Section 8-801 - Unemployment status. - Maryland Statutes

§ 8-801. Unemployment status.
 

(a)  Required for benefits.- To be eligible for benefits, an individual who files a claim for benefits shall be unemployed. 

(b)  Individuals considered to be unemployed.- 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. 

(c)  Part-time workers - Unemployed status.- 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. 
 

[An. Code 1957, art. 95A, §§ 4, 20; 1991, ch. 8, § 2; 2009, ch. 5, § 2; ch. 6, § 2.]