Key Votes
SB 789 - Requires Shift Breaks for Certain Employees - Key Vote
Maryland Key Votes
Stages
- May 20, 2010 Executive Signed
- April 12, 2010 House Bill Passed
- April 1, 2010 Senate Bill Passed
- Feb. 10, 2010 Introduced
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Issues
Stage Details
Legislation - Signed (Executive) - May 20, 2010
Title: Requires Shift Breaks for Certain Employees
Signed by Governor Martin O'Malley
Legislation - Bill Passed (House) (94-45) - April 12, 2010 (Key vote)
Title: Requires Shift Breaks for Certain Employees
Vote Smart's Synopsis:
Vote to pass a bill that requires certain retail employers to provide shift breaks for their employees, beginning March 1, 2011.
Highlights:
-Requires an employer to offer shift breaks of 15 minutes to employees that work continuously for 4-6 hours, and breaks of 30 minutes to employees that work continuously for more than 6 hours (Sec. 1).
-Requires an employer to offer additional shift breaks of 15 minutes, if an employee works continuously for 8 hours in a single shift, for every additional 4 hours they work (Sec. 1).
-Defines an "employer" as an individual that owns a retail business with 50 or more employees (Sec. 1).
-Authorizes the Commissioner of Labor and Industry to investigate employers that violate the provisions of the bill and to bring legal action against them if necessary (Sec. 1).
-Specifies that the bill is not applicable to entities including, but not limited to, the following (Sec. 1):
- -State, county, or local governments;
-Corporate offices; or
-Employees already covered by employment policies that guarantee shift breaks greater than or equal to those included in the bill.
Legislation - Bill Passed (Senate) (28-18) - April 1, 2010 (Key vote)
Title: Requires Shift Breaks for Certain Employees
Vote Smart's Synopsis:
Vote to pass a bill that requires certain retail employers to provide shift breaks for their employees, beginning March 1, 2011.
Highlights:
-Requires an employer to offer shift breaks of 15 minutes to employees that work continuously for 4-6 hours, and breaks of 30 minutes to employees that work continuously for more than 6 hours (Sec. 1).
-Requires an employer to offer additional shift breaks of 15 minutes, if an employee works continuously for 8 hours in a single shift, for every additional 4 hours they work (Sec. 1).
-Defines an "employer" as an individual that owns a retail business with 50 or more employees (Sec. 1).
-Authorizes the Commissioner of Labor and Industry to investigate employers that violate the provisions of the bill and to bring legal action against them if necessary (Sec. 1).
-Specifies that the bill is not applicable to entities including, but not limited to, the following (Sec. 1):
- -State, county, or local governments;
-Corporate offices; or
-Employees already covered by employment policies that guarantee shift breaks greater than or equal to those included in the bill.
Legislation - Introduced (Senate) - Feb. 10, 2010
Title: Requires Shift Breaks for Certain Employees
Sponsors
- James 'Jim' Brochin (MD - D)
- Joan Carter Conway (MD - D)
- Ulysses Currie (MD - D)
- Jennie M. Forehand (MD - D)
- Brian E. Frosh (MD - D)
- Robert J. 'Rob' Garagiola (MD - D)
- Lisa A. Gladden (MD - D)
- David C. Harrington (MD - D) (Out Of Office)
- Verna L. Jones-Rodwell (MD - D)
- Delores G. Kelley (MD - D)
- Nancy J. King (MD - D)
- Katherine Ann Klausmeier (MD - D)
- Mike Lenett (MD - D) (Out Of Office)
- Richard S. Madaleno Jr. (MD - D)
- Nathaniel J. McFadden (MD - D)
- C. Anthony Muse (MD - D)
- Douglas J.J. Peters (MD - D)
- Paul G. Pinsky (MD - D)
- Catherine E. Pugh (MD - D)
- Jamie Raskin (MD - D)
- Jim Rosapepe (MD - D)
- Norman R. Stone Jr. (MD - D)
