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MD. Labor and Employment Code Ann. §  8-213 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Labor and Employment|Title 8 - Unemployment Insurance|Subtitle 2 - Scope of Title|Section 8-213 - Employment Subject to Federal Statutes

    (a)    (1)    Employment is not covered employment if performed:            (i)    for an employer that is determined to be subject to the Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act by a unit authorized by federal law to make that determination; or            (ii)    as an employee representative who is determined to be subject to the Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act by the unit.        (2)    If the Railroad Retirement Board determines that a person is engaged principally in a business other than the carrier business, the exclusion from insurance under paragraph (1) of this subsection applies only to employment for the identifiable and separable enterprise of the person that the Secretary determines to be considered the employer.    (b)    Employment is not covered employment if performed for an employer that is determined by a unit of the federal government authorized to make the determination to be subject to any other unemployment insurance system established by federal law.
MD. Labor and Employment Code Ann. §  8-214 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Labor and Employment|Title 8 - Unemployment Insurance|Subtitle 2 - Scope of Title|Section 8-214 - Employment Outside Course of Business or Trade of Employer

    Employment that an individual performs that is not in the course of the business or trade of the individual’s employer is not covered employment unless:         (1)    during a calendar quarter, the employer pays cash compensation of at least $50 for the employment; and        (2)    the employment is performed by an individual whom the employer regularly employs to perform the employment during a part of each of at least 24 days during the calendar quarter or the preceding calendar quarter.
MD. Labor and Employment Code Ann. §  8-215 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Labor and Employment|Title 8 - Unemployment Insurance|Subtitle 2 - Scope of Title|Section 8-215 - Family Relationship

    Employment is not covered employment if performed:         (1)    for a child or spouse; or        (2)    for a parent, by a child under the age of 21 years.
MD. Labor and Employment Code Ann. §  8-216 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Labor and Employment|Title 8 - Unemployment Insurance|Subtitle 2 - Scope of Title|Section 8-216 - Rehabilitation Facilities

    (a)    Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, employment is not covered employment if performed:        (1)    in a facility that:            (i)    carries out a program of rehabilitation for individuals whose earning capacity is impaired by age, physical or mental disability, or injury; or            (ii)    provides compensated work for individuals who, because of their physical or mental disability, cannot be employed readily in the competitive labor market; and        (2)    by an individual who receives that rehabilitation or compensated work.    (b)    Employment is covered employment if performed by a blind or other severely handicapped employee of Blind Industries and Services of Maryland.
MD. Labor and Employment Code Ann. §  8-217 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Labor and Employment|Title 8 - Unemployment Insurance|Subtitle 2 - Scope of Title|Section 8-217 - Inmates

    (a)    Employment that an inmate of a custodial or penal institution performs for a nonprofit organization or a governmental entity is not covered employment.    (b)    (1)    Except as provided in paragraph (2) of this subsection, employment that an inmate of a custodial or penal institution performs for a private, for-profit employer is not covered employment.        (2)    Employment that an inmate of a custodial or penal institution performs for a private, for-profit employer is covered employment if the inmate continues to be employed by the private, for-profit employing unit after being permanently released from the custodial or penal institution, including released by parole.
MD. Labor and Employment Code Ann. §  8-218 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Labor and Employment|Title 8 - Unemployment Insurance|Subtitle 2 - Scope of Title|Section 8-218 - Interns, Patients, and Student Nurses

    (a)    Employment that an intern performs is not covered employment if:        (1)    the employer is a hospital; and        (2)    the intern has completed a 4-year course in a medical school that is chartered or approved under State law.    (b)    Employment that a patient of a hospital performs for the hospital is not covered employment.    (c)    Employment that a student nurse performs is not covered employment if:        (1)    the employer is a hospital or training school for nurses; and        (2)    the student nurse is enrolled in and regularly attending classes in a training school for nurses that is chartered or approved under State law.
MD. Labor and Employment Code Ann. §  8-219 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Labor and Employment|Title 8 - Unemployment Insurance|Subtitle 2 - Scope of Title|Section 8-219 - Newspaper Delivery

    Employment that a minor performs in the delivery or distribution of newspapers or shopping news is not covered employment unless delivery or distribution is to a point for subsequent delivery or distribution.
MD. Labor and Employment Code Ann. §  8-220 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Labor and Employment|Title 8 - Unemployment Insurance|Subtitle 2 - Scope of Title|Section 8-220 - Students

    (a)    (1)    In this subsection, “full-time student” means an individual who is:            (i)    enrolled full-time at an educational institution; or            (ii)    between academic terms or years if:                1.    the individual was enrolled as a full-time student at an educational institution for the immediately preceding academic term or year; and                2.    there is a reasonable assurance that the individual will be enrolled as a full-time student at an educational institution for the immediately succeeding academic term or year.        (2)    Employment that a full-time student performs in the employ of an organized camp is not covered employment if:            (i)    the full-time student was employed by the camp for less than 13 calendar weeks in a calendar year; and            (ii)    the camp:                1.    had average gross receipts for any 6 months in the preceding calendar year that were not more than one-third of its average gross receipts for the other 6 months in that year; or                2.    did not operate for more than 7 months in each of the current and preceding calendar years.    (b)    Employment performed in an educational institution is not covered employment if:        (1)    the employment is performed by a student who is enrolled and regularly attending classes at that educational institution; or        (2)    the employment is performed by the spouse of the student and immediately before beginning to perform the employment, the spouse is advised that:            (i)    the employment is under a program of the educational institution to provide financial assistance to the student; and            (ii)    the employment is not covered employment.    (c)    (1)    Except as provided in paragraph (2) of this subsection, employment is not covered employment if:            (i)    the individual who performs the employment is enrolled for credit at a nonprofit or public educational institution that normally has a regular faculty and curriculum and a regularly organized body of students in attendance at the place where its educational activities are carried on;            (ii)    the employment is an integral part of a full–time program taken for credit at the educational institution that combines academic instruction with work experience; and            (iii)    the educational institution has certified to the employer the application of this paragraph.        (2)    Employment that an individual performs as part of a program that an educational institution establishes for or on behalf of an employer is covered employment.
MD. Labor and Employment Code Ann. §  8-221 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Labor and Employment|Title 8 - Unemployment Insurance|Subtitle 2 - Scope of Title|Section 8-221 - Work Relief or Work Training Program

    Employment is not covered employment if performed:         (1)    as part of an unemployment work relief or work training program assisted or financed wholly or partly by a unit of the federal government or a political subdivision or unit of a state; and        (2)    by an individual who receives the work relief or work training.
MD. Labor and Employment Code Ann. §  8-222 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Labor and Employment|Title 8 - Unemployment Insurance|Subtitle 2 - Scope of Title|Section 8-222 - Volunteer Test Subjects

    Except employment for nonprofit organizations and governmental entities, employment is not covered employment if performed by a volunteer test subject who is paid on a per study basis for scientific, medical, or drug–related research.
MD. Labor and Employment Code Ann. §  8-223 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Labor and Employment|Title 8 - Unemployment Insurance|Subtitle 2 - Scope of Title|Section 8-223 - Employment Performed by Nonimmigrant Alien

    Employment is not covered employment if performed by an individual who is a nonimmigrant alien admitted to the United States under § 101(a)(15)(F), (J), (M), or (Q) of the federal Immigration and Nationality Act.
MD. Labor and Employment Code Ann. §  8-301 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Labor and Employment|Title 8 - Unemployment Insurance|Subtitle 3 - Administration|Section 8-301 - In General

    This title shall be administered under the supervision of the Secretary by 2 coordinate units, the Division of Unemployment Insurance and the Division of Workforce Development, established by the Secretary.
MD. Labor and Employment Code Ann. §  8-302 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Labor and Employment|Title 8 - Unemployment Insurance|Subtitle 3 - Administration|Section 8-302 - Division of Unemployment Insurance

    (a)    There is a Division of Unemployment Insurance.    (b)    The Division of Unemployment Insurance shall perform any function that the Secretary assigns to it to carry out this title.
MD. Labor and Employment Code Ann. §  8-303 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Labor and Employment|Title 8 - Unemployment Insurance|Subtitle 3 - Administration|Section 8-303 - Division of Workforce Development

    (a)    (1)    “Public employment office” means an employment office that does not charge a fee to provide services and is:            (i)    operated by the Department; or            (ii)    maintained as part of a local, State, or federal system of employment offices.        (2)    “Public employment office” includes a branch public employment office.    (b)    The General Assembly accepts the provisions of the Wagner–Peyser Act for establishment of a national employment system and for cooperation in promotion of the system in conformity with § 4 of the Act.    (c)    The Division of Workforce Development, established under § 11–102 of this article, is the unit of the State designated to carry out § 4 of the Wagner–Peyser Act.    (d)    The Secretary shall employ a staff for the Division of Workforce Development in accordance with § 8–304 of this subtitle and regulations adopted by the United States Secretary of Labor.    (e)    As necessary for administration of this title, the Division of Workforce Development shall establish and maintain public employment offices that do not charge a fee to individuals who seek employment.    (f)    To establish and maintain public employment offices, the Secretary:        (1)    may enter into an agreement with the Railroad Retirement Board or any other federal unit that is responsible for administration of an unemployment insurance law, a political subdivision of the State, or any private nonprofit organization; and        (2)    as part of the agreement, may accept money, services, or office space as a contribution to the Unemployment Insurance Administration Fund.    (g)    Money in the Unemployment Insurance Administration Fund that the State receives under the Wagner–Peyser Act is available to the Division of Workforce Development for use under this section in accordance with that Act.
MD. Labor and Employment Code Ann. §  8-304 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Labor and Employment|Title 8 - Unemployment Insurance|Subtitle 3 - Administration|Section 8-304 - Delegation by Secretary

    The Secretary may delegate to an employee of the Department any power or duty that is reasonable and proper for the administration of this title.
MD. Labor and Employment Code Ann. §  8-305 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Labor and Employment|Title 8 - Unemployment Insurance|Subtitle 3 - Administration|Section 8-305 - General Powers and Duties of Secretary

    (a)    The Secretary may adopt any regulation that is necessary to carry out this title.    (b)    (1)    In accordance with the provisions of the State Personnel and Pensions Article, the Secretary may employ the staff necessary to carry out this title.        (2)    In accordance with the State budget, the Secretary may set the compensation of an employee under this subsection in a position that:            (i)    is unique to the Department;            (ii)    requires specific skills or experience to perform the duties of the position; and            (iii)    does not require the employee to perform functions that are comparable to functions performed in other units of the Executive Branch of State government.        (3)    The Secretary of Budget and Management, in consultation with the Secretary, shall determine the positions for which the Secretary may set compensation under paragraph (2) of this subsection.        (4)    Subject to other applicable provisions of this title, the Secretary may appoint employees and set their powers and duties as necessary to carry out this title.    (c)    The Secretary shall determine whether an employee who handles money for the Department under this title should be covered under a bond.    (d)    (1)    The Secretary shall print:            (i)    this title;            (ii)    each annual report that the Secretary submits to the Governor; and            (iii)    any other material that the Secretary considers relevant and suitable.        (2)    On request by any person, the Secretary shall give the person a copy of:            (i)    any material that the Secretary prints under this subsection; and            (ii)    the current regulations adopted to carry out this title.
MD. Labor and Employment Code Ann. §  8-306 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Labor and Employment|Title 8 - Unemployment Insurance|Subtitle 3 - Administration|Section 8-306 - Investigation and Enforcement Powers

    (a)    To enforce this title, the Secretary may conduct investigations.    (b)    To enforce this title, the Secretary may:        (1)    administer an oath;        (2)    certify to an official act; and        (3)    take a deposition.    (c)    (1)    To enforce this title, the Secretary may issue a subpoena for the attendance of a witness to testify or the production of books, correspondence, memoranda, papers, or other records.        (2)    A subpoena issued under this subsection shall be served in any manner in which a subpoena of a court may be served.        (3)    If a person fails to comply with a subpoena issued under this subsection, on a complaint filed by the Secretary, the circuit court for the county where the investigation is being conducted or where the person resides, is present, or transacts business may pass an order directing compliance with the subpoena or compelling testimony.    (d)    (1)    Subject to paragraph (2) of this subsection, a person may not be excused from complying with a subpoena issued under subsection (c) of this section on the ground that the evidence or testimony required may tend to incriminate the person or subject the person to a forfeiture or penalty.        (2)    After claiming the privilege against self-incrimination a person may not be prosecuted or subjected to any forfeiture or penalty because of any matter, thing, or transaction about which the person is compelled to produce evidence or testify except that if the person commits perjury while giving testimony, the person is subject to prosecution for that offense.
MD. Labor and Employment Code Ann. §  8-307 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Labor and Employment|Title 8 - Unemployment Insurance|Subtitle 3 - Administration|Section 8-307 - Legal Representation

    (a)    In a civil action to enforce this title, the Secretary or Board of Appeals and the State may be represented by:        (1)    the Attorney General; or        (2)    any qualified attorney who:            (i)    is a salaried employee of the Secretary or Board of Appeals; and            (ii)    on recommendation of the Attorney General, is designated to represent the Secretary or Board of Appeals and the State.    (b)    A criminal action for violation of any provision of this title or regulation adopted under this title shall be prosecuted by the State’s Attorney of the county in which:        (1)    the employer has a place of business;        (2)    the violator resides; or        (3)    the violator has filed for benefits to which the violator was not entitled.
MD. Labor and Employment Code Ann. §  8-308 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Labor and Employment|Title 8 - Unemployment Insurance|Subtitle 3 - Administration|Section 8-308 - State Advisory Council

    (a)    With the approval of the Governor, the Secretary shall appoint a State Advisory Council.    (b)    The State Advisory Council shall consist of:        (1)    an equal number of members who represent employees and who represent employers; and        (2)    the number of members who represent the general public that the Secretary sets.    (c)    Each member of the State Advisory Council who represents employees or who represents employers shall be an individual who is regarded as a representative of employees or employers because of affiliation, employment, or vocation.    (d)    (1)    The term of a member of the State Advisory Council is 4 years.        (2)    At the end of a term, a member continues to serve until a successor is appointed and qualifies.        (3)    A member who is appointed after a term has begun serves only for the rest of the term and until a successor is appointed and qualifies.    (e)    Each member of the State Advisory Council is entitled to:        (1)    $50 for each day that the Council is in session, not exceeding $1,500 per year; and        (2)    reimbursement for expenses under the Standard State Travel Regulations, as provided in the State budget.    (f)    The State Advisory Council shall help the Secretary to:        (1)    develop policies and discuss problems related to the administration of this title; and        (2)    ensure impartiality and freedom from political influence in the solution of those problems.
MD. Labor and Employment Code Ann. §  8-309 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Labor and Employment|Title 8 - Unemployment Insurance|Subtitle 3 - Administration|Section 8-309 - Local Advisory Councils

    (a)    The Secretary shall appoint local advisory councils.    (b)    Each local advisory council shall consist of:        (1)    an equal number of members who represent employees and who represent employers; and        (2)    the number of members who represent the general public that the Secretary sets.    (c)    Each member of a local advisory council who represents employees or who represents employers shall be regarded as a representative of employees or employers because of affiliation, employment, or vocation.    (d)    A member of a local advisory council:        (1)    may not receive compensation; but        (2)    is entitled to reimbursement for necessary expenses.    (e)    The local advisory councils shall help the Secretary to:        (1)    develop policies and discuss problems related to the administration of this title; and        (2)    ensure impartiality and freedom from political influence in the solution of those problems.
MD. Labor and Employment Code Ann. §  8-310 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Labor and Employment|Title 8 - Unemployment Insurance|Subtitle 3 - Administration|Section 8-310 - Cooperation With Federal Units

    (a)    (1)    In the administration of this title, the Secretary shall cooperate with the United States Secretary of Labor to the fullest extent that this title allows.        (2)    The Secretary shall:            (i)    make each report in the form and containing the information that the Secretary of Labor requires;            (ii)    comply with each provision that the Secretary of Labor considers necessary to ensure the accuracy of a report; and            (iii)    comply with each regulation that the Secretary of Labor adopts to govern the expenditure of any money that may be allotted and paid to the State under Chapter 7, Subchapter III of the Social Security Act to assist in the administration of this title.    (b)    (1)    The Secretary may afford reasonable cooperation with each federal unit that administers an unemployment insurance law.        (2)    On request, the Secretary shall provide to a federal unit that administers public works or assistance through public employment:            (i)    the name, address, usual occupation, and employment status of each recipient of benefits; and            (ii)    information about the right of the individual to receive benefits.    (c)    The Secretary:        (1)    may make available to the Railroad Retirement Board any record of the State that relates to administration of this title; and        (2)    at the expense of the Railroad Retirement Board, may provide to the Board a copy of any record that the Board considers necessary for its purposes.
MD. Labor and Employment Code Ann. §  8-311 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Labor and Employment|Title 8 - Unemployment Insurance|Subtitle 3 - Administration|Section 8-311 - Annual Report

    (a)    On or before January 1 of each year, the Secretary shall submit to the Governor an annual report on the administration and operation of this title during the previous fiscal year.    (b)    The annual report shall include:        (1)    a balance sheet for the Unemployment Insurance Fund;        (2)    a table that shows the amount of any benefit that was ineffectively charged or not charged to the experience rating record of an employer;        (3)    the reason for not charging the amount of any benefit to the experience rating record of an employer;        (4)    by category of disqualification, the amount of any benefit that was paid after a disqualification under Subtitle 10 of this title; and        (5)    any recommendation for an amendment to this title that the Secretary considers proper.
MD. Labor and Employment Code Ann. §  8-312 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Labor and Employment|Title 8 - Unemployment Insurance|Subtitle 3 - Administration|Section 8-312 - Unemployment Insurance Fund

    (a)    (1)    The balance sheet for the Unemployment Insurance Fund that the Secretary includes in the annual report shall include, if possible, a reserve against liability in future years to pay benefits in excess of the then current contributions.        (2)    A reserve under this subsection shall be set up by the Secretary in accordance with accepted actuarial principles on the basis of statistics of employment, business activity, and other relevant factors for the longest possible period.    (b)    Whenever the Secretary believes that a change in rates of contributions or benefits will become necessary to protect the solvency to the Unemployment Insurance Fund, the Secretary promptly shall inform the Governor and legislature and make recommendations with respect to the change.
MD. Labor and Employment Code Ann. §  8-501 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Labor and Employment|Title 8 - Unemployment Insurance|Subtitle 5 - Lower Appeals Division of the Maryland Department of Labor|Section 8-501 - Established

    There is a Lower Appeals Division in the Department.