Maryland Fair Share Health Care Act
Topics: Workers Rights & Wages | legislation
SB 790, known as the “Fair Share Health Care Act,” requires companies with more than 10,000 employees to spend at least 8 percent of their payroll on health benefits, or pay the balance into a state low-income health insurance fund. Maryland became the first state in the country to set a law that would fine large employers for not paying for employee healthcare coverage.
Also see http://walmartwatch.com/fairshare/ for more information about Maryland’s groundbreaking law, and how other states are enacting similar legislation.
