Maryland employees owed wages now have a better chance of getting paid from employers who claim they have no money to pay workers. This is a positive development for the many clients of Lebau & Neuworth who have had to sue their former employees to get what is owed to them under the Maryland Wage-Hour Law, the Maryland Wage Payment & Collection Law, and the Fair Labor Standards Act. In May 2013 we wrote a blog post about Maryland’s New Wage Lien Law, entitled, “Wage Liens – A Tool To Get Your Owed Wages”.This law became effective On October 1, 2013 and is called Maryland’s Wage Lien Law. Under this Maryland law, if an employee believes they s/he is owed unpaid wages, the employee can put a lien for the amount of owed wages on their employer’s property. The lien will prevent the employer from selling, hiding, or disposing of their property until the question of whether the employee is owed wages is resolved. In order to file a lien against an employer an employee must send their employer a notice of the lien. The notice must include the amount of unpaid wages the employee believes they are owed. An employer can then file a complaint in the appropriate Maryland Circuit Court disputing the lien. An employee can file a lien with or without the assistance of an attorney. However, it is the employee’s responsibility to prove they are owed unpaid wages. This can be a difficult task. If you think you are owed unpaid wages, the attorneys at Lebau and Neuworth may be able to help. We have represented hundreds of workers in getting wages owed to them under the Maryland Wage Payment & Collection Law, the Maryland Wage-Hour Law, the Fair Labor Standards Act. For more information go to: http://lebauneuworth.com/.
