(a) In this subtitle the following words have the meanings indicated. (b) “Employer” includes a person who acts directly or indirectly in the interest of another employer with an employee. (c) “Federal Act” means the federal Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938. (d) “Wage” means all compensation that is due to an employee for employment.
(a) The General Assembly finds that wages in some occupations in the State have been insufficient to provide adequate maintenance and to protect health. (b) The purpose of this subtitle is to set minimum wage standards in the State to: (1) provide a maintenance level that is consistent with the needs of the population for their efficiency, general […]
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 professional; (2) is employed in a nonadministrative capacity at an organized camp, including a resident or day camp; (3) is under the age of 16 years and is employed no more than […]
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 of employment in excess of the applicable minimum under this subtitle; or (2) a right of an employee that is granted under the federal Act.
An agreement to work for less than the wage required under this subtitle is void.
