# Labor and Employment (GLE)

## Title 3. Employment Standards and Conditions

### Subtitle 7. Miscellaneous

#### Section 3-713

(a) In this section, "tipped employee" means an employee who is engaged in an occupation in which the employee customarily and regularly receives more than $30 each month in tips or gratuities.

(b)

  (1) An employer may not require a tipped employee to reimburse the employer or pay to the employer an amount equivalent to a customer's charge for food or beverages if the customer leaves the employer's place of business without paying the charge for food or beverages.

  (2) Subject to Sec. 3-503 of this title, an employer may not make a deduction from the wage of a tipped employee to reimburse the employer for an amount equivalent to a customer's charge for food or beverages if the customer leaves the employer's place of business without paying the charge for food or beverages.

(c) Each employer shall keep posted conspicuously in a place where a tipped employee is employed a printed notice of the provisions of this section, in a form that the Commissioner requires.

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