Ch. 5

LAWS OF MARYLAND

DRAFTER'S NOTE:

Error: Omitted conjunction in Article 95, §
22G(a)(4)(ii).

Occurred: Ch. 735, Acts of 1981.

Article 95A - Unemployment Insurance Law

4.

Any unemployed individual is eligible to receive benefits
with respect to any week only if the Executive Director finds
that:

(c) He is able to work, and is available for work; provided
no claimant shall be considered ineligible in any week of
unemployment for failure to comply with provisions of this
subsection if such failure is due to illness or disability which
occurs after he has registered for work and no work which would
have been considered suitable at the time of his initial
registration has been offered after the beginning of such illness
or disability. The Secretary shall not use the blindness of an
unsighted or other severely handicapped person as a factor making
such a person ineligible under the "able to work" requirement of
this subsection if the person was an employee of the Blind
Industries and Services of Maryland, immediately prior to being
unemployed. As used in this subsection, the term "available for
work" shall mean, among other things, that a claimant is actively
seeking work. In determining whether or not the claimant has
actively sought work, the Secretary shall consider whether the
efforts he has made to obtain work have been reasonable and are
such efforts as an unemployed individual is expected to make if
he is honestly looking for work. The extent of the effort
required shall depend upon labor market conditions in the
claimant's area.

Provided further that when an employer closes its entire
plant or any portion of the plant for a vacation or inventory or
other purpose causing unemployment for a certain and definable
period not exceeding 10 weeks during each period of unemployment,
the Secretary is authorized to exempt the employees who thereby
become unemployed from actively seeking work as required under
this section of the law, if it is found by the Secretary that the
circumstances and labor market conditions justify such
exemptions. Provided further that when an employer closes its
entire plant or any portion of the plant for a purpose other than
vacation or inventory causing unemployment for a certain and
definable period not exceeding 26 weeks, the Secretary is
authorized to exempt the employees who thereby become unemployed
from actively seeking work as required under this subsection of
law if the extended exemption of up to 26 weeks is jointly
requested by the employer and the affected employees, the

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