{"data":{"id":"us-md/md.-code-labor-and-employment-8-1004","jurisdiction":"us-md","citation":"Md. Code, Labor and Employment § 8–1004","heading":"","body":"(a) Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section:\n(1) an individual who otherwise is eligible to receive benefits is disqualified from receiving benefits for each week for which the Secretary finds that unemployment results from a stoppage of work, other than a lockout, that exists because of a labor dispute at the premises where the individual last was employed; and\n(2) if separate branches of work that usually are conducted as separate businesses in separate premises are conducted in separate departments on the same premises, each department shall be considered a separate premises for the purposes of this subsection.\n(b) A disqualification under this section does not apply to an individual who satisfies the Secretary that the individual:\n(1) is not participating in, financing, or directly interested in the labor dispute that caused the stoppage of work; and\n(2) does not belong to a class or grade of workers that, immediately before the stoppage, had any members:\n(i) employed at the premises; and\n(ii) participating in, financing, or directly interested in the labor dispute.","path":["Article - Labor and Employment"],"source_url":"https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Laws/StatuteText?article=gle\u0026section=8-1004","current_through":"2026-01-01","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T19:59:38Z","sha256":"293c03ed4b577ee9a5efc0664bf3fb0843266c40f570e5135e5cd0f0c59cf09a","source_id":"us-md","stale":false,"prev":"us-md/md.-code-labor-and-employment-8-1003","next":"us-md/md.-code-labor-and-employment-8-1005"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}