On October 1, 2018, Maryland’s Disclosing Sexual Harassment in the Workplace Act of 2018 (“Workplace Act”) went into effect. The Workplace Act has two parts. Under the first part, “except as prohibited by federal law,” Maryland employers of every size are prohibited from including in an employment agreement, contract or policy, any provision that waives […]
Read More In my previous post, “Don’t Bite the Hand That Feeds You,” I presented numerous reasons why Initiative 77 was a misguided mistake that had to be repealed to prevent hurting the D.C. workers it was purportedly passed to help. Workers got the opportunity to speak for themselves during the September 17 hearing before the D.C. […]
Read More I love restaurants, not only for the food they serve, but for the job opportunities they provide. I worked in restaurants from age sixteen through my first year of law school. I started out serving coffee and ice cream behind the counter at the dairy in a rural town in western New York and was […]
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What I love most about being a lawyer is helping people understand the law and its relevance to their lives. Inspired by this passion, this blog will examine legislative initiates and cases we read about in the paper, on social media and on the nightly news and explore alternative perspectives regarding their impact on you, […]
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