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<section article="gle" article_name="Labor and Employment" number="3-304.2" title_number="3" title_name="Employment Standards and Conditions" subtitle_number="3" subtitle_name="Equal Pay for Equal Work">
  <level label="a">
    <level label="1">
      <text>This subsection applies only with respect to a position for work that will be physically performed, at least in part, in the State.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>An employer shall:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>disclose in each public or internal posting for each position the wage range and a general description of benefits and any other compensation offered for the position; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>if a public or internal posting for a position was not made available to an applicant for the position, disclose to the applicant the information required to be disclosed in a public or internal posting under item (i) of this paragraph:</text>
        <level label="1">
          <text>before a discussion of compensation is held with the applicant; and</text>
        </level>
        <level label="2">
          <text>at any other time on request of the applicant.</text>
        </level>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>An employer shall set the wage range disclosed under subsection (a)(2) of this section in good faith.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <level label="1">
      <text>The Commissioner shall develop and make available to employers a form that an employer may use to comply with subsection (a) of this section.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>An employer may comply with subsection (a) of this section by:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>completing the form developed under paragraph (1) of this subsection;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>including the completed form in each public or internal posting for a position; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>otherwise making the completed form available to applicants as required under subsection (a) of this section.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <level label="1">
      <text>An employer may not:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>retaliate against or refuse to interview, hire, or employ an applicant for employment or promote or transfer an employee because the applicant or employee:</text>
        <level label="1">
          <text>did not provide wage history;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="2">
          <text>requested the wage range in accordance with this section; or</text>
        </level>
        <level label="3">
          <text>exercised any rights under this section; and</text>
        </level>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>except as provided in paragraph (2) of this subsection:</text>
        <level label="1">
          <text>rely on the wage history of an applicant for employment in screening or considering the applicant for employment or in determining the wages for the applicant; or</text>
        </level>
        <level label="2">
          <text>seek the wage history for an applicant for employment orally, in writing, or through an employee or an agent or from a current or former employer.</text>
        </level>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>After an employer makes an initial offer of employment with an offer of compensation to an applicant for employment, an employer may:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>subject to paragraph (3) of this subsection, rely on the wage history voluntarily provided by the applicant for employment to support a wage offer higher than the initial wage offered by the employer; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>seek to confirm the wage history voluntarily provided by the applicant for employment to support a wage offer higher than the initial wage offered by the employer.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>An employer may rely on wage history under paragraph (2) of this subsection only if the higher wage does not create an unlawful pay differential based on protected characteristics under § 3–304 of this subtitle.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <text>This section may not be construed to prohibit an applicant for employment from sharing wage history with an employer voluntarily.</text>
  </level>
</section>
