Advocates celebrated Wednesday as the House of Delegates gave final approval to a program that would implement the state’s paid family and medical leave program passed by lawmakers last year.

Last year doctors like myself were thrilled when the Maryland General Assembly passed the Family and Medical Leave Insurance (FAMLI) program. As we look forward to watching the program benefit our patients and their families, we urge the General Assembly to ensure that the costs to implement the program are shared equitably.

Moore’s spending announcement included $9 million for environmental protections, $10 million for the Department of Labor to start a paid family and medical leave program.

In 2022, the legislature passed a bill to implement up to 12 weeks of paid family and medical leave for most Marylanders.

It was a morning state Sen. Sarah McBride and a contingent of local, regional, and national supporters spent celebrating the good accomplished through the passage of the Healthy Delaware Families Act, but one where they recognized the fight continued elsewhere, and that the victory here could translate into momentum elsewhere.

Delaware and Maryland just enacted paid family and medical leave programs, picking up where Democrats in Congress left off in last year’s failed attempt at creating a nationwide version.

WASHINGTON (April 29, 2022)—Maryland earlier this month became the 10th state to create a paid family and medical leave program for workers, but Congress appears no nearer to enacting similar legislation.

This week, Maryland's legislature approved a comprehensive paid leave program that would extend protections to nearly all workers in the state.

The General Assembly overrode Gov. Hogan’s veto of the Time to Care Act days before the close of this year’s legislative session, guaranteeing nearly all Maryland workers paid time off to deal with major life events like a new child or a serious injury. This victory will make Maryland a better place to work, raise a family, grow up, and grow old.

In a year of such abundance, in a year when everyone is trying to look good with the next election just around the corner, it’s hard to screw up a legislative session.

Maryland became the 10th state to enact paid family and medical leave covering private-sector workers statewide—a list that neighboring Delaware also could join soon.

ANNAPOLIS, Md. (WDVM) — Millions of Marylanders will soon be able to take up to 12 weeks of partially family paid leave after lawmakers overrode a veto from Governor Hogan.

On April 9, 2022, Maryland became just the tenth state (in addition to the District of Columbia) to enact a paid family and medical leave law that covers private-sector workers, after overriding Governor Larry Hogan’s (R) veto.

Maryland recently joined nine other states (and the District of Columbia) in providing employees in the state with a right to paid family and medical leave. Although employer contributions to the paid family and medical leave program will not begin until 2023 and employees may not apply for benefits until 2025, when the law goes into effect it will dramatically expand the leave rights available to Maryland employees because the law applies to employees and employers who are not covered by the federal Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA).

The Maryland Senate approved Thursday a paid family and medical leave program that offers employees up to 12 weeks of paid leave, but a person must work at least 680 hours over a 12-month period that provided long-term assistance such as postpartum care or helping an ailing family member.

Maryland’s House of Delegates voted to approve a bill that would create a paid family and medical leave program statewide Wednesday, pushing the legislation one step closer to advancing out of the Maryland General Assembly.

Maryland lawmakers have passed a measure to create a paid family leave program, sending the legislation to Gov. Larry Hogan.

Maryland workers would be eligible to receive up to 12 weeks of partial paid leave under a bill passed by the Democratic-controlled legislature, a major victory for progressive advocates who have been fighting for the measure for more than a decade.

A statewide paid family and medical leave program got final legislative approval in the Senate on Thursday evening, sending the measure to the governor in time for a potential in-session veto override before the session ends on April 11.

The Maryland House of Delegates advanced the Time to Care Act -- making significant changes before putting it a step closer to going to the governor's desk.