Section 20-605 – Exceptions
(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this subtitle, this subtitle does not prohibit: (1) an employer from hiring and employing employees, an employment agency from classifying or referring for employment any individual, a labor organization from classifying its membership or classifying or referring for employment any individual, or an employer, labor organization, or joint labor–management committee controlling […]
Section 20-710 – Powers and Duties of Commission
(a) The Commission shall: (1) cooperate with and provide technical assistance to federal, State, local, and other governmental units or private agencies, organizations, and institutions that are formulating or carrying on programs to prevent or eliminate discriminatory housing practices; (2) conduct studies concerning the nature and extent of discriminatory housing practices in representative urban, suburban, and rural communities […]
Section 20-606 – Unlawful Employment Practices
(a) An employer may not: (1) fail or refuse to hire, discharge, or otherwise discriminate against any individual with respect to the individual’s compensation, terms, conditions, or privileges of employment because of: (i) the individual’s race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, or disability unrelated in nature and extent so […]
Section 20-801 – Prohibited Acts
A person may not: (1) aid, abet, incite, compel, or coerce any person to commit a discriminatory act; (2) attempt, directly or indirectly, alone or in concert with others, to commit a discriminatory act; or (3) obstruct or prevent any person from complying with this title or any order issued under this title.
Section 20-208 – Complaints of Employment Discrimination Reported by County Office of Civil Rights
(a) In this section, “county office of civil rights” means the county office responsible for responding to complaints alleging discrimination in a county. (b) This section applies only to: (1) Anne Arundel County; (2) Baltimore City; (3) Baltimore County; (4) Howard County; (5) Montgomery County; and (6) Prince George’s County. (c) On or before October 1 each year, each county office of civil rights, […]
Section 20-301 – “Place of Public Accommodation” Defined
In this subtitle, “place of public accommodation” means: (1) an inn, hotel, motel, or other establishment that provides lodging to transient guests; (2) a restaurant, cafeteria, lunchroom, lunch counter, soda fountain, or other facility principally engaged in selling food or alcoholic beverages for consumption on or off the premises, including a facility located on the premises of […]
Section 20-302 – Construction of Subtitle
This subtitle does not prohibit the proprietor or employees of any establishment from denying service to any person for failure to conform to the usual and regular requirements, standards, and regulations of the establishment, provided that the denial is not based on discrimination on the grounds of race, sex, age, color, creed, national origin, marital […]
Section 20-303 – Scope of Subtitle
(a) This subtitle does not apply: (1) to a private club or other establishment that is not open to the public, except to the extent that the facilities of the private club or other establishment are made available to the customers or patrons of an establishment within the scope of this subtitle; (2) with respect to sex discrimination, […]
Section 20-304 – Prohibited Act
An owner or operator of a place of public accommodation or an agent or employee of the owner or operator may not refuse, withhold from, or deny to any person any of the accommodations, advantages, facilities, or privileges of the place of public accommodation because of the person’s race, sex, age, color, creed, national origin, […]
Section 20-305 – Reasonable Accommodations
(a) In this section, “reasonable accommodation” means to make a place of public accommodation suitable for access, use, and patronage by an individual with a disability without: (1) danger to the individual’s health or safety; and (2) undue hardship or expense to the person making the accommodation. (b) (1) This subtitle does not require structural changes, modifications, or additions to […]