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<section article="gsf" article_name="State Finance and Procurement" number="18-107" title_number="18" title_name="Living Wage" subtitle_number="1">
  <level label="a">
    <text>Within 30 days after a complaint is filed, the Commissioner shall investigate the complaint in accordance with this title.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>A written or oral complaint or statement made by an employee under this title is confidential and may not be disclosed to the employer without the consent of the employee.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>An employer subject to this title shall allow the Commissioner or the Commissioner’s designee access to a work site and payroll records, and allow an opportunity to interview employees for purposes of enforcing this title.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <level label="1">
      <text>Within 30 days after completing an investigation, the Commissioner shall issue an order for a hearing.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Within 30 days before the hearing, the Commissioner shall serve, personally or by mail, written notice of the hearing on all interested parties.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>The notice shall include:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>a statement of facts disclosed in the investigation; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>the time and place of the hearing.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>In conducting a hearing, the Commissioner may:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>subpoena witnesses;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>administer oaths; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>compel the production of records, books, papers, and other evidence.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <level label="1">
      <text>Within 30 days after the conclusion of the hearing, the Commissioner shall:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>issue a determination; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>serve, personally or by mail, each interested party with a copy of the determination.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>If the Commissioner finds a violation of this title, the Commissioner shall determine the amount of restitution and liquidated damages to be assessed under § 18–108 of this title.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>On receipt of the determination, the employer shall pay the affected employees the amount due in accordance with the Commissioner’s determination.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
