Ch. 432

LAWS OF MARYLAND

CHAPTER 432

(House Bill 116)

AN ACT concerning

Unemployment Insurance - Separation Notices

FOR the purpose of establishing a single monetary penalty oh
employers for failure to file on time certain separation
notices with the Secretary of Employment and Training; and
clarifying that this penalty applies to failure to return
certain reports of earnings.

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,

Article 95A - Unemployment Insurance Law

Section 12(g)(3)

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1985 Replacement Volume and 1986 Supplement)

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That the Laws of Maryland read as follows:

Article 95A - Unemployment Insurance Law

12.

(g) (3) Each employer, upon request by the [Executive
Director] SECRETARY, shall furnish a report of the separation
from employment of every individual who leaves his or it's employ.
IN ADDITION, UPON REQUEST BY THE SECRETARY, EACH EMPLOYER SHALL
FURNISH A REPORT OF EARNINGS OF ANY INDIVIDUAL. A separate
notice on forms or in a manner to be prescribed by the [Executive
Director] SECRETARY shall be returned to the [Executive Director]
SECRETARY not later than the end of the [fourth] 4TH business or
working day following the day on which it is requested by the
[Executive Director] SECRETARY, but separation notices shall not
be required in case of mass layoffs. Failure to file such
separation notice OR REPORT OF EARNINGS in the manner prescribed
by the [Executive Director] SECRETARY shall subject the employer
to a penalty of [from $5 to $15, as determined by the Executive
Director in each instance,] $15 for each such notice that is not
filed. The [Executive Director] SECRETARY may waive the penalty
for cause. Such penalties shall be collected in the manner
prescribed for the collection of contributions under this
article. Provided, that the [Executive Director] SECRETARY may,
in his discretion, by regulation exempt any class of employers
from the requirements of this paragraph, if the type and
character of the employment would, in the opinion of the
[Executive Director] SECRETARY make its application unreasonably
onerous or impractical. Whenever an employer expects to lay off

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