Subdivision 7. Prohibited Acts in Employment
Codified through Bill No. CB-018-2026, adopted May 12, 2026, effective July 24, 2026. Source: Municode, Supplement 2026 Update 2. Editorial notes and legislative history omitted.
Subdivision 7. Prohibited Acts in Employment
Prince George's County, Md., Code § 2-222 (2026)
Sec. 2-222. Discrimination in employment prohibitedLinkCopy Citation
No employer in the County shall discharge or refuse to hire any person, or act against any person with respect to compensation or other terms and conditions of employment, or limit, segregate, classify, or assign employees because of discrimination.
Prince George's County, Md., Code § 2-223 (2026)
Sec. 2-223. Referral by employment agencyLinkCopy Citation
No employment agency in the County shall fail or refuse to refer a person for employment or act against any person respecting the kind of employment for which a referral could have been made, or classify a person for employment because of discrimination.
Prince George's County, Md., Code § 2-224 (2026)
Sec. 2-224. Discrimination by labor unions prohibitedLinkCopy Citation
(a)
No labor organization located or domiciled in the County, with respect to the exercise of its functions and activities within the County shall:
(1)
Exclude or expel any person from its membership, or otherwise act against any person because of discrimination;
(2)
Limit, segregate, or classify its members, classify for employment, or fail or refuse to refer for employment, any person, or in any way to deprive any person of employment opportunities, because of discrimination;
(3)
Cause or attempt to cause any employer to discriminate against any person in violation of this Section.
Prince George's County, Md., Code § 2-225 (2026)
Sec. 2-225. Discrimination in apprenticeships or training programsLinkCopy Citation
No employer in the County, any labor organization located or domiciled in the County, or any labor organization with respect to its operations and functions within the County, or joint committee composed of representatives of employers and labor organizations in the County which operates or administers a program of training apprentices or training or retraining of any employees, either at or away from a place of employment in the County, shall act against any applicant or member of any apprenticeship or training program because of discrimination.
Prince George's County, Md., Code § 2-226 (2026)
Sec. 2-226. Discriminatory notices or advertisementsLinkCopy Citation
No person shall print or publish, or cause to be printed or published, any notice or advertisement relating to employment which indicates a preference, limitation, or specification based upon discrimination, except where such requirement or prerequisite is a bona fide occupational qualification as set forth in this Subdivision.
Prince George's County, Md., Code § 2-227 (2026)
Sec. 2-227. Exceptions to subdivision restrictionsLinkCopy Citation
(a)
Nothing in this Subdivision shall prohibit the hiring, assignment, compensation, or discharge of persons by an employer, the classification or referral of persons for employment by an employment agency, the classification of members of a labor organization, or the admission to any program of apprenticeship, training, or retraining because of discrimination where it can be demonstrated that it is a bona fide occupational qualification which is reasonable, necessary, and relevant to the normal operation of a particular business or enterprise.
(b)
A school, college, university, or other educational institution may hire and employ persons of a particular religion if such school, college, university, or other educational institution is, in whole or in substantial part, owned, supported, controlled, or managed by a particular church, synagogue, mosque, temple, or other religious organization or corporation, or if the curriculum of the school, college, university, or other educational institution is designed to comply, in whole or in part, with the doctrines or tenets of a particular church, synagogue, mosque, or temple.
Prince George's County, Md., Code § 2-228 (2026)
Sec. 2-228. Use of merit system standards or federal standardsLinkCopy Citation
Nothing in this Subdivision shall preclude an employer from applying different standards of compensation, or different terms, conditions, and privileges of employment, which are pursuant to a merit system or seniority system, or pursuant to the provisions of Section 6(d) of the Fair Labor Standards Act (29 U.S.C. 206(d)), or a system of employment which measures earnings by quality or quantity of production, or which provides the aforesaid different standards of compensation, terms, conditions, and privileges of employment, based upon at different locations, provided that the aforesaid different standards of compensation, terms, conditions, and privileges of employment are not established for the purpose of discrimination.
Prince George's County, Md., Code § 2-228.01 (2026)
Sec. 2-228.01. Dress and grooming codeLinkCopy Citation
Nothing in this Subdivision shall preclude an employer from establishing standards concerning an employee's dress and grooming if the standards are directly related to the nature of the employment.