Ehrlich To Veto So-Called "Wal-Mart Bill" 1:15 PM
May 18, 2005 1:15 pm US/Eastern
Annapolis, MD. (AP) Governor Ehrlich will travel to Princess Anne on Thursday to veto the so-called "Wal-Mart bill."
The bill would require the retailer to spend more on health care for its employees or put more money into the state's Medicaid fund.
Ehrlich chose the Somerset County site because he says if the bill becomes law, it might cause Wal-Mart to delay construction of a planned distribution center on the Lower Eastern Shore. He says that would take jobs away from an area that needs them badly.
The bill would require all companies in Maryland with more than 10,000 employees to spend at least eight percent of payroll on health care or pay the difference into the Medicaid fund.
Wal-Mart is the only employer of that size in the state that doesn't meet the eight percent figure.
May 18, 2005 1:15 pm US/Eastern
Annapolis, MD. (AP) Governor Ehrlich will travel to Princess Anne on Thursday to veto the so-called "Wal-Mart bill."
The bill would require the retailer to spend more on health care for its employees or put more money into the state's Medicaid fund.
Ehrlich chose the Somerset County site because he says if the bill becomes law, it might cause Wal-Mart to delay construction of a planned distribution center on the Lower Eastern Shore. He says that would take jobs away from an area that needs them badly.
The bill would require all companies in Maryland with more than 10,000 employees to spend at least eight percent of payroll on health care or pay the difference into the Medicaid fund.
Wal-Mart is the only employer of that size in the state that doesn't meet the eight percent figure.
~Rob
