Any intimidation, threat, coercion, or retaliation by or with the approval of any sponsor against any person for the purpose of interfering with any right or privilege secured by Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, as amended, Executive Order 11246, as amended, or because he or she has made a complaint, testified, assisted, or participated in any manner in an investigation, proceeding, or hearing under this chapter shall be considered noncompliance with the equal opportunity standards of this chapter. The identity of complainants shall be kept confidential except to the extent necessary to carry out the purpose of this chapter including the conduct of any investigation, hearing, or judicial proceeding arising therefrom.

Authority: Labor and Employment Article, §11-405, Annotated Code of Maryland

Effective date: September 1, 1971

Chapter revised effective September 8, 1978 (5:18 Md. R. 1387)

(Transferred from Department of Licensing and Regulation to Department of Employment and Training, effective October 1, 1983; recodified from COMAR 09.12.21 to 24.04.01)

Chapter revised effective December 21, 1992 (19:25 Md. R. 2208)

Chapter recodified from COMAR 24.04.01 to COMAR 09.12.42, May 1996

Regulation .01 amended effective April 11, 2016 (43:7 Md. R. 448)