three agencies. The Team also responds to
telephone and written inquiries and complaints
received by the Division of Financial Regulation
through a centralized complaint unit.
The Team's Anti-Fraud Unit monitors all forms
of media advertising throughout the State for
deceptive and illegal credit-related activities. The
Unit investigates persons and companies involved
in fraud to determine when they cease activity
within Maryland or obtain the necessary licenses
and surety bonds to operate legally within the State.
The Unit also maintains a telephone hotline for
consumers and the business community to call
regarding questionable business practices that- re-
quire immediate review and action.
The Director is appointed by the Secretary of
Licensing and Regulation with the Governor's
consent.

ASSISTANT SECRETARY

Nancy B. Burkheimer, Assistant Secretary
333-4181

Under the Assistant Secretary are the Division
of Labor and Industry, the Division of Occupational
and Professional Licensing, and the Division of
Racing, as well as personnel and administrative
services for the Department.

DIVISION OF LABOR & INDUSTRY

Henry Koellein, Jr., Commissioner of Labor & Industry
Ileana O'Brien, Deputy Commissioner

501 St. Paul Place
Baltimore, MD 21202 333-4179
toll free: 1-800-492-6226

Established in 1884 as the Bureau of Statistics
and Information, the Division of Labor and In-
dustry is one of the oldest governmental agencies
in this field in the United States, antedating the U.S.
Department of Labor by one year (Chapter 211,
Acts of 1884). After 1892, the Department was
known as the Industrial Bureau. A reorganization
in 1916 renamed it the State Board of Labor and
Statistics with enforcement powers for all factory
acts. Further reformed in 1939 (Chapter 747, Acts
of 1939), the Board in 1945 became the Depart-
ment of Labor and Industry (Chapter 938, Acts of
1945). It adopted its present name in 1970 (Chap-
ter 402, Acts of 1970).
The Commissioner of Labor and Industry is
appointed by the Secretary of Licensing and
Regulation with the approval of the Governor and
holds office at the pleasure of the Secretary Under
direction of the Commissioner, the Division enfor-
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employers. It promotes harmony between industry
and labor through mediation and arbitration of
labor disputes and by holding consent collective
bargaining elections.
The Division is organized into six sections:
Employment Standards Service, Mediation and
Conciliation Service, Occupational Safety and
Health, Prevailing Wage, Railroad Safety and
Health, and Safety Inspection. Authorization for
the Division continues until July 1, 1994 (Code
1957, Art. 89).

EMPLOYMENT STANDARDS SERVICE
Georgia Duffee, Acting Chief

501 St. Paul Place
Baltimore, MD 21202 333-4177

The Employment Standards Service was created
in 1965 as the Labor Standards Division to ad-
minister the Minimum Wase Law. The Service's
jurisdiction now covers protective labor laws as-
signed to the Division of Labor and Industry and
the licensing and certification required by these
statutes.
The Wage-Hour Law requires that employees be
paid the applicable federal minimum wage and
time-and-a-halffor hours worked in excess of 40 in
any workweek (Art. 100, sees. 81-93A). The Wage
Payment and Collection Law empowers the Service
to collect wages which are due an employee and
have not been paid (Art. 100, sec. 94). The Child
Labor Law specifies the conditions under which
minors of 14 through 17 years of age may be
employed and requires employers to acquire a work
permit for each minor hired (Art. 100, sees. 4-14).
The Lie Detector Test Law prohibits employers
from requiring an applicant for employment to
submit to a lie detector test before hiring or as a
condition of continued employment (Art. 100, sec.
95). Under Art. 100, sec. 95A, employers are
prohibited from requiring applicants for employ-
ment to answer certain questions pertaining to a
psychiatric or psychological condition. The Equal
Pay for Equal Work Law administered by the Ser-
vice requires that persons performing the same or
similar work be paid equally (Art. 100, sees. 55A-
55H).
The Service also licenses and regulates employ-
ment agencies in the State which charge a fee to
applicants (Art. 56, sees. 161-170). Other laws
within the purview of the Service are Hours of
Labor (Art. 89, sees. 25, 26); Industrial Registra-
tion (Art. 27, sec. 324); Workshop License (Art.
27, sec. 327); and Homeworker's License (Art. 27,
sec. 326).
The Service investigates and resolves claims by
employees of violation of these laws in response to
specific complaints and as routine audits of busi-
nesses statewide.