Baltimore has not adopted a predictive scheduling or fair workweek ordinance. Retail, food service, and hospitality employers follow Maryland's general at-will and wage-payment rules without advance-notice mandates.
Unlike San Francisco, Seattle, New York, or Los Angeles, Baltimore has no fair workweek ordinance requiring advance posting of schedules, predictability pay for last-minute changes, or right-to-rest between shifts. Maryland has no statewide predictive scheduling statute either, so employers may set, change, or cancel shifts subject only to MD wage-payment timing rules (MD §3-501+) and FLSA. Some Inner Harbor retailers and Camden Yards concessionaires apply voluntary scheduling practices, but none are mandated. Baltimore City Council has discussed, but not enacted, a fair workweek bill as of May 2026.
With no scheduling ordinance, employees harmed by abrupt schedule changes can pursue only contract claims, federal FLSA overtime, or wage-payment claims for hours actually worked.
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