Section 3-1702 – Application to Certain Essential Employers
This subtitle applies only to essential employers in industries and sectors identified by the Governor or a federal or State agency as critical to remain in operation during the emergency.
Section 3-1503 – When Inquiries About Criminal Records Allowed
(a) Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, an employer may not, at any time before the first in–person interview, require an applicant to disclose whether the applicant has a criminal record or has had criminal accusations brought against the applicant. (b) An employer may require an applicant to disclose during the first in–person interview […]
Section 3-1504 – Retaliatory Actions and Discrimination Prohibited
An employer may not take or refuse to take a personnel action or otherwise retaliate or discriminate against an applicant or employee as a reprisal for the applicant or employee having claimed a violation of this subtitle.
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 […]
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 3-1402 – Unpaid Organ Donation Leave
(a) Subject to subsection (b) of this section, an eligible employee is entitled to the following unpaid organ donation leave: (1) up to 60 business days in any 12–month period to serve as an organ donor; and (2) up to 30 business days in any 12–month period to serve as a bone marrow donor. (b) To receive organ donation […]
Section 3-1403 – Rights of Eligible Employee Who Take Leave
(a) An employer may not consider any period of time during which an eligible employee takes organ donation leave to be a break in the eligible employee’s continuous service for the purpose of the eligible employee’s right to salary adjustments, sick leave, vacation, paid time off, annual leave, or seniority. (b) An eligible employee who returns to […]
Section 3-1210 – Effect of Collective Bargaining Agreement or Employment Benefit Program or Plan
(a) This subtitle may not be construed to diminish the obligation of an employer to comply with a collective bargaining agreement or an employment benefit program or plan that provides greater family or medical leave rights to employees than the rights established under this subtitle. (b) The rights established for employees under this subtitle may not be […]