1. A. The Secretary shall request on appropriate forms information pertaining to the separation of claimants from employment.

2. B. When a claimant files a new claim, the Secretary shall request separation information from the claimant's base period employers and the claimant's other employers from the end of the base period to the filing of the claim. Each employer shall indicate on the separation notice the:

   1. (1) Reason for the claimant's separation from employment;
   2. (2) Last day that the claimant worked for that employer;
   3. (3) Amount and form of any pension pay to which the claimant may be entitled, and whether the claimant contributed to the pension;
   4. (4) Amount of any holiday pay, vacation pay, severance pay, or special pay paid or payable by the employer;
   5. (5) Claimant's last weekly or hourly pay rate; and
   6. (6) Other information that the Secretary may request.
3. C. When a claimant files an additional claim for benefits, the Secretary shall request the information set forth in §B of this regulation from the claimant's last employer and any other employer for whom the claimant worked since the claimant last filed for benefits.
4. D. An employer shall complete and return the separation notice to the address shown on the notice, or by electronic means, within the time prescribed in the Unemployment Insurance Law.
5. E. A separation notice is deemed returned when it is either received by the Department or postmarked by the United States Post Office.

Authority: Labor and Employment Article, §§8-101, 8-305, 8-805, 8-809, 8-902, 8-903, and 8-1004—8-1009, Annotated Code of Maryland

Effective date: February 1, 1973

Regulation .03H amended effective December 15, 1978 (5:25 Md. R. 1853)

Regulation .06 amended effective December 10, 1975 (2:28 Md. R. 1666); December 15, 1978 (5:25 Md. R. 1853); January 31, 1983 (10:2 Md. R. 108) (Transferred from Department of Human Services to Department of Employment and Training, effective October 1, 1983; recodified from COMAR 07.04.02 to 24.02.02)

Regulations .01—.13, Reporting and Registration by Claimant for Benefits, repealed and new Regulations .01—.19, Claims for Benefits, adopted effective October 29, 1990 (17:21 Md. R. 2531)

Regulation .03D amended effective June 24, 1991 (18:12 Md. R. 1340)

Regulation .03E amended effective January 2, 1994 (20:26 Md. R. 2029)

Regulation .04B amended effective June 24, 1991 (18:12 Md. R. 1340); June 8, 1992 (19:11 Md. R. 1017)

Regulation .04-1 adopted effective October 24, 1994 (21:21 Md. R. 1815)

Regulation .07D adopted effective December 21, 1992 (19:25 Md. R. 2208)

Regulation .07-1 adopted effective January 2, 1994 (20:26 Md. R. 2029)

Regulation .07-2 adopted effective October 1, 1995 (22:12 Md. R. 903)

Regulation .09 amended effective January 2, 1994 (20:26 Md. R. 2029)

Regulation .14 amended effective January 2, 1994 (20:26 Md. R. 2029)

Regulation .14D amended effective October 24, 1994 (21:21 Md. R. 1815)

Regulation .15-1 adopted effective June 8, 1992 (19:11 Md. R. 1017)

Regulation .15-1B amended effective January 2, 1994 (20:26 Md. R. 2029)

Regulation .16G adopted effective October 9, 1995 (22:20 Md. R. 1546)

Chapter recodified from COMAR 24.02.02 to COMAR 09.32.02, May 1996

Regulation .02B amended effective December 28, 1998 (25:26 Md. R. 1922)

Regulation .03 amended effective December 28, 1998 (25:26 Md. R. 1922)

Regulation .04 amended effective December 28, 1998 (25:26 Md. R. 1922)

Regulation .06 amended effective December 28, 1998 (25:26 Md. R. 1922)

Regulation .08 amended effective December 28, 1998 (25:26 Md. R. 1922)

Regulation .09 amended effective December 28, 1998 (25:26 Md. R. 1922)

Regulation .10C amended effective December 28, 1998 (25:26 Md. R. 1922)

Regulation .11A, B amended effective December 28, 1998 (25:26 Md. R. 1922)

Regulation .13 amended effective May 4, 1998 (25:9 Md. R. 679)

Regulation .14 amended effective April 24, 2017 (44:8 Md. R. 403)

Regulation .14D amended effective December 28, 1998 (25:26 Md. R. 1922)

Regulation .15-1B amended effective December 28, 1998 (25:26 Md. R. 1922)

Regulation .16 amended effective December 28, 1998 (25:26 Md. R. 1922)

Regulation .18 amended effective December 28, 1998 (25:26 Md. R. 1922)

Chapter revised effective April 24, 2017 (44:8 Md. R. 403)

Regulation .04 amended effective April 24, 2017 (44:8 Md. R. 404)

Regulation .14 amended effective April 24, 2017 (44:8 Md. R. 404)