Maryland Department of Labor explained

Maryland Department of Labor
Formed: (as Department of Labor, Licensing, and Regulation)
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Headquarters:1100 North Eutaw Street
Baltimore, Maryland, U.S. 21201
Chief1 Name:Portia Wu
Chief1 Position:Secretary of Labor
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Chief2 Position:Deputy Secretary
Chief2 Name:David A McGlone
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Chief8 Name:James Rzepkowski
Chief8 Position:Assistant Secretary for Workforce Development & Adult Learning
Chief3 Name:Devki Virk
Chief3 Position:Commissioner of Labor & Industry
Chief4 Name:Antonio Salazar, Esq.
Chief4 Position:Commissioner of Financial Regulation
Chief7 Name:Dayne Freeman
Chief7 Position:Assistant Secretary for Unemployment Insurance
Chief5 Position:Commissioner of Occupational and Professional Licensing
Chief5 Name:Victoria Wilkins
Chief6 Name:Emmet C. Davitt, Esq.
Chief6 Position:Commissioner of Racing
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Child2 Agency:Office of the Deputy Secretary (includes the Board of Appeals and the Lower Appeals Division, among others)
Child3 Agency:Division of Labor and Industry
Child7 Agency:Division of Unemployment Insurance
Child8 Agency:Division of Workforce Development and Adult Learning
Child4 Agency:Financial Regulation
Child5 Agency:Division of Occupational and Professional Licensing
Child6 Agency:Division of Racing
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The Maryland Department of Labor (called the Department of Labor, Licensing, and Regulation until 2019[1]) is a government agency in the U.S. state of Maryland.[2] It is headquartered at 1100 North Eutaw Street in Baltimore.[3]

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.[4]

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[5] —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

Secretaries of the department, which has been known as Licensing and Regulation (L&R); Labor, Licensing, and Regulation (LLR), and Labor, include:[6]

Organization

The Maryland Department of Labor includes the following divisions:[10]

Offices of the Secretary and the Deputy Secretary

Division of Labor and Industry

Office of Financial Regulation

Division of Occupational and Professional Licensing

Division of Racing

Division of Unemployment Insurance

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.

Division of Workforce Development & Adult Learning

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: . Chapter 91: AN ACT concerning Department of Labor, Licensing, and Regulation – Renaming . 2019 Laws of Maryland.
  2. Web site: About the Maryland Department of Labor . December 12, 2020 . Maryland Department of Labor.
  3. Web site: Welcome to the Maryland Department of Labor . March 23, 2009 . Maryland Department of Labor.
  4. Web site: March 11, 2022 . Origin . 2023-02-08 . Maryland Department of Labor.
  5. Web site: March 11, 2022 . Functions . 2023-02-08 . Maryland Department of Labor.
  6. Web site: February 7, 2023 . Maryland Departments - Former Secretaries . 2023-02-08 . Maryland Manual On-Line.
  7. Web site: About the Secretary - About the Maryland Department of Labor . December 12, 2020 . Maryland Department of Labor.
  8. News: Wood . Pamela . January 12, 2023 . Gov.-elect Wes Moore names key cabinet appointments . The Baltimore Banner . January 22, 2023.
  9. Web site: Labor, Maryland Department of . 2023-02-07 . msa.maryland.gov.
  10. Web site: Labor, Maryland Department of - Agencies. December 12, 2020. Maryland Manual Online. Maryland State Archives.
  11. Web site: May 22, 2013 . Maryland Occupational Safety and Health (MOSH) – Division of Labor and Industry . August 12, 2013 . Maryland Department of Labor.

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