# Labor and Employment (GLE)

## Title 8. Unemployment Insurance

### Subtitle 2. Scope of Title

#### Section 8-216

(a) Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, employment is not covered employment if performed:

  (1) in a facility that:

    (i) carries out a program of rehabilitation for individuals whose earning capacity is impaired by age, physical or mental disability, or injury; or

    (ii) provides compensated work for individuals who, because of their physical or mental disability, cannot be employed readily in the competitive labor market; and

  (2) by an individual who receives that rehabilitation or compensated work.

(b) Employment is covered employment if performed by a blind or other severely handicapped employee of Blind Industries and Services of Maryland.

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