Maryland legislation · 2026 Regular Session
Maryland SB445: Employment Standards - Firefighters - Payment of Wages and Payroll Information
Status: Signed into law, April 28, 2026
Requiring governmental units that employ firefighters to compute overtime pay for each hour over 168 hours that a firefighter works during a 28-day work period; requiring counties and municipalities to provide certain payroll information to each employed firefighter; authorizing a firefighter or the firefighter's exclusive representative to initiate a certain grievance if a county or municipality does not provide the payroll information as required or wages due; applying the Act prospectively; etc.
What the bill says
An act concerning Employment Standards - Firefighters - Payment of Wages and Payroll Information FOR the purpose of requiring governmental units that employ firefighters to compute overtime pay in a certain manner; requiring counties and municipalities to provide certain payroll information to each firefighter employed by the county or municipality; authorizing a firefighter or the firefighter's exclusive representative to initiate a certain grievance if a county or municipality does not provide the payroll information as required or wages due…
From the enrolled text, May 5, 2026:
AN ACT concerning Employment Standards - Firefighters - Payment of Wages and Payroll Information FOR the purpose of requiring governmental units that employ firefighters to compute overtime pay in a certain manner; requiring counties and municipalities to provide certain payroll information to each firefighter employed by the county or municipality; authorizing a firefighter or the firefighter's exclusive representative to initiate a certain grievance if a county or municipality does not provide the payroll information as required or wages due; and generally relating to wages and payroll information for firefighters. BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments, Article - Labor and Employment Section 3-420 Annotated Code of Maryland (2025 Replacement Volume) BY adding to Article - Local Government Section 1-210 Annotated Code of Maryland (2013 Volume and 2025 Supplement) SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF MARYLAND, That the Laws of Maryland read as follows: Article - Labor and Employment 3-420. (A) IN THIS SECTION, "EMPLOYER" INCLUDES A GOVERNMENTAL UNIT THAT EMPLOYS A FIREFIGHTER. [(a)] (B) Except as otherwise provided in this section, an employer shall compute the wage for overtime under § 3-415 of this subtitle on the basis of each hour over 40 hours that an employee works during 1 workweek. [(b)] (C) Notwithstanding § 3-415(b)(2) of this subtitle, an employer that is not a nonprofit organization …