Current with changes from the 2024 Legislative Session
Section 20-611 - Employer liability for harassmentIn an action alleging a violation of this subtitle based on harassment, an employer is liable:
(1) for the acts or omissions toward an employee or applicant for employment committed by an individual who:(i) undertakes or recommends tangible employment actions affecting the employee or an applicant for employment, including hiring, firing, promoting, demoting, and reassigning the employee or an applicant for employment; or(ii) directs, supervises, or evaluates the work activities of the employee; or(2) if the negligence of the employer led to the harassment or continuation of harassment.Added by 2019 Md. Laws, Ch. 222,Sec. 1, eff. 10/1/2019.