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    Angry Employer is Not Consistent in Offers of Insurance Benefits to Different Employees

    My question involves labor and employment law for the state of: Maryland

    Hello hope someone can give me some advice as to my options here. I work for a small firm in MD that has less than 10 salaried employees including myself. When I joined I was under the impression that the benefits would be competitive or generous... I am a young professional and have learned from my mistake of not reviewing benefit details in depth and in writing before accepting an offer because besides 2 weeks of vacation my benefits are non existent. My employer does not contribute anything towards Health Insurance for example.

    My understanding is that an employer must offer benefits uniformly to employee types. Essentially same contribution to benefits for all salaried employees and all hourly employees if any are offered to 1 of the category.... is this correct?

    One of the other salaried employees at the company is a relative of the owner. Recently when she was passing out checks she left his check on my desk. When I picked it up I noticed that his check is broken down into 3 categories instead of 2 like everyone else. Ours are Base Salary and Commission. His check had these and another category for Health Insurance Payments/Benefits (do not remember the exact wording). I assume that contributions to benefits are usually done directly so perhaps since it is essentially just being paid to him as a bonus that is a loophole that protects her... or does 'earmarking' it in such a way shoot her in the foot?

    I would appreciate anyone that can help me understand the situation better and explain to me what options myself and the other employees here have moving forward.

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