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<section article="gle" article_name="Labor and Employment" number="3-1505" title_number="3" title_name="Employment Standards and Conditions" subtitle_number="15" subtitle_name="Criminal History Screening">
  <level label="a">
    <text>If the Commissioner determines that an employer has violated any provision of this subtitle, the Commissioner:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>shall issue an order compelling compliance; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>for a subsequent violation, may, in the Commissioner’s discretion, assess a civil penalty of up to $300 for each applicant for employment or employee with respect to whom the employer violated any provision of this subtitle.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>In determining the amount of the penalty, if assessed, the Commissioner shall consider:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>the gravity of the violation;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>the size of the employer’s business;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>the employer’s good faith; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>the employer’s history of violations under this subtitle.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>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.</text>
  </level>
</section>
