Section 5-101 - Definitions. - Maryland Statutes

§ 5-101. Definitions.
 

(a)  In general.- In this title the following words have the meanings indicated. 

(b)  Commissioner.- "Commissioner" means the Commissioner of Labor and Industry. 

(c)  Employee.-  

(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. 

(d)  Employer.-  

(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. 

(e)  Occupational safety and health standard.- "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. 

(f)  Person.- "Person" includes a successor. 

(g)  Place of employment.- "Place of employment" means a place in or about which an employee is allowed to work. 

(h)  Public body.- "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. 
 

[An. Code 1957, art. 89, § 29; 1991, ch. 8, § 2; ch. 637; 2003, ch. 316, §§ 1, 3; 2007, chs. 501, 502, § 1; 2008, ch. 36, § 6.]