(a) Findings.
(1) Many persons employed in the County are paid wages which are insufficient to sustain minimum standards of living in the County.
(2) Minimum standards of living in the County are higher than the minimum standards of living in many other areas of the State.
(3) Minimum wage standards in the County are necessary to:
(A) promote the health and welfare of County residents;
(B) safeguard employers and employees against unfair competition;
(C) increase the stability of industry in the County;
(D) increase the buying power of employees in the County; and
(E) decrease the need for the County to spend public money for the relief of employees who also live in the County.
(b) Definitions. As used in this Article:
Director means the Executive Director of the Office of Human Rights and includes the Executive Director’s designee.
Employ means to engage a person to work for compensation.
Employee means any person permitted or instructed to work or be present by an employer in the County and who is an employee subject to the minimum wage requirements of the Federal Act or the State Act.
Employer means any person, individual, proprietorship, partnership, joint venture, corporation, limited liability company, trust, association, or other entity operating and doing business in the County that employs 1 or more persons in the County in addition to the owners. Employer includes the County government, but does not include the United States, any State, or any other local government.
Federal Act means the federal Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938, as amended.
State Act means the Maryland Wage and Hour Law, as amended.
Wage means all compensation that is due to an employee for employment.
(2013 L.M.C., ch. 34, § 1; 2018 L.M.C., ch. 32, § 1.)