# COMAR Title 09 — Maryland Department of Labor

## Subtitle 12 — Division of Labor and Industry

### Chapter 41 — Wage and Hour Law

#### Regulation .22 Work-Study Programs.

*COMAR 09.12.41.22*

A. Definitions.

  (1) A “work-study program” is a program in which the period of normal public or private school attendance is divided between school attendance and employment in industry or business.

  (2) A “work-study coordinator” is the individual assigned to supervise or administer a work-study program.

B. Application.

  (1) Upon application by a work-study coordinator, the Commissioner may authorize payment to a student of an hourly rate less than the statutory minimum.

  (2) The application shall state the:

    (a) Title of the work-study coordinator;

    (b) Name and address of the school attended by the student;

    (c) Name and address of the student;

    (d) Name and address of the employer;

    (e) Type of work to be performed by the student;

    (f) Hourly rate to be paid; and

    (g) Duration of time that the student will be paid less than the statutory minimum.

  (3) The employer and the work-study coordinator shall sign the application.

C. The work-study coordinator shall:

  (1) Obtain, through his or her efforts, all work-study program employment opportunities;

  (2) Supervise, on a continuing basis, the progress of each student in a work-study program; and

  (3) Notify the Commissioner upon termination of a student's employment in the job designated on the application.