Lobby Day 2017: HB1/SB230
Everything you need to know about HB1/SB230
It’s really all in the name: earned sick days. By requiring employers to provide earned sick leave, HB 1/SB230, or the Maryland Healthy Working Families Act, adds greater job security to hundreds of thousands of individuals who shouldn’t have to choose between staying home sick or losing their jobs.
Years in the making, earned sick leave is backed by dozens upon dozens of hard-hitting organizations and advocates. And why wouldn’t it be? It’s a pretty impressive bill. We have a few things for you to chew on here…
- A bill analysis for a quick and dirty overview of the basics
- Talking points to give you the real lowdown for meetings with lawmakers
- The bill itself for all you policy wonks out there
Additional resources
- Working Matters Coalition
- Healthy Working Families Act Protects Twice as many Workers in Governor’s Proposal
- The Business Benefits of paid Sick Days in Maryland
- Access to Paid Sick Time in Maryland
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- Let's stop policies that unfairly tether poverty to sickness. Support #PaidSickDays and pass #HB1.
- #PaidSickDays are good for business, good for families, and good for our state. Do what's right and pass #HB1 in Maryland.
- Protect our working families and support #PaidSickDays.
- Health care. Housing. Incomes. FOR ALL. Pass #PaidSickDays and let’s start making this a reality.