• Source: Maryland Department of Labor

      • The Maryland Department of Labor (called the Department of Labor, Licensing, and Regulation until 2019) is a government agency in the U.S. state of Maryland. It is headquartered at 1100 North Eutaw Street in Baltimore.


      History


      Today's Department of Labor can trace its history to the labor rights movements of the late 19th century. In 1884, the Maryland state government created the Bureau of Statistics and Information to collect information on labor problems and abuses, which were reported annually to the General Assembly.
      In 1902, the Assembly directed the Bureau to begin operating a free employment agency. In 1916, the Bureau was renamed the State Board of Labor and Statistics and given new duties: mediating labor disputes and enforcing laws governing hours of work and the employment of women and minors. Renamed the Department of Labor and Industry in 1945, it continued to gather statistics and run the employment agency, but its focus gradually shifted towards regulating labor conditions, including issuing work certificates to minors.
      In 1970, a general reorganization of the state government's executive branch pulled labor-related functions—including the agency that had overseen Maryland's unemployment compensation since 1936—into a new Department of Employment and Social Services. In 1983, labor functions were hived off into a new Department of Employment and Training—which just four years later was downgraded to a division and swept into the Department of Economic and Employment Development.
      The 1970 reorganization also produced the Department of Licensing and Regulation, the result of consolidating more than 30 state agencies and boards that licensed or regulated various businesses, professions, and trades. In 1995, DLR absorbed the Division of Employment and Training and was renamed the Department of Labor, Licensing, and Regulation.
      In 2019, it was renamed the Department of Labor.


      = Secretaries

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      Secretaries of the department, which has been known as Licensing and Regulation (L&R); Labor, Licensing, and Regulation (LLR), and Labor, include:

      Frederick L. Dewberry, Secretary of L&R, 1984–86
      William A. Fogle, Jr., Secretary of L&R, 1987–94
      Frank W. Stegman, Secretary of L&R, 1995
      Eugene A. Conti, Jr., Secretary of LLR, 1995–98
      John P. O'Connor, Secretary of LLR, 1999–2003
      James D. Fielder, Jr., Secretary of LLR, 2003–07
      Thomas E. Perez, Secretary of LLR, 2007–2009
      Alexander M. Sanchez, Secretary of LLR, 2009–12
      Scott R. Jensen, Interim Secretary of LLR, 2012
      Leonard J. Howie III, Secretary of LLR, 2012–2015
      Kelly M. Schulz, Secretary of LLR, 2015–2019
      James Rzepkowski, Assistant Secretary of LLR, 2015–2019; Acting Secretary of LLR, Jan. 2019–June 2019; Acting Secretary of Labor, July 2019; Assistant Secretary of Labor, Aug. 2019–present.
      Tiffany P. Robinson, Secretary of Labor, 2019–2023.
      Portia Wu, Secretary of Labor, 2023–present


      Organization


      The Maryland Department of Labor includes the following divisions:


      = Offices of the Secretary and the Deputy Secretary

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      Board of Appeals (2nd. level of appeal of unemployment insurance cases)
      Lower Appeals Division (first level of appeal in unemployment insurance cases)
      Administration
      Communications and Media Relations
      Counsel
      Fair Practices
      General Services
      Information Technology
      Legislative and Regulatory Affairs
      Policy Development
      Program Analysis & Audit
      Small Business Regulatory Assistance


      = Division of Labor and Industry

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      Employment Standards, Wage & Hour
      Maryland Occupational Safety and Health (MOSH)
      Prevailing Wage, Living Wage, Worker Classification Protection
      Safety Inspection
      Amusement ride inspection
      Boiler and pressure vessel safety inspection
      Elevator safety inspection
      Railroad safety and health
      Building Codes Administration


      = Office of Financial Regulation

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      Administration
      Bank Supervision
      Bank Corporate Activities
      Enforcement and Complaints
      Licensing – Nondepository Institutions
      Mortgage Compliance – Nondepository Institutions
      Policy – Nondepository Institutions


      = Division of Occupational and Professional Licensing

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      State Board of Architects
      State Athletic Commission
      State Board of Barbers
      Office of Cemetery Oversight
      State Board of Cosmetologists
      State Board of Master Electricians
      State Board for Professional Engineers
      State Board of Stationary Engineers
      State Board of Foresters
      State Board of Heating, Ventilation, Air-Conditioning, and Refrigeration Contractors
      Maryland Home Improvement Commission
      State Board of Certified Interior Designers
      State Board for Professional Land Surveyors
      State Board of Examiners of Landscape Architects
      State Board of Pilots
      State Board of Plumbing
      State Board of Public Accountancy
      State Real Estate Commission
      State Commission of Real Estate Appraisers and Home Inspectors
      State Board of Individual Tax Preparers
      Licensure of secondhand precious metal object dealers and pawnbrokers
      Licensure of sports agents


      = Division of Racing

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      Maryland Racing Commission


      = Division of Unemployment Insurance

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      The Division of Unemployment Insurance makes the initial decision on unemployment benefit claims. Appeals are handled in the Lower Appeals Division and the Board of Appeals, under the Office of the Deputy Secretary.

      Benefits and Special Programs Section
      Contributions
      Policy and Planning Unit


      = Division of Workforce Development & Adult Learning

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      Workforce Development oversees the State’s workforce programs. Working with Local Workforce Investment Areas, services include matching job seekers and employers, providing training, and reporting on the needs and demands of the labor market.
      Adult Education and Literacy Services, which also includes Correctional Education, offers adult instructional services and GED testing for people who are at least 16 years old and not enrolled in school. Programs are offered in all Maryland jurisdictions and provide classes for English-language learners and adults who want to improve their reading, writing, and math skills, or who want to earn a high school diploma through the GED tests or the Maryland National External Diploma Program (NEDP).
      The Adult Education, Adult Correctional Education, and GED programs were moved from the Maryland State Department of Education (MSDE).


      References




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      External links


      Official website
      Biographies of former Secretaries

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