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<baltimore-city-law heading="§ 16-21 Employer records.">
  <section prefix="§" num="16-21" heading="Employer records.">
    <para num="(a)" heading="In general.">Each employer subject to this subtitle must maintain a record of all requests for a lactation accommodation received by the employer.</para>
    <para num="(b)" heading="Required contents.">The record must include the following documentation:<para num="(1)">the name of the employee;</para>
      <para num="(2)">the date of the initial request and of any update to the initial request;</para>
      <para num="(3)">a copy of all written or digital correspondence by or on behalf of the employee and employer; and</para>
      <para num="(4)">a description of how the employer resolved the request.</para>
    </para>
    <para num="(c)" heading="Retention period; Inspection.">The employer must:<para num="(1)">retain the record and documentation required by this section for a period of 3 years from the date of the request for lactation accommodation; and</para>
      <para num="(2)">allow the Community Relations Commission access to that record, subject to reasonable notice, to monitor compliance with the requirements of this subtitle.</para>
    </para>
    <para num="(d)" heading="Affect of failure to comply.">In any matter involving an alleged violation of this subtitle, if the employer has failed to maintain or retain the record and documentation required by this section, or does not allow the Commission reasonable access to them, it will be presumed that the employer has violated this subtitle, absent clear and convincing evidence otherwise.</para>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 18-213</annotation>
  </section>
</baltimore-city-law>
