# Labor and Employment (GLE)

## Title 8. Unemployment Insurance

### Subtitle 8. Administration of Claims

#### Section 8-803.1

For purposes of determining the weekly benefit amount in any benefit year under Sec. 8-803 of this subtitle, wages paid by a private, for-profit employing unit for employment performed by an individual while an incarcerated individual of a custodial or penal institution shall be included as wages if the individual continues to be employed by the private, for-profit employing unit after being permanently released by the custodial or penal institution, including released by parole.

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