2018 Maryland Code
Labor and Employment
Title 3 - Employment Standards and Conditions
Subtitle 11 - Lien for Unpaid Wages.
§ 3-1107. Contract requiring waiver of right prohibited.
(a) In general. -- A contract between an employee and an employer may not waive or require the employee to waive the right to seek the establishment of a lien for unpaid wages under this subtitle.
(b) Contract conditional on payment to employer from third party does not waive right to lien. -- A provision in an executory contract between an employer and an employee that conditions payment of wages to the employee on receipt by the employer of a payment from a property owner or a third party may not abrogate or waive the right of an employee to seek the establishment of a lien for unpaid wages under this subtitle.
(c) Provision in violation is void. -- A provision of a contract that violates this section is void as against the public policy of the State.
