Section 9-704 - Sick pay. - Maryland Statutes

§ 9-704. Sick pay.
 

(a)  Basis of pay.- Payment to an employee for work-related accident leave taken under this subtitle shall be based on two-thirds of the employee's regular pay. 

(b)  As separate benefit.- Payment for work-related accident leave taken under this subtitle constitutes a separate benefit on account of accidental disability and is not a continuation of salary. 

(c)  Other benefits.- Notwithstanding the reduced rate that an employee is paid while using work-related accident leave, the employee: 

(1) continues seniority and leave accruals based on the employee's regular pay; and 

(2) does not lose health care benefits with the subsidy allowed in Title 2, Subtitle 6 of this article solely because of use of the work-related accident leave. 

(d)  Effect of receiving payment.- An employee may not receive temporary total disability benefits under the Maryland Workers' Compensation Act while the employee is receiving payment under this subtitle. 
 

[An. Code 1957, art. 64A, § 37; 1993, ch. 10, § 2; ch. 616, § 2; 1994, ch. 471, § 3; 1996, ch. 347, § 1.]