§ 3-1305. Employee use of earned sick and safe leave
West's Annotated Code of MarylandLabor and EmploymentEffective: February 11, 2018
Effective: February 11, 2018
MD Code, Labor and Employment, § 3-1305
§ 3-1305. Employee use of earned sick and safe leave
(a) An employer shall allow an employee to use earned sick and safe leave:
(b)(1) If the need to use earned sick and safe leave is foreseeable, an employer may require an employee to provide reasonable advance notice of not more than 7 days before the date the earned sick and safe leave would begin.
(c) An employer may not require that an employee who is requesting earned sick and safe leave search for or find an individual to work in the employee's stead during the time the employee is taking the leave.
(d)(1)(i) Instead of taking earned sick and safe leave under this section, by mutual consent of the employer and employee, an employee may work additional hours or trade shifts with another employee during a pay period, or the following pay period, to make up work hours that the employee took off for which the employee could have taken earned sick and safe leave.
(e)(1) Except as provided in paragraph (2) of this subsection, an employee may take earned sick and safe leave in the smallest increment that the employer's payroll system uses to account for absences or use of the employee's work time.
(f)(1) When wages are paid to an employee, the employer shall provide in writing by any reasonable method a statement regarding the amount of earned sick and safe leave that is available for use by the employee.
(g)(1) An employer may require an employee who uses earned sick and safe leave to provide verification that the leave was used appropriately under subsection (a) of this section if:
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Added by Acts 2018, c. 1, § 1, eff. Feb. 11, 2018.
MD Code, Labor and Employment, § 3-1305, MD LABOR & EMPLY § 3-1305
Current through legislation effective through April 9, 2023, from the 2024 Regular Session of the General Assembly. Some statute sections may be more current, see credits for details.
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