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Saturday, February 11, 2017

Hotly debated sick-leave bills considered by Md. Senate committee

WASHINGTON — A Maryland Senate committee is considering a pair of hotly debated bills that would force businesses across the state to offer paid time off to their employees.

The General Assembly nearly passed paid sick-leave legislation last year, and now lawmakers are taking another look after the state’s Senate Finance Committee heard from supporters and opponents Thursday.

“As costs continue to layer, people will lose jobs,” said Cailey Locklair Tolle, with the Maryland Retailers Association. “Between health care, which is going through the roof, minimum wage increases and all the other costs of doing business, it is helpful to step back and look at the bigger picture.”

Mike O’Halloran, with the National Federation of Independent Business, told committee members that the policy is, in many cases, unworkable for the business community.

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7 comments:

Anonymous said...

Check out the one about raising the annual filing fees for the MD personal property tax return!
And don't forget about proposal authorizing police powers to Comptroller Agents.

Anonymous said...

300.00 is outrageous now,democrats out to close all small business in Maryland.

Anonymous said...

Did it ever cross your minds that its the constant layering of cost and taxes and fees and regulations that are actually the problem...you know...the ones you legislators have been passing?

Anonymous said...

Who are these IDIOTS who come up with job killing proposals like that?

Anonymous said...

5:18 all Democrats.

Anonymous said...

This is the most business-unfriendly state in the country. This will cause small businesses to not hire more than 14 employees. These liberal democratic legislators don't get it. It will lower employment and/or drive businesses out of the state.

Anonymous said...

What's good for the goose, is good for the gander. Our elected representatives have no problem seeing to it that all State and local government employees get those same benefits, all paid for with tax dollars. It's time for the rest of us to get the same benefits.