Maryland § 5-810

§ 5-810.

    (a)    (1)    Except as provided in paragraph (2) of this subsection, a civil penalty under § 5–809 of this subtitle may not exceed:

            (i)    1.    before July 15, 2025, $16,131 for each violation; and

                2.    beginning July 15, 2025, the amount set by the Commissioner under subsection (b) of this section for each violation; and

            (ii)    if an employer does not correct a violation within the period allowed for correction:

                1.    before July 15, 2025, $16,131 for each day that the violation continues; and

                2.    beginning July 15, 2025, the amount set by the Commissioner under subsection (b) of this section for each day that the violation continues.

        (2)    A civil penalty for a willful or repeated violation of a provision of this title, an order passed under this title, or a regulation adopted to carry out this title may not exceed:

            (i)    before July 15, 2025, $161,323 for each violation; and

            (ii)    beginning July 15, 2025, the amount set by the Commissioner under subsection (b) of this section for each violation.

        (3)    A civil penalty for a willful violation of a provision of this title, an order passed under this title, or a regulation adopted to carry out this title may not be less than:

            (i)    before July 15, 2025, $11,162; and

            (ii)    beginning July 15, 2025, the amount set by the Commissioner under subsection (b) of this section.

    (b)    (1)    Subject to paragraph (2) of this subsection, beginning January 1, 2025, and each calendar year thereafter, the Commissioner shall increase the minimum and maximum penalties in effect under subsection (a) of this section by increasing each civil penalty amount by the percentage increase, if any, in the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers or a successor index published by the federal Bureau of Labor Statistics as necessary to comply with federal law.

        (2)    The adjustment under paragraph (1) of this subsection shall be effective July 15 each year.

    (c)    Before the Commissioner assesses a civil penalty under § 5–809 of this subtitle, the Commissioner shall consider the appropriateness of the penalty in relation to:

        (1)    the size of the business of the employer against whom the penalty is to be assessed;

        (2)    the gravity of the violation for which the penalty is to be assessed;

        (3)    the good faith of the employer;

        (4)    the history of violations by the employer;

        (5)    the injury and illness experience of the employer;

        (6)    the existence and quality of a safety and training program;

        (7)    the actual harm to human health including injury or illness;

        (8)    the extent to which the current violation is part of a recurrent pattern of the same or similar type of violation; and

        (9)    the extent to which the existence of the violation was known to the employer but remained not corrected.