a prevailing plaintiff in certain situations. However, the Maryland Court of Appeals has recently placed restrictions on a plaintiff’s right to enhanced…
Read MoreEmployment Law: New Laws Address Wage Payment Claims and Pregnancy Discrimination
Governor Martin O’Malley has signed into law two bills enacted during the last session of the legislature which make significant changes in the legal landscape related to employees’ claims for unpaid wages and the obligation to accommodate employees who are pregnant.
Read MoreEmployment Law: New Laws for Employees with Wage Claims
A new Maryland labor and employment law incentivizes settling unpaid wage claims and may reduce court caseload. A new law that will go into effect on October 1st has effectively turned the tables on who is the plaintiff and who is the defendant in unpaid wage lawsuits by allowing for the creation of wage liens.
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