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 3-1708 – 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 3-1505 – Employer Penalties Enforced by Commissioner
(a) If the Commissioner determines that an employer has violated any provision of this subtitle, the Commissioner: (1) shall issue an order compelling compliance; and (2) for a subsequent violation, may, in the Commissioner’s discretion, assess a civil penalty of up to $300 for each applicant for employment or employee with respect to whom the employer violated any […]
Section 3-1601 – Definitions
(a) In this subtitle the following words have the meanings indicated. (b) (1) “Covered employee” means any individual employed to perform work at a heightened security interest location who is a nonexempt employee as described in the federal Fair Labor Standards Act. (2) “Covered employee” does not include an individual employed to perform work at a heightened security interest […]
Section 3-1602 – Legislative Findings — Purpose of Subtitle
(a) The General Assembly finds that: (1) low wages of employees at a heightened security interest location can be a substantial factor in the inability of these locations to attract or retain experienced and trained employees; and (2) high turnover rates and inexperience of many employees at a heightened security interest location that result from low wages can […]