State offices and all DLLR physical locations will be closed to the public May 24th through May 27th, 2013. However, Unemployment Insurance telephone and Web operations WILL be available on Friday, May 24th.

DLLR's Division of Labor and Industry

 

Holding Wages: "One Pay in the Hole" - The Maryland Guide to Wage Payment and Employment Standards

 

An employer may not keep any part of the wage of an employee, either by withholding an entire paycheck, part of a paycheck, or by way of incremental wage deductions from several paychecks, as security against some future or contingent occurrence. This practice amounts to a confiscation of pay and is a direct violation of the law requiring timely payment of earned wages.

[Note: This section concerns the indefinite holding of wages as security, not the short-term delay of pay for payroll processing purposes].