Md. Code Ann., Cts. & Jud. Proc. § 8-501
Discharge of employment or threats of employment loss
Effective Oct 1, 2012Added by Acts 2006, c. 372, § 13, eff. Oct. 1, 2006. Amended by Acts 2012, c. 121, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 2012; Acts 2012, c. 159, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 2012.State of Maryland
(a) An employer may not deprive an individual of employment or coerce, intimidate, or threaten to discharge an individual because the individual:
- (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
- (2) Exercises a right to refrain from work under subsection (b) of this section.
(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:
- (1) On or after 5 p.m. on the day of the individual's appearance for jury service; or
- (2) Before 3 a.m. on the day following the individual's appearance for jury service.
- (c) A person who violates any provision of this section is subject to a fine not exceeding $1,000.
Added by Acts 2006, c. 372, § 13, eff. Oct. 1, 2006. Amended by Acts 2012, c. 121, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 2012; Acts 2012, c. 159, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 2012.