# Labor and Employment (GLE)

## Title 7. Farm Labor Contractors

### Subtitle 4. Responsibilities of Farm Labor Contractors

#### Section 7-401

(a)

  (1) In accordance with this section, each farm labor contractor shall disclose to each migrant agricultural worker:

    (i) each place of employment in the State;

    (ii) a description of the crops and activities involved;

    (iii) each condition of employment at each place of employment, including:

      (1) the wage to be paid;

      (2) the person who will pay the wage; and

      (3) when the wage is due;

    (iv) the housing, insurance, or transportation that will be provided to the migrant agricultural worker;

    (v) any cost that will be charged to the migrant agricultural worker for housing, insurance, or transportation; and

    (vi) each labor dispute that the farm labor contractor knows exists at a place of employment.

  (2) Each farm labor contractor shall disclose to a migrant agricultural worker the information required under this subsection:

    (i) before the farm labor contractor causes the migrant agricultural worker to enter the State to perform agricultural work;

    (ii) if the migrant agricultural worker is recruited in the State, before the farm labor contractor recruits the migrant agricultural worker to perform agricultural work; or

    (iii) if the farm labor contractor is in the State with a migrant agricultural worker and has recruited the migrant agricultural worker when an agricultural operation asks the farm labor contractor to perform a farm labor contracting service, before the farm labor contractor performs the service.

(b) Each farm labor contractor who provides housing for a migrant agricultural worker, by agreement with an agricultural operation or otherwise, shall ensure that all of the conditions of occupancy are posted conspicuously while the migrant agricultural worker stays in the housing.

(c) Information that a farm labor contractor is required to disclose under this section shall be:

  (1) in writing; and

  (2) in English or, as necessary and reasonable for migrant agricultural workers who are not fluent or literate in English, in Spanish or another language common to the migrant agricultural workers.

(d) On request, the Commissioner shall make available to a farm labor contractor forms to be used to disclose information as required under this section.

#### Section 7-402

Unless there is just cause for noncompliance, each farm labor contractor shall comply with:

(1) each written agreement with an agricultural operation that relates to performing a farm labor contracting service or to protecting a migrant agricultural worker under this title;

(2) each written agreement or working arrangement with a migrant agricultural worker; and

(3) each written description of conditions of employment, housing, or transportation that is required under this subtitle to be disclosed to migrant agricultural workers.

#### Section 7-403

(a) The Commissioner may require, by regulation, a farm labor contractor to keep records of:

  (1) wages owed to each migrant agricultural worker for agricultural work performed in the State; and

  (2) wages paid to each migrant agricultural worker for agricultural work performed in the State.

(b) A farm labor contractor shall keep all of the records required under subsection (a) of this section even if the farm labor contractor is not responsible for paying a migrant agricultural worker.

#### Section 7-404

(a) Each farm labor contractor shall ensure that each vehicle that the farm labor contractor uses or causes to be used to transport a migrant agricultural worker in the State meets applicable federal and State standards for safety.

(b) Each farm labor contractor shall ensure that the driver of each vehicle that the farm labor contractor uses or causes to be used to transport a migrant agricultural worker in the State is authorized under Title 16 of the Transportation Article to drive the vehicle.

(c)

  (1) Each farm labor contractor shall ensure that the owner of each vehicle that the farm labor contractor uses or causes to be used to transport a migrant agricultural worker in the State has a policy that insures against liability for bodily injury and damage to property that arises from the ownership or operation of the vehicle.

  (2) The Commissioner shall set, by regulation, the minimum amount of insurance coverage required under paragraph (1) of this subsection, but the amount may not exceed the coverage required under federal law.

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