# State Personnel and Pensions (GSP)

## Title 8. Compensation of Employees Subject to Salary Authority of Secretary of Budget and Management

### Subtitle 3. Overtime Compensation

#### Section 8-303

(a) Except as otherwise provided in this subtitle, an employee who works more than the normal workweek for that employee's unit is entitled to compensation for that overtime work in the form of:

  (1) payment as provided in Sec. 8-305 of this subtitle; or

  (2) compensatory time as provided in Sec. 8-307 of this subtitle.

(b) The Secretary shall adopt regulations to prevent:

  (1) the granting of unnecessary overtime; and

  (2) the failure to grant overtime compensation to an eligible employee.

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Md. Code Ann., State Pers. & Pens. (as displayed at mgaleg.maryland.gov, October 16, 2026)