(a) This section does not prohibit a proper medical evaluation by a physician to assess the ability of an applicant to perform a job. (b) An employer may not require an applicant for employment to answer an oral or written question that relates to a physical, psychiatric, or psychological disability, illness, handicap, or treatment unless the disability, […]
(a) In this section, “employer” means: (1) a person engaged in a business, industry, profession, trade, or other enterprise in the State; (2) the State; (3) a county; and (4) a municipal corporation in the State. (b) (1) This section does not apply to the federal government or any of its units. (2) This section does not apply to an individual who is […]
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 response to an emergency that the Governor declares on the request of the governing body of a county or municipal corporation; and (2) the employee […]
(a) (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 agreement; (ii) as primary duty of the employee, manages an enterprise or a unit of the enterprise that customarily is considered a department or subdivision of the enterprise; (iii) customarily and regularly supervises at […]
A pension plan may not reduce a payment to an individual entitled to receive the payment because Social Security payments to that individual increase.
(a) 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 grievances. (b) (1) At any proceeding, a deaf employee may request an interpreter. (2) The request must be in writing and submitted at least 5 days before the proceeding begins. (c) The […]
(a) An application for renewal of a license, certificate, permit, or other authorization that an individual is required by law to hold to engage in a profession or trade is considered timely if the application is submitted within 1 year after the end of the individual’s active service in the armed forces of the United States. […]
An employee has the duties and rights set forth: (1) with respect to jury service in a circuit court of this State, in Title 8 of the Courts Article; and (2) with respect to jury service in a federal court, in 28 U.S.C. § 1861 et seq.
(a) (1) In this section the following words have the meanings indicated. (2) “Employer” means a person: (i) engaged in a retail establishment business in the State that has 50 or more retail employees for each working day in each of 20 or more calendar weeks in the current or preceding calendar year; or (ii) that owns one or more […]
(a) This section does not apply to an employer that is: (1) required to inquire into an applicant’s or employee’s credit report or credit history under federal law or any provision of State law for the purpose of employment; (2) a financial institution that accepts deposits that are insured by a federal agency, or an affiliate or subsidiary […]
(a) (1) In this section the following words have the meanings indicated. (2) “Applicant” means an applicant for employment. (3) (i) “Electronic communications device” means any device that uses electronic signals to create, transmit, and receive information. (ii) “Electronic communications device” includes computers, telephones, personal digital assistants, and other similar devices. (4) (i) “Employer” means: 1. a person engaged in a business, an industry, […]
(a) In this section, “tipped employee” means an employee who is engaged in an occupation in which the employee customarily and regularly receives more than $30 each month in tips or gratuities. (b) (1) An employer may not require a tipped employee to reimburse the employer or pay to the employer an amount equivalent to a customer’s charge […]
(a) In this section, “eligible veteran” means a veteran of any branch of the armed forces of the United States who has received an honorable discharge or a certificate of satisfactory completion of military service, including: (1) the National Guard; (2) the military reserves; (3) the Commissioned Corps of the Public Health Service; and (4) the Commissioned Corps of the […]
(a) Except as prohibited by federal law, a provision in an employment contract, policy, or agreement that waives any substantive or procedural right or remedy to a claim that accrues in the future of sexual harassment or retaliation for reporting or asserting a right or remedy based on sexual harassment is null and void as being […]
(a) (1) This section applies: (i) to an employment contract or a similar document or agreement concerning an employee who earns equal to or less than: 1. $15 per hour; or 2. $31,200 annually; and (ii) whether or not the employer and employee entered into the employment contract or similar document or agreement in the State. (2) This section does not apply […]
(a) (1) In this section the following words have the meanings indicated. (2) “Facial recognition service” means technology that analyzes facial features and is used for recognition or persistent tracking of individuals in still or video images. (3) “Facial template” means the machine–interpretable pattern of facial features that is extracted from one or more images of an individual by […]
