(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 rovide 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 (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' 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 propriate 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: (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.
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