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§ 8-1202. Statement of purpose

West's Annotated Code of MarylandLabor and EmploymentEffective: April 13, 2021

West's Annotated Code of Maryland
Labor and Employment
Title 8. Unemployment Insurance (Refs & Annos)
Subtitle 12. Work Sharing (Refs & Annos)
Effective: April 13, 2021
MD Code, Labor and Employment, § 8-1202
§ 8-1202. Statement of purpose
Currentness
Purpose
(a) The work sharing unemployment insurance program seeks to:
(1) preserve the jobs of employees and the work force of an employer during periods of lowered economic activity by reduction in work hours or workdays rather than by a layoff of some employees while other employees continue their normal weekly work hours or workdays; and
(2) ameliorate the adverse effect of reduction in business activity by providing benefits for the part of the normal weekly work hours or workdays in which an employee does not work.
Limitation
(b) The work sharing unemployment insurance program is not intended to subsidize:
(1) normal or expected fluctuations in economic activity that are an inherent part of an industry or occupation; or
(2) an employer's usual operation on a long-term basis.

Credits

Added by Acts 1991, c. 8, § 2, eff. Oct. 1, 1991. Amended by Acts 2014, c. 251, § 1, eff. July 1, 2014; Acts 2021, c. 54, § 1, eff. April 9, 2021; Acts 2021, c. 64, § 1, eff. April 13, 2021.
Formerly Art. 95A, § 24.
MD Code, Labor and Employment, § 8-1202, MD LABOR & EMPLY § 8-1202
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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