(a) In general. -- A requirement in this article that a document be under oath means that the document shall be supported by a signed statement made under the penalties of perjury that the...

(a) Employer defined. -- In this section, employer has the same meaning as under the State workers' compensation laws. (b) Required before issuance of license or permit. -- Before a...

(a) In general. -- In this title the following words have the meanings indicated. (b) Commissioner. -- Commissioner means the Commissioner of Labor and Industry. (c) Division. -- Division...

(a) In general. -- There is a Division of Labor and Industry in the Department of Labor, Licensing, and Regulation. (b) Authority of Secretary. -- The Division exercises its rights, powers, and...

(a) Position. -- The head of the Division is the Commissioner. (b) Appointment. -- The Secretary shall appoint the Commissioner with the approval of the Governor. (c) Tenure. -- The Commissioner...

(a) Deputy Commissioner. -- (1) There is a Deputy Commissioner of Labor and Industry who shall be appointed by the Commissioner with the approval of the Secretary. (2) The Deputy...

In addition to any duties set forth elsewhere, the Commissioner shall: (1) try to promote harmony between industry and labor; (2) try to promote and develop the welfare of wage earners; and...

(a) In general. -- In addition to any other units, the Division shall include the units enumerated in this section. (b) Mediation and conciliation. -- There is a State Mediation and Conciliation...

(a) Required. -- As soon after January 1 of each year as reasonably possible, the Commissioner shall submit an annual report to the Governor, to the Secretary, and, subject to § 2-1246 of the...

Subject to the evaluation and reestablishment provisions of the Maryland Program Evaluation Act, this title shall terminate and be of no effect after July 1, 2004. ...

(a) In general. -- In this title the following words have the meanings indicated. (b) Commissioner. -- Commissioner means the Commissioner of Labor and Industry. (c) Employ. -- (1) Employ...

(a) Duty of Commissioner. -- In addition to any duties set forth elsewhere, the Commissioner shall: (1) enforce Subtitle 2 of this title; (2) carry out Subtitle 3 of this title; and (3)...

The Commissioner may delegate any power or duty of the Commissioner under Subtitles 2, 4, and 5 of this title. ...

In this subtitle, minor means an individual who is under the age of 18 years. ...

The policy of the State is to encourage the development of minors by allowing them to engage in occupations that prepare them for responsible citizenship, yet to protect them from occupations that...

This subtitle does not apply to an activity that a minor performs if the activity: (1) is performed outside the school hours set for that minor; (2) does not involve manufacturing or mining;...

For purposes of this subtitle and during reasonable business hours, the Commissioner may: (1) enter and inspect a place of employment; (2) inspect the employment records of an employee; or...

Unless an employer possesses a work or special permit for a minor, the minor may not work for the employer. ...

(a) Issuance. -- A work permit shall be issued: (1) by the Commissioner; or (2) in accordance with the requirements of the Commissioner, by a county superintendent of schools or designee of...

(a) Authority to issue. -- Subject to this section, the Commissioner may issue a special permit for a minor of any age to be employed as an entertainer, model, or performer. (b) Application. -- An...

A work permit or special permit authorizes a minor to work for an employer as specified in the permit. ...

Except as otherwise provided in this subtitle, a minor under the age of 14 years may not be employed or allowed to be employed. ...

(a) Restrictions. -- (1) Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, a minor under the age of 16 years may not be employed or allowed to be employed: (i) before 7:00 a.m.;...

(a) Scope of section. -- This section does not apply to a minor who: (1) is a child of the manager, operator, or owner of the business establishment from or to which a check, money, or...

(a) In general. -- Except as otherwise provided in this subtitle, a minor may not be employed or allowed to work: (1) in, about, or in connection with the manufacturing of a hazardous...

Each employer shall keep posted conspicuously in each place where a minor is employed a printed notice of the provisions of this subtitle, in a form that the Commissioner requires. ...

After review, the Commissioner may revoke a work permit or special permit if the permit is not issued in accordance with the requirements of the Commissioner. ...

(a) In general. -- In this subtitle the following words have the meanings indicated. (b) Employer. -- (1) Employer means: (i) a person engaged in a business, industry, profession,...

This subtitle applies to an employer of both men and women in a lawful enterprise. ...

In addition to any powers set forth elsewhere, the Commissioner may: (1) use informal methods of conference, conciliation, and persuasion to eliminate pay practices that are unlawful under this...

(a) In general. -- An employer may not discriminate between employees in any occupation by paying a wage to employees of 1 sex at a rate less than the rate paid to employees of the opposite sex if...

(a) Records. -- (1) Each employer shall keep each record that the Commissioner requires on: (i) wages of employees; (ii) job classifications of employees; and (iii) other...

(a) Copies. -- On request of an employer, the Commissioner shall provide without charge a copy of this subtitle to the employer. (b) Posting. -- Each employer shall keep posted conspicuously in...

(a) Prohibited acts of employer. -- An employer may not: (1) willfully violate any provision of this subtitle; (2) hinder, delay, or otherwise interfere with the Commissioner or an...

(a) In general. -- In this subtitle the following words have the meanings indicated. (b) Committee. -- Committee means the Advisory Committee on Wage and Hour Law. (c) Employer. -- Employer...

(a) General exclusions. -- This subtitle does not apply to an individual who: (1) is employed in a capacity that the Commissioner defines, by regulation, to be administrative, executive, or...

This subtitle does not diminish: (1) the right of employees to bargain collectively with their employers through representatives whom the employees choose to establish wages or other conditions...

An agreement to work for less than the wage required under this subtitle is void. ...

Reserved. USER NOTE: For more generally applicable notes, see notes under the first section of this part, subtitle, title, division or article. [Repealed/Reserved] ...

(a) Power to ascertain wages. -- The Commissioner may ascertain what wage is paid in any occupation in the State. (b) Evidence. -- (1) In an investigation under this subtitle, the Commissioner...

Repealed by Acts 1993, ch. 552, § 1, effective October 1, 1993. USER NOTE: For more generally applicable notes, see notes under the first section of this part, subtitle, title, division or...

In addition to any regulation specifically required by this subtitle, regulations that the Commissioner adopts to carry out this subtitle may include: (1) definitions of the terms...

Except as provided in § 3-414 of this subtitle, each employer shall pay: (1) to each employee who is subject to both the federal Act and this subtitle, at least the minimum wage for that...

(a) Federal certificate defined. -- In this section, federal certificate means a certificate that the United States Department of Labor issues to a work activities center or other sheltered...

Reserved. USER NOTE: For more generally applicable notes, see notes under the first section of this part, subtitle, title, division or article. [Repealed/Reserved] ...

(a) Scope of section. -- (1) This section applies to each employee who: (i) is engaged in an occupation in which the employee customarily and regularly receives more than $ 30 each month...

(a) In general. -- Except as otherwise provided in this section, an employer shall compute the wage for overtime under § 3-415 of this subtitle on the basis of each hour over 40 hours that an...

(a) Nurse defined. -- In this section, nurse means a licensed practical nurse or a registered nurse as defined in § 8-101 of the Health Occupations article. (b) Overtime prohibited. -- Except...

Reserved. USER NOTE: For more generally applicable notes, see notes under the first section of this part, subtitle, title, division or article. [Repealed/Reserved] ...

(a) Copies. -- On request by an employer, the Commissioner shall provide without charge a copy of any summary or regulation to the employer. (b) Place for posting. -- Each employer shall keep...

Each employer shall keep, for at least 3 years, in or about the place of employment, a record of: (1) the name, address, and occupation of each employee; (2) the rate of pay of each...

(a) Required. -- The Commissioner shall enter a place of employment to: (1) question employees to determine whether an employer has been and is complying with this subtitle and regulations...

(a) Review allowed. -- (1) A person aggrieved by a regulation or order to pay wages that the Commissioner adopts under this subtitle may file a complaint in circuit court for the county within...

(a) Action by employee. -- If an employer pays an employee less than the wage required under this subtitle, the employee may bring an action against the employer to recover the difference between...

(a) Prohibited acts of employers. -- An employer may not: (1) pay or agree to pay less than the wage required under this subtitle; (2) hinder or delay the Commissioner or an authorized...

This subtitle may be cited as the Maryland Wage and Hour Law. ...

(a) In general. -- In this subtitle the following words have the meanings indicated. (b) Employer. -- Employer includes any person who employs an individual in the State or a successor of the...

(a) Pay periods. -- (1) Each employer: (i) shall set regular pay periods; and (ii) except as provided in paragraph (2) of this subsection, shall pay each employee at least once in...

An employer may not make a deduction from the wage of an employee unless the deduction is: (1) ordered by a court of competent jurisdiction; (2) authorized expressly in writing by the...

(a) Responsibility of employer. -- An employer shall give to each employee: (1) at the time of hiring, notice of: (i) the rate of pay of the employee; and (ii) the regular paydays...

Each employer shall pay an employee or the authorized representative of an employee all wages due for work that the employee performed before the termination of employment, on or before the day on...

To collect wages that employers unlawfully withhold, the Commissioner may enter into a reciprocal agreement with a labor department or other similar unit that has jurisdiction in another state...

(a) In general. -- Whenever the Commissioner determines that this subtitle has been violated, the Commissioner: (1) may try to resolve any issue involved in the violation informally by...

(a) In general. -- Notwithstanding any remedy available under § 3-507 of this subtitle, if an employer fails to pay an employee in accordance with § 3-502 or § 3-505 of this subtitle, after 2...

(a) Prohibited acts of employer. -- An employer may not willfully violate this subtitle. (b) Prohibited acts of employee. -- An employee may not knowingly make to a governmental unit or official...

This subtitle may be cited as the Maryland Wage Payment and Collection Law. ...

(a) In general. -- In this subtitle the following words have the meanings indicated. (b) Commission. -- Commission means compensation that: (1) is due to a sales representative from a...

This subtitle does not apply to an individual who is considered under the Maryland Wage Payment and Collection Law to be employed by a principal. ...

Each principal shall pay to a sales representative all commissions that are due under a contract that is terminated, within 45 days after payment would have been due if the contract had not...

(a) Treble damages. -- (1) Subject to the requirement of paragraph (2) of this subsection, if a principal violates § 3-604 of this subtitle, a sales representative whom the violation affects is...

For purposes of personal jurisdiction under § 6-103 of the Courts Article, a principal who contracts with a sales representative to solicit wholesale orders for a product in the State is...

(a) Entitlement to commission. -- If a principal makes a revocable offer of a commission to a sales representative who is not an employee of the principal, the sales representative is entitled to...

(a) Scope of section. -- This section does not prohibit a proper medical evaluation by a physician to assess the ability of an applicant to perform a job. (b) Prohibited activity. -- An employer...

An employer may not discharge an employee for participation in an activity of a civil air patrol, civil defense, volunteer fire department, or volunteer rescue squad if: (1) the activity is in...

(a) Definitions. -- (1) In this section the following words have the meanings indicated. (2) Managerial employee means an employee who: (i) is not covered by a collective bargaining...

A pension plan may not reduce a payment to an individual entitled to receive the payment because Social Security payments to that individual increase. ...

Subject to the evaluation and reestablishment provisions of the Maryland Program Evaluation Act, Subtitles 2 and 4 of this title shall terminate and be of no effect after July 1, 2004. ...

(a) Scope. -- This section applies to a proceeding before an administrative or executive board or any similar body provided by an employer, employee organization, or union to hear employee...