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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".07" citation="COMAR 07.03.17.07" title_num="07" subtitle_num="03" chapter_num="17" heading="Work Striker.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>A striker is an individual who participates in a strike or a concerted stoppage of work or interruption of operations by employees.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>If a household member is a striker, the household is ineligible for benefits unless the household was eligible for benefits:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>On the day before the strike; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>At the time of application.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="C.">
    <text>For purposes of the Program, an individual is not a striker if the:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Individual is exempt from work registration requirements of the Program for an exemption other than employment;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Employer closed the individual's work place to resist demands of employees;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>Individual, who is not on strike, is unable to work as a result of striking employees; or</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(4)">
      <text>Individual is an employee who:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Is not a part of the bargaining unit on strike, and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Does not want to cross the picket line due to fear of personal injury.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="D.">
    <text>If the household was eligible the day before the strike began and was otherwise eligible at the time of application, it cannot receive an increased allotment due to decreased income as a result of the strike.</text>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>