MACo's Annual Survey of county employee pensions reveals the variety of ways that county employers provide benefits to their civilian and public safety employees, including participation in the State's Pension Systems. Maryland's county governments continue to provide a high level of benefits - both in health insurance, and in retirement options - to their employees. This year's annual pension benefit survey reveals the many ways that counties provide these increasingly rare forms of compensation to…

Maryland's Association of County Human Resources Officers hosts a conversation on the implications of medical cannabis use and personnel policies featuring a labor law expert. Bert Randall, Jr., President of Franklin & Prokopik will join a panel discussion at MACo's Witner Conference on medical cannabis, lending insight to issues that may be faced by county human resources officers. Randall is a trial attorney concentrating in complex matters involving employment, tort liability and business litigation. Outside of…

The additional of 155,000 new jobs shows continued economic progress, but falls below estimates.  The US Bureau of Labor Statistics released job statistics from November this morning, stating, Total nonfarm payroll employment increased by 155,000 in November, and the unemployment rate remained unchanged at 3.7 percent, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Job gains occurred in health care, in manufacturing, and in transportation and warehousing. See the full press release from the Bureau…