# Labor and Employment (GLE)

## Title 11. Division of Workforce Development and Adult Learning

### Subtitle 3. Economic Stabilization Act

#### Section 11-306

(a) If the Secretary, or the Secretary's designee, determines that an employer has violated Sec. 11-305 of this subtitle, the Secretary, or the Secretary's designee:

  (1) shall issue an order compelling compliance; and

  (2) may, in the Secretary's, or the Secretary's designee's, discretion, assess a civil penalty of up to $10,000 per day for each day that an employer violated Sec. 11-305 of this subtitle.

(b) In determining the amount of the penalty, if assessed, the Secretary, or the Secretary's designee, shall consider:

  (1) the gravity of the violation;

  (2) the size of the employer's business;

  (3) the employer's good faith; and

  (4) the employer's history of violations under this subtitle.

(c) The assessment of a penalty under subsection (a)(2) of this section shall be subject to the notice and hearing requirements of Title 10, Subtitle 2 of the State Government Article.

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Md. Code Ann., Lab. & Empl. (as displayed at mgaleg.maryland.gov, October 16, 2026)