1. A. All wages paid by each employer to an employee for performing qualified employment are subject to contributions up to the amount of the social security wage base each calendar year.

2. B. Employment is qualified employment if:

   1. (1) The employment obligates the employer to pay contributions to the Unemployment Insurance Fund under Labor and Employment Article, §8-101, et seq., Annotated Code of Maryland; or

   2. (2) The employment does not obligate the employer to pay unemployment insurance fund contributions to any jurisdiction but:

      1. (a) The employment is performed in the State, including:

         1. (i) Employment performed on land that the United States government holds or owns; and
         2. (ii) Employment performed in interstate commerce; or

      2. (b) The employment is performed partly in this State and:

         1. (i) The employment that is performed outside this State is incidental to the employment that is performed in this State, including employment that is temporary or transitory or that consists of isolated transactions; or
         2. (ii) The employment that is performed in this State is not incidental to employment that is performed in any other state and the base of operations or the place from which the employment is controlled or directed is in this State or the employment is performed by an individual who is a resident of this State and is not performed in part in a state in which the employment is controlled or directed or in which the base of operations is located.
3. C. Employment is not qualified employment if the employment of an employee obligates the employer to pay unemployment insurance fund contributions to any jurisdiction other than this State for that employee and not this State.

Authority: Labor and Employment Article, §§8.3-101, 201, and 601, Annotated Code of Maryland

Effective date: March 30, 2026 (53:6 Md. R. 289)