WILLIAM DONALD SCHAEFER, Governor Ch. 637

individuals who because of their impaired physical or mental
capacity cannot be readily absorbed in the competitive labor
market by an individual receiving such rehabilitation or
remunerative work; however, employment does include services
rendered by the unsighted or other severely handicapped employees
of the Maryland Workshop for the Blind;

G. Service as part of an unemployment
work-relief or work-training program assisted or financed in
whole or in part by any federal agency or an agency of a state or
political subdivision of a state, by an individual receiving that
work relief or work training; or

H. Service before January 1, 1978 for a
hospital in a State prison or other State correctional
institution by an inmate of the prison or correctional
institution and service performed after December 31, 1977 by an
inmate of a custodial or penal institution for a nonprofit
organization or governmental entity.

(vi) "Employment" includes agricultural labor,
as defined in subsection (w) of this section, performed after
December 31, 1977 if the labor is performed for a person who:

A.  During any calendar quarter of the
current or preceding calendar year, pays cash remuneration of
$20,000 or more to individuals performing agricultural labor (NOT
TAKING INTO ACCOUNT LABOR PERFORMED BEFORE JULY 1, 1988 BY AN
ALIEN REFERRED TO IN SUBPARAGRAPH (XX) OF PARAGRAPH (8) OF THIS
SUBSECTION); [or]

B.  On a portion of a day in each of 20
consecutive or nonconsecutive weeks during the current or
preceding calendar year, employs at least ten individuals in
agricultural labor, regardless of whether or not the individuals
were employed at the same moment in time[.]; OR

C.  For the purposes of this item, if the
person to whom agricultural workers are furnished is an employer,
as defined in paragraph (2) of subsection (f), any cash
remuneration that the crew leader paid to the individuals
performing agricultural labor shall be treated as cash
remuneration paid by the employer.

(8) "Employment" does not include:

(iv) Subject to paragraph (7) of this
subsection AND SUBPARAGRAPH (XX) OF THIS PARAGRAPH, agricultural
labor as defined in subsection (w) of this section;

(vii) Service performed by an individual in the
employ of [his] THE INDIVIDUAL'S son, daughter, or spouse, and

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