Md. Code, Labor and Employment § 9-236
This is the official text of Md. Code, Labor and Employment § 9-236, part of Maryland’s Code, Labor and Employment — governs wages, workplace safety, and employee rights.
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§9–236.
Official statutory text
An individual is a covered employee while performing a service for compensation in the course of the business, occupation, profession, or trade of an employer if, in relation to the service, the individual:
(1) does not maintain a separate business;
(2) neither represents to the public that the individual provides the service nor provides the service to the public; and
(3) does not have a covered employee.
(1) does not maintain a separate business;
(2) neither represents to the public that the individual provides the service nor provides the service to the public; and
(3) does not have a covered employee.
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