§ 11-503. Definitions
West's Annotated Code of MarylandLabor and EmploymentEffective: July 1, 2016
Effective: July 1, 2016
MD Code, Labor and Employment, § 11-503
§ 11-503. Definitions
(a) In this subtitle the definitions set forth in § 3 of the federal Act shall apply; definitions set forth below shall have the meanings indicated.
(b) “Dislocated worker” means an individual who:
2. has been employed for a duration sufficient to demonstrate, to the appropriate entity at a one-stop center referred to in § 121(e) of the federal Act, attachment to the workforce, but is not eligible for unemployment compensation due to insufficient earnings or having performed services for an employer that were not covered under State unemployment compensation law; and
(4) for purposes of eligibility to receive services other than training services described in § 134(c)(3) of the federal Act, career services described in § 134(c)(2)(A)(xii) of the federal Act, or supportive services, is employed at a facility at which the employer has made a general announcement that the facility will close;
(c) “Federal Act” means the federal Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act.1
(e) “Individual with a disability” means any individual with a disability, as defined in § 3 of the Americans with Disabilities Act.
(f) “Local plan” means a plan submitted by a local workforce area under § 108 of the federal Act, subject to § 106(c)(3)(B) of the federal Act and any final plan or modification as provided in the federal Act.
(g) “Low-income individual” means an individual who:
(h) “Participant” means an individual who has been determined eligible to participate in and who is receiving services (except follow-up services authorized under this title) under a program authorized under this title.
(i) “Performance standards” means the basic measures of performance for training programs to be prescribed by the Secretary and such variations of the standards as the Governor may prescribe.
(k) “State Workforce Development Board” means the Governor's Workforce Development Board, as provided in § 101 of the federal Act.
(l) “Supportive services” means services such as transportation, child care, dependent care, housing, and needs-related payments that are necessary to enable an individual to participate in activities authorized under the federal Act.
(m) “Training provider” means an entity that provides training and employment services to individuals described in § 11-504(b) of this subtitle.
Credits
Added as Art. 89, § 19, by Acts 1983, c. 268. Amended by Acts 1986, c. 5, § 7; Acts 1991, c. 8, § 7; Acts 1992, c. 229; Acts 1992, c. 412; Acts 1993, c. 463, § 1. Transferred to Labor and Employment § 11-503 and amended by Acts 1995, c. 120, §§ 3, 5 eff. July 1, 1995. Amended by Acts 1997, c. 14, § 1, eff. April 8, 1997; Acts 2001, c. 255, § 1, eff. June 1, 2001; Acts 2001, c. 315, § 1, eff. July 1, 2002; Acts 2002, c. 19, §§ 1, 4, eff. April 9, 2002; Acts 2007, c. 332, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 2007; Acts 2008, c. 36, § 6, eff. April 8, 2008; Acts 2016, c. 344, § 1, eff. July 1, 2016.
Formerly Art. 89, § 19.
Footnotes
Pub.L. 113-128, July 22, 2014, 128 Stat. 1425.
MD Code, Labor and Employment, § 11-503, MD LABOR & EMPLY § 11-503
Current through legislation effective through April 9, 2023, from the 2024 Regular Session of the General Assembly. Some statute sections may be more current, see credits for details.
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