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<section article="gle" article_name="Labor and Employment" number="8-1003" title_number="8" title_name="Unemployment Insurance" subtitle_number="10" subtitle_name="Disqualification">
  <level label="a">
    <text>An individual who otherwise is eligible to receive benefits is disqualified from receiving benefits if the Secretary finds that unemployment results from discharge or suspension as a disciplinary measure for behavior that the Secretary finds is misconduct in connection with employment but that is not:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>aggravated misconduct, under § 8–1002.1 of this subtitle; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>gross misconduct under § 8–1002 of this subtitle.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <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 misconduct; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>continue for a total of at least 10 but not more than 15 weeks, as determined by the Secretary, based on the seriousness of the misconduct.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
