{"data":{"id":"us-md/md.-code-courts-and-judicial-proceedings-8-501","jurisdiction":"us-md","citation":"Md. Code, Courts and Judicial Proceedings § 8–501","heading":"","body":"(a) An employer may not deprive an individual of employment or coerce, intimidate, or threaten to discharge an individual because the individual:\n(1) Loses employment time in responding to a summons under this title or attending, or being in proximity to, a circuit court for jury service under this title; or\n(2) Exercises a right to refrain from work under subsection (b) of this section.\n(b) An employer may not require an individual who is summoned and appears for jury service for 4 or more hours, including traveling time, to work an employment shift that begins:\n(1) On or after 5 p.m. on the day of the individual’s appearance for jury service; or\n(2) Before 3 a.m. on the day following the individual’s appearance for jury service.\n(c) A person who violates any provision of this section is subject to a fine not exceeding $1,000.","path":["Article - Courts and Judicial Proceedings"],"source_url":"https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Laws/StatuteText?article=gcj\u0026section=8-501","current_through":"2026-01-01","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T19:57:03Z","sha256":"47524d57b228af02357deb193d19b7a1e05bb339f900b217ba5d4f3d66778bde","source_id":"us-md","stale":false,"prev":"us-md/md.-code-courts-and-judicial-proceedings-8-430","next":"us-md/md.-code-courts-and-judicial-proceedings-8-502"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}