Ch. 393

LAWS OF MARYLAND

CHAPTER 393

(House Bill 227)

AN ACT concerning

Human Relations Commission - Monetary Relief

FOR the purpose of altering certain time limitations on the award
of monetary relief by the Human Relations Commission in
cases of unlawful employment discrimination; and making such
time limitations consistent with federal law providing for
the application of this Act; and providing for the
termination of this Act.

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,

Article 49B - Human Relations Commission

Section 11(e)

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1986 Replacement Volume and 1988 Supplement)

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That the Laws of Maryland read as follows:

Article 49B - Human Relations Commission

11.

(e) If upon all the evidence, the hearing examiner finds
that the respondent has engaged in any discriminatory act within
the scope of any of these subtitles, the hearing examiner shall
so state the findings. The hearing examiner shall issue and
cause to be served upon the respondent an order requiring the
respondent to cease and desist from the discriminatory acts and
to take affirmative action to effectuate the purposes of the
particular subtitle. If the respondent is found to have engaged
in or to be engaging in an unlawful employment practice charged
in the complaint, the remedy may include, but is not limited to,
reinstatement or hiring of employees, with or without back pay
(payable by the employer, employment agency, or labor
organization, as the case may be, responsible for the unlawful
employment practice), or any other equitable relief that is
deemed appropriate. The award of monetary relief shall {-be
limited to a two-year 30-MONTH period, except that such two-year
30-MONTH period shall not apply to losses incurred between the
time of the Commission's final determination and the final
determination by the circuit court or higher appellate court, as
the case may be.] NOT ACCRUE FROM A DATE MORE THAN 2 YEARS PRIOR
TO THE FILING OF A CHARGE WITH THE COMMISSION. Interim earning
or amounts earnable with reasonable diligence by the person or
persons discriminated against shall operate to reduce the

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