Section 3-1708 – Actions by Employee if Employer Allegedly Violates Subtitle — Written Complaint
(a) If an essential worker believes that an essential employer has violated § 3–1604 of this subtitle: (1) the essential worker may seek enforcement of rights under § 5–604 of this article; and (2) the Commissioner shall respond in accordance with the enforcement provisions under Title 5 of this article. (b) (1) If an essential worker believes that an essential […]
Section 3-1709 – Citation of Subtitle
This subtitle may be cited as the Maryland Essential Workers’ Protection Act.
Section 3-1703 – Actions by Essential Employers During Emergency
During an emergency, each essential employer shall: (1) provide working conditions that comply with applicable safety standards adopted by a federal or State agency; (2) subject to availability, provide necessary amounts of safety equipment recommended for usage during the emergency at no cost to essential workers; (3) adopt, maintain, and post written protocols to ensure an essential worker’s […]
Section 3-1704 – Right of Essential Worker to Refuse an Assigned Task
An essential worker has a right to refuse to perform an assigned task as provided under § 5–604 of this article and corollary regulations.
Section 3-1705 – Proactive Steps by Essential Employer if Worker Contracts Communicable Disease — Employer to Pay Cost of Testing — Reporting of Positive Test Results
(a) During an emergency, if an essential worker or any other worker has contracted the communicable disease that is the subject of the emergency at a work site, the essential employer shall take proactive steps to minimize the risk of transmission, including informing essential workers that they may have been exposed. (b) (1) Except as provided in paragraph […]
Section 3-1706 – Public Health Emergency Leave — Paid Leave Provided by Essential Employer — Use by Essential Employees — Documentation Required
(a) (1) In this section the following words have the meanings indicated. (2) “Family member” means: (i) a biological child, an adopted child, a foster child, or a stepchild of the essential worker; (ii) a child for whom the essential worker has legal or physical custody or guardianship; (iii) a child for whom the essential worker stands in loco parentis, regardless […]
Section 3-1707 – Restrictions on Reclassifying of Workers
An essential employer may not knowingly misclassify an essential worker as an independent contractor or other classification in order to avoid paying an essential worker any benefits due during an emergency under this subtitle.
Section 3-1603 – Application of Subtitle — Rights of Covered Employees
(a) This subtitle applies to a covered employee of an employer only if at least 50% of the covered employee’s time during any workweek is performed at a heightened security interest location. (b) This subtitle does not diminish: (1) the right of covered employees to bargain collectively with their employers through representatives whom the covered employees choose to […]
Section 3-1604 – Wage Rate for Covered Employees — Overtime Wages — Void Agreements — Tips Not Included
(a) (1) An employer shall pay a covered employee a wage rate: (i) for the 12–month period beginning January 1, 2022, that is not less than $13.50 per hour; (ii) for the 12–month period beginning January 1, 2023, that is not less than $14.25 per hour; (iii) for the 12–month period beginning January 1, 2024, that is not less than […]
Section 3-1605 – Duties of Commissioner — Provided to Employer on Request — Posted by Employer in Place of Employment
(a) The Commissioner: (1) shall create and make available a summary of this subtitle; and (2) may create and make available a summary of regulations adopted under this subtitle. (b) On request of an employer, the Commissioner shall provide without charge: (1) a copy of this subtitle; (2) a summary of this subtitle; (3) a copy of regulations adopted under this subtitle; […]