§ 5-101. Definitions

   (a) In general. -- In this title the following words have the meanings indicated.

(b) Commissioner. -- "Commissioner" means the Commissioner of Labor and Industry.

(c) Employee. --

   (1) "Employee" means, except as provided in § 5-401 of this title, an individual whom an employer employs, for a wage or other compensation, in the business of the employer.

   (2) "Employee" includes:

      (i) an individual whom a governmental unit employs;

      (ii) an individual who is licensed as a taxicab driver and leases or rents a taxicab from a person who operates or owns a taxicab business in Baltimore City;

      (iii) an individual who is employed for part-time or temporary help by a governmental unit or person who engages in a business that directly employs individuals to provide part-time or temporary help to another governmental unit or person; and

      (iv) an individual who performs work for a governmental unit or person to whom the individual is provided by another governmental unit or person who engages in a business that directly employs individuals to provide part-time or temporary help.

(d) Employer. --

   (1) "Employer" means:

      (i) except as provided in § 5-401 of this title, a person who is engaged in commerce, industry, trade, or other business in the State and employs at least one employee in that business; or

      (ii) a public body.

   (2) "Employer" includes:

      (i) a person who operates or owns a taxicab business in Baltimore City and leases or rents a taxicab to a licensed taxicab driver, to provide services to the public;

      (ii) a governmental unit or person who engages in a business that directly employs individuals to provide part-time or temporary help to another governmental unit or person; and

      (iii) a governmental unit or person who contracts directly with another governmental unit or person who engages in a business that directly employs individuals to provide part-time or temporary help to another governmental unit or person.

(e) Occupational safety and health standard. -- "Occupational safety and health standard" means a regulation that requires:

   (1) a condition that is reasonably appropriate or necessary to make employment and places of employment safe and healthful; or

   (2) the adoption or use of a means, method, operation, practice, or process that is reasonably appropriate or necessary to make employment and places of employment safe and healthful.

(f) Person. -- "Person" includes a successor.

(g) Place of employment. -- "Place of employment" means a place in or about which an employee is allowed to work.

(h) Public body. -- "Public body" means:

   (1) a governmental unit;

   (2) a public or quasi-public corporation of the State;

   (3) a school district in the State or any unit of the district; or

   (4) a special district in the State or any unit of the district.

HISTORY: An. Code 1957, art. 89, § 29; 1991, ch. 8, § 2; ch. 637; 2003, ch. 316, § 1, 3; 2007, chs. 501, 502, § 1; 2008, ch. 36, § 6.