HARRY HUGHES, Governor

1693

FOR the purpose of amending the definitions of "employer"
and "employee" to include certain employers and
employees; prohibiting the furnishing or employment of
temporary labor for work or services under certain
circumstances; defining "confined space"; limiting the
effect of this Act on certain contracts; and making
style changes and clarifying language.

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,

Article 89 - Division of Labor and Industry

Section 29(b) and (c)

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1979 Replacement Volume and 1980 Supplement)

BY adding to

Article 89 - Division of Labor and Industry

Section 29(j) and 32(d) and (e)

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1979 Replacement Volume and 1980 Supplement)

Preamble

It is the intent of the General Assembly that temporary
or part-time workers who do not have the skill, training, or
experience necessary to appreciate the hazards which may be
involved in working in confined areas as defined in this Act
be protected from any dangers which may arise from working
under these conditions. For this reason, this Act is
designed to prohibit those persons who furnish these
employees from permitting them to be assigned work in such
areas. However, this Act is not intended to apply to union
hiring halls or to those who provide the place of
employment. Furthermore, it is not intended in any way to
alter contractual relationships that exist, prior to its
effective date, between a contractor and subcontractor; now,
therefore

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That section(s) of the Annotated Code of Maryland
be repealed, amended, or enacted to read as follows:

Article 89 - Division of Labor and Industry

29.

When used in this subtitle:

(b) "Employer" means a person engaged in any business,
trade, commerce or industrial activity in this State who
employs one or more employees to work for wages, salaries,
or on commission and [shall include the State, and all
county, city, and municipal governments and any agency