1. (a) In this title the following words have the meanings indicated.
2. (b) “Commissioner” means the Commissioner of Labor and Industry.

3. (c)

   1. (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. (2) “Employee” includes:

      1. (i) an individual whom a public body employs;
      2. (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;
      3. (iii) an individual who is employed for part-time or temporary help by a public body or person who engages in a business that directly employs individuals to provide part-time or temporary help to another public body or person; and
      4. (iv) an individual who performs work for a public body or person to whom the individual is provided by another public body or person who engages in a business that directly employs individuals to provide part-time or temporary help.

4. (d)

   1. (1) “Employer” means:

      1. (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
      2. (ii) a public body.

   2. (2) “Employer” includes:

      1. (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;
      2. (ii) a public body or person who engages in a business that directly employs individuals to provide part-time or temporary help to another public body or person; and
      3. (iii) a public body or person who contracts directly with another public body or person who engages in a business that directly employs individuals to provide part-time or temporary help to another public body or person.

5. (e) “Occupational safety and health standard” means a regulation that requires:

   1. (1) a condition that is reasonably appropriate or necessary to make employment and places of employment safe and healthful; or
   2. (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.
6. (f) “Person” includes a successor.
7. (g) “Place of employment” means a place in or about which an employee is allowed to work.

8. (h) “Public body” means:

   1. (1) a governmental unit;
   2. (2) a public or quasi-public corporation of the State;
   3. (3) a school district in the State or any unit of the district; or
   4. (4) a special district in the State or any unit of the district.

9. (i)

   1. (1) “Workplace violence” means an act of violence or a threat of violence that occurs at a place of employment and that is not a lawful act of self-defense or defense of another person.

   2. (2) “Workplace violence” includes, regardless of whether the employee is physically or psychologically injured:

      1. (i) using or threatening to use physical force against an employee; or
      2. (ii) an incident involving the use of or threatening the use of a firearm or other dangerous weapon.

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; Acts 2025, c. 608, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 2025; Acts 2025, c. 609, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 2025.

Formerly Art. 89, § 29.