# State Personnel and Pensions (GSP)

## Title 9. Leave Time and Holidays

### Subtitle 8. Religious Observances

#### Section 9-802

The Secretary shall adopt regulations that provide for work schedules to allow an employee whose religious beliefs require absence from work to perform optional, compensatory work outside of the employee's regular work hours to offset the absence.

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