(a) In this title the following words have the meanings indicated.
Commissioner
(b) “Commissioner” means the Commissioner of Labor and Industry.
Employee
(c)(1) “Employee” means, except as provided in § 5-401 of this title, an individual whom an employer employs, for a wage or other compensation, in the business of the employer.
(2) “Employee” includes:
(i) an individual whom a governmental unit employs;
(ii) an individual who is licensed as a taxicab driver and leases or rents a taxicab from a person who operates or owns a taxicab business in Baltimore City;
(iii) an individual who is employed for part-time or temporary help by a governmental unit or person who engages in a business that directly employs individuals to provide part-time or temporary help to another governmental unit or person; and
(iv) an individual who performs work for a governmental unit or person to whom the individual is provided by another governmental unit or person who engages in a business that directly employs individuals to provide part-time or temporary help.
Employer
(d)(1) “Employer” means:
(i) except as provided in § 5-401 of this title, a person who is engaged in commerce, industry, trade, or other business in the State and employs at least one employee in that business; or
(ii) a public body.
(2) “Employer” includes:
(i) a person who operates or owns a taxicab business in Baltimore City and leases or rents a taxicab to a licensed taxicab driver, to provide services to the public;
(ii) a governmental unit or person who engages in a business that directly employs individuals to provide part-time or temporary help to another governmental unit or person; and
(iii) a governmental unit or person who contracts directly with another governmental unit or person who engages in a business that directly employs individuals to provide part-time or temporary help to another governmental unit or person.
Occupational safety and health standard
(e) “Occupational safety and health standard” means a regulation that requires:
(1) a condition that is reasonably appropriate or necessary to make employment and places of employment safe and healthful; or
(2) the adoption or use of a means, method, operation, practice, or process that is reasonably appropriate or necessary to make employment and places of employment safe and healthful.
Person
(f) “Person” includes a successor.
Place of employment
(g) “Place of employment” means a place in or about which an employee is allowed to work.
Public body
(h) “Public body” means:
(1) a governmental unit;
(2) a public or quasi-public corporation of the State;
(3) a school district in the State or any unit of the district; or
(4) a special district in the State or any unit of the district.
Credits
Added by Acts 1991, c. 8, § 2, eff. Oct. 1, 1991. Amended by Acts 1991, c. 637; Acts 2003, c. 316, §§ 1, 3, eff. July 1, 2003; Acts 2007, c. 501, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 2007; Acts 2007, c. 502, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 2007; Acts 2020, c. 308, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 2020.
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.
