# Labor and Employment (GLE)

## Title 5. Occupational Safety and Health

### Subtitle 3. Regulations

#### Section 5-321

(a) An applicant for a temporary variance shall:

  (1) give a copy of the application to its employees or their authorized representative;

  (2) post, where notices to employees normally are posted, a statement that summarizes the application and specifies where a copy of the application may be examined; and

  (3) give notice by using any other appropriate means.

(b) An applicant for a permanent variance shall give each employee whom the variance would affect notice:

  (1) of the application; and

  (2) that the Commissioner shall give each employee whom the variance would affect an opportunity to participate in a hearing on the application.

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