{"data":{"id":"us-md/md.-code-labor-and-employment-3-1701","jurisdiction":"us-md","citation":"Md. Code, Labor and Employment § 3–1701","heading":"","body":"(a) In this subtitle the following words have the meanings indicated.\n(b) “Emergency” means a catastrophic health emergency, as defined under § 14–3A–01 of the Public Safety Article, that is the subject of an executive proclamation under § 14–3A–02 of the Public Safety Article and is related to a communicable disease.\n(c) (1) “Essential employer” means a person that employs an essential worker.\n(2) “Essential employer” includes a unit of State or local government.\n(d) “Essential worker” means an individual who:\n(1) performs a duty or work responsibility during an emergency that cannot be performed remotely or is required to be completed at the work site; and\n(2) provides services that the essential employer determines to be essential or critical to its operations.","path":["Article - Labor and Employment"],"source_url":"https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Laws/StatuteText?article=gle\u0026section=3-1701","current_through":"2026-01-01","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T19:59:38Z","sha256":"5ccb8f306b613b5829d3afbd9d3d9294659a913544d5b06f579eae9f494a9add","source_id":"us-md","stale":false,"prev":"us-md/md.-code-labor-and-employment-3-1611","next":"us-md/md.-code-labor-and-employment-3-1702"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}