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HARRY HUGHES, Governor
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CHAPTER 553
(Senate Bill 792)
AN ACT concerning
Maryland Wage Payment and Collection Law
FOR the purpose of repealing the authority of the Commissioner of
Labor and Industry to assess a civil penalty against an
employer who fails to pay certain wages; and providing for
permitting the court to award treble damages to certain
employees in certain cases.
BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,
Article 100 - Work, Labor and Employment
Section 94(f) and (g)
Annotated Code of Maryland
(1979 Replacement Volume and 1982 Supplement)
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SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That the Laws of Maryland read as follows:
Article 100 - Work, Labor and Employment
94.
(f) (1) Any employer who wilfully violates the provisions
of this subtitle is guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction
thereof, may be fined an amount not to exceed $1,000.
[(2) In addition to the criminal penalties provided
for in subparagraph (1) hereof, if any employer fails to pay
wages required by and in accordance with this subtitle, the
Commissioner, upon a finding of such failure after notice to the
employer and a hearing, may assess a civil penalty against the
employer and payable to the employee, of up to 20 percent of the
unpaid wages for each day the wages were wrongfully withheld.]
[(3)] (2) Any employee who makes a false statement to
the Commissioner of Labor and Industry or his authorized agent,
or to any official or agency of this State, or of any county,
city or other political subdivision of this State, with respect
to any investigation or proceeding pursuant to this subtitle,
knowing the same, or any material part thereof, to be false and
with the intent that the official or agency investigate,
consider, or take action in connection with the statement or
report, is guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction shall be
fined not more than $500.
(g) The Commissioner of Labor and Industry, upon written
complaint by an employee of an alleged violation of this
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