Section 5-101 - Definitions(a) In this title the following words have the meanings indicated.(b) "Commissioner" means the Commissioner of Labor and Industry.(c)(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)(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(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" 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" includes a successor.(g) "Place of employment" means a place in or about which an employee is allowed to work.(h) "Public body" means: (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.Amended by 2020 Md. Laws, Ch. 308,Sec. 1, eff. 10/1/2020.