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2007 Laws of Maryland
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Ch. 230
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CHAPTER 230
(House Bill 277)
AN ACT concerning
Workers' Compensation - Covered Employee - Domestic Worker
FOR the purpose of altering the earnings level above which a domestic worker in a
private home is a covered employee; and generally relating to the earnings
threshold for a domestic worker under workers' compensation law.
BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,
Article - Labor and Employment
Section 9-209
Annotated Code of Maryland
(1999 Replacement Volume and 2006 Supplement)
SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That the Laws of Maryland read as follows:
Article - Labor and Employment
9-209.
(a) An individual who is employed as a domestic [servant] WORKER in a
private home is a covered employee with respect to a household if the individual earns
at least [$750] $1,000 in cash in a calendar quarter from that household.
(b) (1) Except as provided in paragraph (3) of this subsection, an
individual and the employer of the individual may elect to make the individual a
covered employee by filing a joint election with the Commission, if the individual:
(i) is employed as a domestic [servant] WORKER in a private
home; and
(ii) would not be a covered employee with respect to a household
under the provisions of subsection (a) of this section because the individual earns less
than [$750] $1,000 in cash in a calendar quarter from that household.
(2) The right to make an election under paragraph (1) of this
subsection for an individual may be exercised by:
(i) an individual who is at least 16 years old; or
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