City of Baltimore - File #: 15-0524

• File #: 15-0524
• Version: 0
• Name: Labor and Employment - Human Trafficking Whistleblower Protection
• Type: Ordinance
• Status: Enacted
• File created: 4/20/2015
• In control: City Council
• Final action: 5/14/2015
• Enactment #: 15-359
• Title: Labor and Employment - Human Trafficking Whistleblower Protection FOR the purpose of prohibiting retaliation against employees of certain employers for reporting suspected human trafficking; defining certain terms; providing for certain penalties; and generally relating to employee reports of suspected human trafficking.
• Sponsors: James B. Kraft, President Young, Bill Henry, Eric T. Costello, Brandon M. Scott, Carl Stokes, Helen L. Holton, William "Pete" Welch, Mary Pat Clarke, Edward Reisinger, Nick Mosby, Sharon Green Middleton, Robert Curran, Rochelle Spector
• Indexes: Human Trafficking, Labor and Employment, Protection

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
6/1/2015	0	Mayor	Signed by Mayor
5/11/2015	0	City Council	Approved and Sent to the Mayor
5/4/2015	0	City Council	Advanced to 3rd Reader, for Final Passage
5/4/2015	0	Judiciary and Legislative Investigations	Recommended Favorably
4/28/2015	0	Judiciary and Legislative Investigations	Recommended Favorably	Pass
4/23/2015	0	The City Council	Refer to Housing and Community Development
4/23/2015	0	The City Council	Refer to Dept. of Finance
4/23/2015	0	The City Council	Refer to Dept. of Social Services
4/23/2015	0	The City Council	Refer to Office of Civil Rights and Wage Enforcement
4/23/2015	0	The City Council	Refer to Police Department
4/23/2015	0	The City Council	Refer to Baltimore Hotel Corporation
4/23/2015	0	The City Council	Refer to Dept. of Health
4/23/2015	0	The City Council	Refer to Downtown Partnership of Baltimore, Inc.
4/23/2015	0	The City Council	Refer to Visit Baltimore
4/23/2015	0	The City Council	Refer to City Solicitor
4/23/2015	0	The City Council	Refer to Baltimore Development Corporation
4/20/2015	0	City Council	Assigned
4/20/2015	0	Judiciary and Legislative Investigations	Scheduled for a Public Hearing
4/20/2015	0	City Council	Introduced

EXPLANATION: CAPITALS indicate matter added to existing law.
[Brackets] indicate matter deleted from existing law.

* WARNING: THIS IS AN UNOFFICIAL, INTRODUCTORY COPY OF THE BILL.
THE OFFICIAL COPY CONSIDERED BY THE CITY COUNCIL IS THE FIRST READER COPY.
INTRODUCTORY*

CITY OF BALTIMORE
COUNCIL BILL

Introduced by: Councilmember Kraft
A BILL ENTITLED

AN ORDINANCE concerning
title
Labor and Employment - Human Trafficking Whistleblower Protection
FOR the purpose of prohibiting retaliation against employees of certain employers for reporting suspected human trafficking; defining certain terms; providing for certain penalties; and generally relating to employee reports of suspected human trafficking.
body

BY adding
Article 11 - Labor and Employment
Section(s) 17-1 to 17-6, to be under the new subtitle,
?Subtitle 17. Retaliation for Human Trafficking Reports?
Baltimore City Code
(Edition 2000)

SECTION 1. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL OF BALTIMORE, That the Laws of Baltimore City read as follows:

Baltimore City Code

Article 11. Labor and Employment

SUBTITLE 17. RETALIATION FOR HUMAN TRAFFICKING REPORTS

? 17-1. DEFINITIONS.

(A) IN GENERAL.

IN THIS SUBTITLE, THE FOLLOWING TERMS HAVE THE MEANINGS INDICATED.

(B) COVERED EMPLOYER.

?COVERED EMPLOYER? MEANS ANY PERSON THAT EMPLOYS 5 OR MORE FULLTIME?EQUIVALENT EMPLOYEES IN THE CITY OF BALTIMORE.


(C) HUMAN TRAFFICKING.

?HUMAN TRAFFICKING? MEANS:

(1) SEX TRAFFICKING IN WHICH A COMMERCIAL SEX ACT IS INDUCED BY FORCE, FRAUD, OR COERCION, OR IN WHICH THE PERSON INDUCED TO PERFORM SUCH ACT HAS NOT ATTAINED 18 YEARS OF AGE; OR

(2) THE RECRUITMENT, HARBORING, TRANSPORTATION, PROVISION, OR OBTAINING O...