In United States v. Quality Stores, the Supreme Court last week made clear that severance payments are to be treated as wages for the purposes of taxation. In the Quality Stores case, a large number of employees received severance when the stores filed for chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. Their effort to get a refund...
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Maryland General Assembly Considers Outlawing Gender Identity Discrimination
The Maryland General Assembly is considering an expansion of its anti-discrimination laws. House Bill 1265, titled “Fairness for all Marylanders Act of 2014,” would outlaw discrimination on the basis of gender identity in employment, housing, and a number of other spheres.
The bill defines “gender identity” as “gender related identity, appearance, expression, or behavior...
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Maryland Considers Rejecting Vance Standard in Harassment Cases
The Maryland General Assembly usually meets only 90 days per year. Its term ends in early April. Unless something crucial, like a budget, has not passed, the session is over until the next January. Now that it’s the end of February, lots is going on right now.
Yesterday a House of Delegates committee heard hearings on...
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Courts Slowly Accepting the ADA Expansion
In 2008, Congress amended the Americans with Disabilities Act to fix Supreme Court and other cases that had narrowed the door through which disabled employees could fit their claims. Since then, the cases have gradually reflected the broadening of the definition of disability. Cases that arose under the old law were still judged under the...
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- August 22, 2014 on Maryland Enacts Wage Lien Law for Unpaid Wages
- April 26, 2014 on Maryland Enacts Wage Lien Law for Unpaid Wages
- January 26, 2014 on Supreme Court Will Decide Whether Affordable Care Act Conflicts with Religious Freedom