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<section article="gle" article_name="Labor and Employment" number="3-103" title_number="3" title_name="Employment Standards and Conditions" subtitle_number="1" subtitle_name="Definitions; General Provisions">
  <level label="a">
    <text>Except as otherwise provided in this section, the Commissioner may conduct an investigation to determine whether a provision of this title has been violated on the Commissioner’s own initiative or may require a written complaint.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>The Commissioner may conduct an investigation under Subtitle 3 of this title, on the Commissioner’s own initiative or on receipt of a written complaint of an employee.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>The Commissioner may conduct an investigation to determine whether Subtitle 5 of this title has been violated on receipt of a written complaint of an employee.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>The Commissioner may conduct an investigation to determine whether Subtitle 6 of this title has been violated on receipt of a written complaint of a sales representative.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <level label="1">
      <text>The Commissioner may investigate whether § 3–701 of this title has been violated on receipt of a written complaint of an applicant for employment.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The Commissioner may investigate whether § 3–702 of this title has been violated on receipt of a written complaint of an applicant for employment or an employee.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>The Commissioner may investigate whether § 3–704 of this title has been violated on receipt of a written complaint of an employee.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>The Commissioner may investigate whether § 3–710 of this title has been violated on receipt of a written complaint of an employee as provided in § 3–710(d)(1) of this title.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="5">
      <text>The Commissioner may investigate whether § 3–711 of this title has been violated on receipt of a written complaint of an employee as provided in § 3–711(d)(1) of this title.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="6">
      <text>The Commissioner may investigate whether § 3–712 of this title has been violated on receipt of a written complaint of an employee or applicant.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="f">
    <level label="1">
      <text>The Commissioner may investigate whether § 3–801 of this title has been violated on receipt of a written complaint of an employee.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The Commissioner may investigate whether § 3–802 of this title has been violated on receipt of a written complaint of an employee.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="g">
    <text>The Commissioner may investigate whether Subtitle 9 of this title has been violated:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>on the Commissioner’s own initiative;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>on receipt of a written complaint signed by the person submitting the complaint; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>on referral from another unit of State government.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="h">
    <text>The Commissioner may conduct an investigation to determine whether Subtitle 10 of this title has been violated on receipt of a written complaint of an employee.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="i">
    <text>The Commissioner may conduct an investigation to determine whether Subtitle 12 of this title has been violated on receipt of a written complaint of an employee.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="j">
    <text>The Commissioner may conduct an investigation to determine whether Subtitle 14 of this title has been violated on receipt of a written complaint of an applicant or employee.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="k">
    <text>The Commissioner, on the Commissioner’s own initiative or on receipt of a written complaint, may conduct an investigation of whether a local minimum wage law has been violated.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="l">
    <level label="1">
      <text>The Commissioner may conduct an investigation to determine whether Subtitle 13 of this title has been violated on receipt of a written complaint by an employee.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>To the extent practicable, the Commissioner shall keep confidential the identity of an employee who has filed a written complaint alleging a violation of Subtitle 13 of this title unless the employee waives confidentiality.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="m">
    <text>The Commissioner may conduct an investigation to determine whether Subtitle 16 of this title has been violated on receipt of a written complaint by an employee.</text>
  </level>
</section>
