# Labor and Employment (GLE)

## Title 8. Unemployment Insurance

### Subtitle 1. Definitions; General Provisions

#### Section 8-104

With the advice and help of the State and local advisory councils, the Secretary shall take all appropriate steps to:

(1) reduce and prevent unemployment;

(2) encourage and assist in the adoption of practical methods of vocational training, retraining, and guidance;

(3) advise, assist, and conduct investigations regarding the establishment and operation by a county, a municipality, or the State, of reserves for public works to be used in times of business depression and unemployment;

(4) promote the reemployment of unemployed workers throughout the State in each other way that may be feasible; and

(5) conduct investigations and research studies and publish the results.

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Md. Code Ann., Lab. & Empl. (as displayed at mgaleg.maryland.gov, October 16, 2026)