Is maryland a right to work state?

A recent trend has seen many states passing laws that affect the way unions, employees, and employers work together. This is a brief summary of what are known as “right-to-work” laws in Maryland. Right to Work Laws. Over the past few years, about half of the states have written and enacted "right-to-work" laws. read more

Examples of other employment at-will exceptions include laws which protect employees from termination or retaliation for filing workers' compensation claims, for attempting to enforce rights to receive overtime or the minimum wage, for asserting rights to work in a safe and healthy workplace, for refusing to commit criminal acts, for reporting for jury duty or military service, or for being subject to a wage attachment for any one indebtedness. read more

Many states have a so-called “right-to-work” law that prohibits compulsory union membership. Maryland is not among them. However, Maryland does have a law stating that an express, implied, oral, or written promise between an employer and a prospective employee is against public policy if it requires either party (MD Lab. and Empl. read more