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<section article="gle" article_name="Labor and Employment" number="8-1002.1" title_number="8" title_name="Unemployment Insurance" subtitle_number="10" subtitle_name="Disqualification">
  <level label="a">
    <level label="1">
      <text>In this section, “aggravated misconduct” means behavior committed with actual malice and deliberate disregard for the property, safety, or life of others that:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>affects the employer, fellow employees, subcontractors, invitees of the employer, members of the public, or the ultimate consumer of the employer’s product or services; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>consists of either physical assault or property loss or damage so serious that the penalties of misconduct or gross misconduct are not sufficient.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>In this section, “aggravated misconduct” does not include:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>gross misconduct, as defined under § 8-1002 of this subtitle; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>misconduct, as defined under § 8-1003 of this subtitle.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>An individual who otherwise is eligible to receive benefits is disqualified from receiving benefits if unemployment results from discharge or suspension as a disciplinary measure for behavior that the Secretary finds is aggravated misconduct in connection with employment.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>A disqualification under this section shall:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>begin with the first week for which unemployment is caused by discharge or suspension for aggravated misconduct as determined under this section; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>continue until the individual is reemployed and has earned wages in covered employment that equal at least 30 times the weekly benefit amount of the individual.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
