2022 Maryland Statutes
Labor and Employment
Title 3 - Employment Standards and Conditions
Subtitle 7 - Miscellaneous
Section 3-713 - Payments or Deduction From Wages -- Tipped Employees

    (a)    In this section, “tipped employee” means an employee who is engaged in an occupation in which the employee customarily and regularly receives more than $30 each month in tips or gratuities.

    (b)    (1)    An employer may not require a tipped employee to reimburse the employer or pay to the employer an amount equivalent to a customer’s charge for food or beverages if the customer leaves the employer’s place of business without paying the charge for food or beverages.

        (2)    Subject to § 3–503 of this title, an employer may not make a deduction from the wage of a tipped employee to reimburse the employer for an amount equivalent to a customer’s charge for food or beverages if the customer leaves the employer’s place of business without paying the charge for food or beverages.

    (c)    Each employer shall keep posted conspicuously in a place where a tipped employee is employed a printed notice of the provisions of this section, in a form that the Commissioner requires.