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§ 8-801. Unemployment status

West's Annotated Code of MarylandLabor and EmploymentEffective: April 14, 2009

West's Annotated Code of Maryland
Labor and Employment
Title 8. Unemployment Insurance (Refs & Annos)
Subtitle 8. Administration of Claims (Refs & Annos)
Effective: April 14, 2009
MD Code, Labor and Employment, § 8-801
§ 8-801. Unemployment status
Currentness
Required for benefits
(a) To be eligible for benefits, an individual who files a claim for benefits shall be unemployed.
Individuals considered to be unemployed
(b) An individual is considered to be unemployed in any week during which the individual:
(1) does not perform work for which wages are payable; or
(2) performs less than full-time work for which wages payable are less than the weekly benefit amount that would be assigned to the individual plus allowances for dependents.
Part-time workers
(c) Notwithstanding subsection (b)(2) of this section, a part-time worker is not considered to be unemployed if the part-time worker is working all hours for which the part-time worker is available.

Credits

Added by Acts 1991, c. 8, § 2, eff. Oct. 1, 1991. Amended by Acts 2009, c. 5, § 2, eff. April 14, 2009; Acts 2009, c. 6, § 2, eff. April 14, 2009.
Formerly Art. 95A, §§ 4, 20.
MD Code, Labor and Employment, § 8-801, MD LABOR & EMPLY § 8-801
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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