The Act provides 112 hours of PHEL for salaried employees or employees who work 40+ hours per week. The amount of leave available depends on the number of hours an employee works per week. Once funding is available and an emergency due to a communicable disease is declared in Maryland, essential employers must make certain amounts of PHEL hours available to essential workers. To care for a family member if their school or place of care is unavailable or has been closed.Due to a determination that the essential worker’s or their family member’s presence at their place of employment or in the community would jeopardize the health of others, or exhibited symptoms or.To care for a family member who is isolating, with or without an order to do so.To seek or obtain a personal medical diagnosis, preventive care, or treatment.According to the Act, essential workers may request leave in the following circumstances, when there is an emergency declaration related to a communicable disease: The Act specifies the reasons for which covered employees can request leave. An Essential Worker may take paid Public Health Emergency Leave (PHEL) during a declared public health emergency for a communicable disease. It defines essential workers as any individual who (1) performs a duty or work responsibility during an emergency that cannot be performed remotely or is required to be at the worksite and (2) provides services that the essential employer determines to be essential or critical to its operations. All essential employers are businesses in industries and sectors identified by the Governor or a federal or state agency as critical to remaining in operation during an emergency. The Act defines essential employers as anyone who employs an essential worker, including units of state or local government. The Act only applies to what it defines as essential employers and essential workers.
The Act defines an emergency as a catastrophic health emergency that is the subject of an executive proclamation under Maryland’s Public Safety Article and is related to a communicable disease.
The Act requires essential employers to provide essential workers with paid leave in the event of a declared emergency. On May 28, 2021, Maryland Governor Larry Hogan announced his intention to allow the Act, to become law without his signature. The new law became effective on June 1, 2021, but the paid leave provisions are on hold until the state government provides funding. Maryland’s law provides paid leave to employees working in Maryland who are unable to work due to a public health emergency related to a communicable disease. 581, the Maryland Essential Workers’ Protection Act (the Act). Maryland is the latest state to implement a paid sick leave law, H.B.
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