Maryland
For Maryland, employer covered when is means any person, corporation, or other entity that employs at least 50 employees and operates an industrial, commercial, or business enterprise in the State; notice triggered by is a reduction in operations — the relocation of a part of an employer’s operation from an initial workplace to another existing or proposed site that may reduce the total number of employees at the initial workplace by at least 25% or 15 employees, whichever is greater; or the shutting down of a workplace or a portion of the operations of a workplace that reduces the total number of employees by at least 25% or 15 employees, whichever is greater, over any 3-month period; statute is 11-301, verified against its source on 2026-08-18.
- State
- Maryland our reading
- Employer covered when
- means any person, corporation, or other entity that employs at least 50 employees and operates an industrial, commercial, or business enterprise in the State verified
- Notice triggered by
- a reduction in operations — the relocation of a part of an employer’s operation from an initial workplace to another existing or proposed site that may reduce the total number of employees at the initial workplace by at least 25% or 15 employees, whichever is greater; or the shutting down of a workplace or a portion of the operations of a workplace that reduces the total number of employees by at least 25% or 15 employees, whichever is greater, over any 3-month period verified
- Statute
- 11-301 verified
- Notice period
- an employer shall provide written notice at least 60 days before initiating a reduction in operations per mgaleg.maryland.gov
Values marked our reading are our classification of what the source says — the source does not print them in those words. The quote below is the evidence for each one; judge it yourself.
What the source says
(c) (1) “Employer” means any person, corporation, or other entity that employs at least 50 employees and operates an industrial, commercial, or business enterprise in the State. (2) “Employer” does not include the State or its political subdivisions or any employer who has been doing business in the State less than 1 year. (d) “Permanent” means that an employer has not agreed in a written contract to restore operations within 3 months after the time that the reduction in operations occurs. (e) “Reduction in operations” includes: (1) the relocation of a part of an employer’s operation from an initial workplace to another existing or proposed site that may reduce the total number of employees at the initial workplace by at least 25% or 15 employees, whichever is greater; or (2) the shutting down of a workplace or a portion of the operations of a workplace that reduces the total number of employees by at least 25% or 15 employees, whichever is greater, over any 3–month period.
— mgaleg.maryland.gov, retrieved 2026-08-18
Sources disagree
More than one authority states this, and they do not state the same thing. Both are reproduced with the source each came from — deciding between them is yours, not ours.
Statute
mgaleg.maryland.gov says statute is 11-301, as of 2026-08-18.
(c) (1) “Employer” means any person, corporation, or other entity that employs at least 50 employees and operates an industrial, commercial, or business enterprise in the State. (2) “Employer” does not include the State or its political subdivisions or any employer who has been doing business in the State less than 1 year. (d) “Permanent” means that an employer has not agreed in a written contract to restore operations within 3 months after the time that the reduction in operations occurs. (e) “Reduction in operations” includes: (1) the relocation of a part of an employer’s operation from an initial workplace to another existing or proposed site that may reduce the total number of employees at the initial workplace by at least 25% or 15 employees, whichever is greater; or (2) the shutting down of a workplace or a portion of the operations of a workplace that reduces the total number of employees by at least 25% or 15 employees, whichever is greater, over any 3–month period.
https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Laws/StatuteText?article=gle§ion=11-301&enactments=false
mgaleg.maryland.gov says statute is 11-305, as of 2026-08-18.
(a) Except as provided in subsection (c) of this section, an employer shall provide written notice at least 60 days before initiating a reduction in operations to: (1) all employees at the workplace that are subject to the reduction in operations; (2) each exclusive representative or bargaining agency that represents the employees at the workplace that are subject to the reduction in operations; (3) individuals who work less than 20 hours on average each week or have worked for the employer for less than 6 months in the immediately preceding 12 months at the workplace that is subject to the reduction in operations; (4) the Division’s dislocated worker unit; and
https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Laws/StatuteText?article=gle§ion=11-305&enactments=false
Sources
- mgaleg.maryland.govhttps://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Laws/StatuteText?article=gle§ion=11-301&enactments=false
- mgaleg.maryland.govhttps://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Laws/StatuteText?article=gle§ion=11-305&enactments=false