Maryland Department of Labor, Licensing and Regulation

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Maryland Department of Labor
Agency overview
Headquarters500 North Calvert Street
Baltimore, Maryland 21202
U.S.A.
Agency executives
  • Tiffany P Robinson, Esq., Secretary of Labor
  • David A McGlone, Deputy Secretary
  • Matthew Helminiak, Commissioner of Labor & Industry
  • Antonio Salazar, Esq., Commissioner of Financial Regulation
  • Victoria Wilkins, Commissioner of Occupational and Professional Licensing
  • Emmet C. Davitt, Esq., Commissioner of Racing
  • Dayne Freeman, Assistant Secretary for Unemployment Insurance
  • James Rzepkowski, Assistant Secretary for Workforce Development & Adult Learning
Child agencies
  • Office of the Deputy Secretary (includes the Board of Appeals and the Lower Appeals Division, among others)
  • Division of Labor and Industry
  • Financial Regulation
  • Division of Occupational and Professional Licensing
  • Division of Racing
  • Division of Unemployment Insurance
  • Division of Workforce Development and Adult Learning
Website www.dllr.maryland.gov

The Maryland Department of Labor (formerly known as "DLLR") is a government agency in the U.S. state of Maryland. [1] The state changed the agency's name from "Department of Labor, Licensing, and Regulation" to "Maryland Department of Labor" in 2019. [2] The department is headquartered at 500 North Calvert Street in Baltimore. [3]

Contents

The Maryland Department of Labor includes the following divisions: [4]

Offices of the Secretary and the Deputy Secretary


Division of Labor and Industry

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Office of Financial Regulation


Division of Occupational and Professional Licensing

Division of Racing

Division of Unemployment Insurance

[Note 1]

Division of Workforce Development & Adult Learning

Past and current DLLR Secretaries

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References

  1. https://www.dllr.state.md.us/aboutdllr/
  2. Maryland General Assembly. "Chapter 91: AN ACT concerning Department of Labor, Licensing, and Regulation – Renaming" (PDF). 2019 Laws of Maryland .
  3. "Welcome to the Maryland Department of Labor." Maryland Department of Labor. Retrieved on March 23, 2009.
  4. Maryland Manual Online http://www.msa.md.gov/msa/mdmanual/20dllr/html/dllra.html
  5. Maryland Occupational Safety and Health (MOSH) – Division of Labor and Industry. Dllr.md.gov (2013-05-22). Retrieved on 2013-08-12.
  6. https://www.dllr.state.md.us/aboutdllr/sec.shtml
  1. 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