The terms hereinafter set forth, wherever used in this Division I, are defined as follows. “Employ” means to permit to work. “Employer” means any person, individual, partnership, association, corporation, business trust, or any other organized group or successor of an individual, partnership, association, corporation, trust of persons employing 2 or more persons in the City of Baltimore. “Employer” shall not include the United States, any State, or any political subdivision thereof. “Employee” means any person permitted or instructed to work or be present by an employer. “Employee” shall not include:persons engaged in the activities of an educational, charitable, religious, or other nonprofit organization where the services rendered to such organization are on a voluntary basis, or in return for charitable aid conferred upon such person; persons employed in a bona fide executive, supervisory, or professional capacity; persons employed by any member of their immediate family; persons compensated upon a commission basis only; or persons employed as domestics within a home, only to the extent that such persons have been exempted from the Federal Fair Labor Standards Act as amended and as hereafter amended. City Code, 1966, art. 19, §52 1976/83, art. 19, §64 Ord. 64-370 Ord. 65-491 Ord. 66-739 Ord. 67-1219 Ord. 70-798 Ord. 75-969 Ord. 78-778 Ord. 90-601

The Mayor and City Council, after conducting an investigation of employment conditions in the City of Baltimore, hereby find:that many persons employed in Baltimore are paid wages which, in relation to the cost of living in the City and the income necessary to sustain minimum standards of decent living conditions, are insufficient to provide adequate maintenance for themselves and their families; that the employment of such persons at such wages:impairs the health, efficiency, and well-being of the persons so employed and of their families; reduces the purchasing power of such persons; diminishes and depresses business, trade, and industry in the City; threatens the stability and well-being of the City’s economic life; fosters and contributes toward slum conditions and housing evils; creates conditions of want and deprivation tending to weaken and undermine family life and breed crime and juvenile delinquency; threatens the health, welfare, and well-being of the people of the City; and injures the City economically. Accordingly, it is the declared policy of the Mayor and City Council that such conditions be eliminated as rapidly as practicable without substantially curtailing opportunities for employment or earning power. To that end, legislation is necessary in the public interest in order to end these conditions so inimical to the public health, safety, and welfare of the citizens of Baltimore, to establish minimum wage standards for all employees as herein defined at a level consistent with their health, welfare, and general well-being. City Code, 1966, art. 19, §61 1976/83, art. 19, §71 Ord. 66-739

For the new, Code-wide standard for severability, see <cite data-path="|general">City General Provisions Article</cite>, <cite data-path="|general|1|2|1-214">§ 1-214</cite>.