# Labor and Employment (GLE)

## Title 3. Employment Standards and Conditions

### Subtitle 16. Secure Maryland Wage Act

#### Section 3-1601

(a) In this subtitle the following words have the meanings indicated.

(b)

  (1) "Covered employee" means any individual employed to perform work at a heightened security interest location who is a nonexempt employee as described in the federal Fair Labor Standards Act.

  (2) "Covered employee" does not include an individual employed to perform work at a heightened security interest location by:

    (i) a retail establishment as defined in Sec. 3-710 of this title;

    (ii) a food service facility as defined in Sec. 21-301 of the Health - General Article; or

    (iii) an on-airport or off-airport motor vehicle rental company, or any other company involved in motor vehicle rental operations.

(c)

  (1) "Employ" means to engage an individual to work.

  (2) "Employ" includes:

    (i) allowing an individual to work; and

    (ii) instructing an individual to be present at a work site.

(d)

  (1) "Employer" includes a person who acts directly or indirectly in the interest of another employer with an employee.

  (2) "Employer" does not include:

    (i) an employer that provides construction services as defined in Sec. 3-901 of this title; or

    (ii) an airline.

(e) "Heightened security interest location" means:

  (1) Baltimore-Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport; or

  (2) Pennsylvania Station in Baltimore.

(f) "Wage" means all compensation that is due to an employee for employment.

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