# Labor and Employment (GLE)

## Title 3. Employment Standards and Conditions

### Subtitle 1. Definitions; General Provisions

#### Section 3-102

(a) In addition to any duties set forth elsewhere, the Commissioner shall:

  (1) enforce Subtitle 2 of this title;

  (2) carry out Subtitle 3 of this title;

  (3) enforce Subtitle 4 of this title;

  (4) enforce Subtitle 9 of this title;

  (5) enforce Subtitle 16 of this title; and

  (6) enforce a local minimum wage law.

(b) If the Governor declares an emergency or disaster, then, with the consent of the Governor, the Commissioner may suspend enforcement of any provision of Subtitle 2 of this title until the emergency or disaster ends.

(c) The Commissioner has the same powers and duties in enforcing a local minimum wage law as the Commissioner has in enforcing Subtitle 4 of this title.

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