# Labor and Employment (GLE)

## Title 8. Unemployment Insurance

### Subtitle 5A. Board of Appeals of Maryland Department of Labor

#### Section 8-5A-09

(a) The Secretary shall refer a claim for benefits to the Board of Appeals if the determination of the claim involves:

  (1) a disqualification that is based on a stoppage of work because of a labor dispute;

  (2) multiple claims; or

  (3) a difficult issue of fact or law.

(b) The Board of Appeals:

  (1) promptly shall hear and decide a claim that the Secretary refers under this section; and

  (2) may designate a special examiner to hear and decide the claim.

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