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§ 3-713. Employers prohibited from requiring employee reimbursement for customer food or bevera...

West's Annotated Code of MarylandLabor and EmploymentEffective: October 1, 2013

West's Annotated Code of Maryland
Labor and Employment
Title 3. Employment Standards and Conditions (Refs & Annos)
Subtitle 7. Miscellaneous (Refs & Annos)
Effective: October 1, 2013
MD Code, Labor and Employment, § 3-713
§ 3-713. Employers prohibited from requiring employee reimbursement for customer food or beverages
Tipped employee defined
(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.
Reimbursement or deduction from employee wages prohibited
(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 for food or beverages if the customer leaves the employer's place of business without paying the charge for food or beverages.
(2) Subject to § 3-503 of this title, an employer may not make a deduction from the wage of a tipped employee to reimburse the employer for an amount equivalent to a customer's charge for food or beverages if the customer leaves the employer's place of business without paying the charge for food or beverages.
Posting notice to employees
(c) Each employer shall keep posted conspicuously in a place where a tipped employee is employed a printed notice of the provisions of this section, in a form that the Commissioner requires.

Credits

Added by Acts 2013, c. 499, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 2013.
MD Code, Labor and Employment, § 3-713, MD LABOR & EMPLY § 3-713
Current through legislation effective through April 9, 2023, from the 2024 Regular Session of the General Assembly. Some statute sections may be more current, see credits for details.
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