The Maryland Department of Labor (formerly known as "DLLR") is a

government A government is the system or group of people governing an organized community, generally a state. In the case of its broad associative definition, government normally consists of legislature, executive, and judiciary. Government i ...

agency in the

U.S. state In the United States, a state is a constituent political entity, of which there are 50. Bound together in a political union, each state holds governmental jurisdiction over a separate and defined geographic territory where it shares its sove ...

Maryland Maryland ( ) is a state in the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States. It shares borders with Virginia, West Virginia, and the District of Columbia to its south and west; Pennsylvania to its north; and Delaware and the Atlantic Ocean t ...

. The state changed the agency's name from "Department of Labor, Licensing, and Regulation" to "Maryland Department of Labor" in 2019. The department is headquartered at 1100 North Eutaw Street in

Baltimore Baltimore ( , locally: or ) is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Maryland, fourth most populous city in the Mid-Atlantic, and the 30th most populous city in the United States with a population of 585,708 in 2020. Baltimore was ...

. The Maryland Department of Labor includes the following divisions: Offices of the Secretary and the Deputy Secretary * Board of Appeals (2nd. level of appeal of unemployment insurance cases) * Lower Appeals Division (first level of appeal in unemployment insurance cases) * Administration * Communications and Media Relations *

Counsel A counsel or a counsellor at law is a person who gives advice and deals with various issues, particularly in legal matters. It is a title often used interchangeably with the title of ''lawyer''. The word ''counsel'' can also mean advice given ...

* Fair Practices * General Services * Information Technology * Legislative and Regulatory Affairs * Policy Development * Program Analysis & Audit * Small Business Regulatory Assistance

Division of Labor and Industry

image:Mddol-logo.png * Employment Standards, Wage & Hour * Maryland Occupational Safety and Health (MOSH) * Prevailing Wage, Living Wage, Worker Classification Protection * Safety Inspection ** Amusement ride inspection ** Boiler and pressure vessel safety inspection ** Elevator safety inspection ** Railroad safety and health ** Building Codes Administration

Office of Financial Regulation

* Administration * Bank Supervision * Bank Corporate Activities * Enforcement and Complaints * Licensing – Nondepository Institutions * Mortgage Compliance – Nondepository Institutions * Policy – Nondepository Institutions

Division of Occupational and Professional Licensing

* State Board of Architects * State Athletic Commission * State Board of Barbers * Office of Cemetery Oversight * State Board of Cosmetologists * State Board of Master Electricians * State Board for Professional Engineers * State Board of Stationary Engineers * State Board of Foresters * State Board of Heating, Ventilation, Air-Conditioning, and Refrigeration Contractors * Maryland Home Improvement Commission * State Board of Certified Interior Designers * State Board for Professional Land Surveyors * State Board of Examiners of Landscape Architects * State Board of Pilots * State Board of Plumbing * State Board of Public Accountancy * State Real Estate Commission * State Commission of Real Estate Appraisers and Home Inspectors * State Board of Individual Tax Preparers * Licensure of secondhand precious metal object dealers and pawnbrokers * Licensure of sports agents

Division of Racing

Maryland Racing Commission The Maryland Racing Commission is the official governing body that oversees the horse racing and off-track betting in Maryland. Based in Towson, Maryland, it was formed on 1920. The commission is a division of the Maryland Department of Labor. ...

Division of Unemployment Insurance

Note: Appeals are handled in the Lower Appeals Division and the Board of Appeals, under the Office of the Deputy Secretary, not in the Division of Unemployment Insurance which makes the initial decision on unemployment benefit claims * Benefits and Special Programs Section * Contributions * Policy and Planning Unit

Division of Workforce Development & Adult Learning

* Workforce Development is responsible for overseeing the State’s workforce programs. Working in partnership with Local Workforce Investment Areas, services include matching job seekers with employers, providing training opportunities and reporting on the needs and demands of the labor market. * Adult Education and Literacy Services, which also includes Correctional Education provides resources to support adult instructional services and GED testing for individuals who are at least 16 years old and not enrolled in school. Programs are offered in all Maryland jurisdictions and provide classes for English language learners and adults who are interested in improving basic skills in reading, writing, and math, or who want to earn a high school diploma through the GED tests or the Maryland National External Diploma Program (NEDP). Successful completers of both GED and NEDP programs earn a Maryland High School Diploma. In addition, the Adult Education, Adult Correctional Education and GED testing programs from the Maryland State Department of Education (MSDE) are now under Maryland Department of Labor, Licensing and Regulation (DLLR).

Past and current DLLR Secretaries

* Frederick L. Dewberry, Secretary of Licensing and Regulation, 1984–86 * William A. Fogle, Jr., Secretary of Licensing and Regulation, 1987–94 * Frank W. Stegman, Secretary of Licensing and Regulation, 1995 * Eugene A. Conti, Jr., Secretary of Labor, Licensing and Regulation, 1995–98 * John P. O'Connor, Secretary of Labor, Licensing and Regulation, 1999–2003 * James D. Fielder, Jr., Secretary of Labor, Licensing and Regulation, 2003–07 *

Thomas E. Perez Thomas Edward Perez (born October 7, 1961) is an American politician and attorney who served as the Chair of the Democratic National Committee from February 2017 until January 2021. Perez was previously Assistant Attorney General for Civil Right ...

, Secretary of Labor, Licensing and Regulation, 2007–2009 * Alexander M. Sanchez, Secretary of Labor, Licensing & Regulation, 2009–12 * Scott R. Jensen, Interim Secretary of Labor, Licensing & Regulation, 2012 * Leonard J. Howie III, Secretary of Labor, Licensing & Regulation, 2012–2015 * Kelly M. Schulz, Secretary of Labor, Licensing & Regulation, 2015–2019 * James Rzepkowski, Assistant Secretary of Labor, Licensing and Regulation, 2015–2019; Acting Secretary of Labor, Licensing and Regulation, Jan. 2019–June 2019; Acting Secretary of Labor, July 2019; Assistant Secretary of Labor, Aug. 2019–present. * Tiffany P. Robinson, Secretary of the Maryland Department of Labor, 2019–present.

References

Notes

External links

*
Biographies of former Secretaries
{{authority control State departments of labor of the United States Bank regulation in the United States by state