{"data":{"id":"us-md/md.-code-labor-and-employment-8-204","jurisdiction":"us-md","citation":"Md. Code, Labor and Employment § 8–204","heading":"","body":"(a) In this section, “pay period” means a period of not more than 31 consecutive days for which a payment of wages ordinarily is made to an individual by the employer of the individual.\n(b) This section does not apply to employment that an individual performs for an employer in a pay period in which any of the employment is exempted under § 8-213(b) of this subtitle.\n(c) (1) If employment that an individual performs for an employer during at least one-half of a pay period is covered employment, then all of the employment during that pay period is covered employment.\n(2) If employment that an individual performs for an employer during more than one-half of a pay period is not covered employment, then none of the employment during that pay period is covered.","path":["Article - Labor and Employment"],"source_url":"https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Laws/StatuteText?article=gle\u0026section=8-204","current_through":"2026-01-01","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T19:59:38Z","sha256":"334259381cc95e97e6c8a30dd6394b9f6d4dbdb2ea8149f1d497f527d7ca99e9","source_id":"us-md","stale":false,"prev":"us-md/md.-code-labor-and-employment-8-203","next":"us-md/md.-code-labor-and-employment-8-205"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}