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to be 'prepared or approved by the Commissioner setting forth in-
formation as the Commissioner deems appropriate to effectuate the
purposes of this subtitle.

80A.

Every employer, employment agency, and labor organization sub-
ject to this subtitle shall make, keep, and preserve such records
and shall preserve such records for such time, and shall make such
reports, as the Commissioner shall prescribe by regulation or order
as necessary or appropriate for the enforcement of this subtitle.

80B.

The Commissioner of Labor and Industry may issue such rules

and regulations as he may consider necessary or appropriate for
carrying out this subtitle, and may establish such reasonable ex-

emptions to and from any or all provisions of this subtitle as he

may find necessary and proper in the public interest.

(A)    ANY INDIVIDUAL CLAIMING TO BE AGGRIEVED
BY AN ALLEGED UNLAWFUL DISCRIMINATORY PRAC-
TICE OR PRACTICES UNDER THIS SUBTITLE MAY FILE
WITH THE DEPARTMENT A WRITTEN COMPLAINT SET-
TING FORTH THE NAME AND ADDRESS OF THE EM-
PLOYER, LABOR UNION, OR EMPLOYMENT AGENCY
ALLEGED TO HAVE COMMITTED THE UNLAWFUL DIS-
CRIMINATORY PRACTICE OR PRACTICES COMPLAINED
OF, THE PARTICULARS OF THE ALLEGED ACT OR PRAC-
TICE AND SUCH OTHER INFORMATION AS MAY BE RE-
QUIRED BY THE DEPARTMENT.

(B)    THE COMMISSIONER, HIS AUTHORIZED REPRE-
SENTATIVE, OR ANY STATE OR FEDERAL AGENCY MAY
ALSO FILE A WRITTEN COMPLAINT IN THE SAME MAN-
NER AS PROVIDED IN SUBSECTION (A) HEREOF.

(C)    UPON THE FILING OF A COMPLAINT WHICH AL-
LEGES A VIOLATION OF THIS SUBTITLE, THE COMMIS-
SIONER SHALL CAUSE NOTICE OF SUCH FILING TO BE
GIVEN TO THE EMPLOYER, LABOR UNION, OR EMPLOY-
MENT AGENCY ACCUSED IN THE COMPLAINT. SUCH
EMPLOYER, LABOR UNION, OR EMPLOYMENT AGENCY
SHALL HAVE TEN (10) DAYS TO MAKE A REPLY TO
THE COMPLAINT. IF THE ALLEGATIONS IN THE COM-
PLAINT ARE WHOLLY OR SUBSTANTIALLY ADMITTED
IN SUCH REPLY, THE COMMISSIONER SHALL PROCEED
BY CONCILIATION AND PERSUASION TO HAVE THE DIS-
CRIMINATORY PRACTICE OR PRACTICES IN QUESTION
ELIMINATED. IF THE ALLEGATIONS ARE DENIED OR
IF NO REPLY IS MADE, THE COMMISSIONER SHALL
CAUSE A PROMPT INVESTIGATION OF THE CIRCUM-
STANCES SURROUNDING SUCH COMPLAINT TO BE MADE
BY AN APPROPRIATE OFFICE OF THE DEPARTMENT.
IF, AS A RESULT OF THE INVESTIGATION, IT IS DE-
TERMINED BY SUCH OFFICE OF THE DEPARTMENT
THAT THE COMPLAINT HAS NO MERIT, THE COMPLAIN-
ANT WILL BE SO NOTIFIED AND UNLESS THE COM-