Definitions

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

    (b)    “Commissioner” means the Commissioner of Labor and Industry.

    (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.

    (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.

    (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.

    (f)    “Person” includes a successor.

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

    (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.


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