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into his or its employ and], upon request by the Executive Director,
shall furnish a report of the separation from employment of every
individual who leaves his or its employ. [Such accession notices
shall be made on forms or in a manner to be prescribed by the Ex-
ecutive Director, and shall be sent to the Executive Director not later
than the end of the fifth business or working day excluding Satur-
days, Sundays and legal holidays.] A separation notice on forms or
in a manner to be prescribed by the Executive Director shall be re-
turned to the Executive Director not later than the end of the second
business or working day following the day on which it is requested
by the Executive Director, but separation notices shall not be re-
quired in case of mass layoffs. Failure to file such [accession or]
separation notice in the manner prescribed by the Executive Director
shall be subject to THE employer to a penalty of from two dollars
($2.00) to ten dollars ($10.00), as determined by the Executive Di-
rector in each instance, for each such notice that is not filed [, and
the names of each such individual employee not so reported shall
constitute a separate offense]. Such penalties shall be collected in
the manner prescribed for the collection of contributions under this
article. Provided, that the Executive Director may, in his discre-
tion, by regulation exempt any class of employers from the require-
ments of this paragraph, if the type and character of the employ-
ment would, in the opinion of the Executive Director make its ap-
plication unreasonably onerous or impractical. Whenever an em-
ployer expects to lay off permanently, or for an indefinite period,
or for a period expected to exceed seven days, at or about the same
time and for the same reason, twenty-five or more workers employed
in a single establishment, the employer shall file with the Execu-
tive Director, in lieu of individual separation notices, a notice setting
forth the reason for such layoff, together with a list of the names
and Social Security numbers of the workers affected. In cases of
unemployment because of a labor dispute, the employer shall file
with the Executive Director, in lieu of individual separation notices,
a notice setting forth the existence of such dispute, without any
statement as to the nature of such dispute and shall submit with
such notice a list of the names and Social Security numbers of the
workers affected.

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take effect
June 1, 1959.

Approved April 3, 1959.

CHAPTER 316
(House Bill 222)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Section 255 (o)
of Article 93 of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1957 Edition),

Explanation: Italics indicate new matter added to existing law.

[Brackets] indicate matter stricken from existing law.
CAPITALS indicate amendments to bill.
Strike out indicates matter stricken out of bill.