Section 3-801 - "Employer" defined; applicability; adoption leave. - Maryland Statutes

§ 3-801. "Employer" defined; applicability; adoption leave.
 

(a)  "Employer" defined.-  

(1) In this section, "employer" means a person engaged in a business, industry, profession, trade, or other enterprise in the State. 

(2) "Employer" includes: 

(i) a unit of State or local government that employs individuals who are not subject to the provisions of Title 9, Subtitle 5 of the State Personnel and Pensions Article; and 

(ii) a person who acts directly or indirectly in the interest of another employer with an employee. 

(b)  Applicability of section.- This section applies to an employer who provides leave with pay to an employee following the birth of the employee's child. 

(c)  Adoption leave.- An employer who provides leave with pay to an employee following the birth of the employee's child shall provide the same leave with pay to an employee when a child is placed with the employee for adoption. 
 

[1999, ch. 503; 2002, ch. 376; 2008, ch. 644.]