Md. Employer Protocol Related to Return-to-Work Refusals
Dear WANADA Members,
We wanted to remind our members who operate businesses in Maryland that if a furloughed employee, who is currently receiving unemployment benefits from the state, refuses an offer to work or a recall to work, employers must
inform the state within 15 days of the employee's decision. This requirement must be followed if the employer received a Request for Separation Information from the state after a furloughed worker applied for unemployment compensation.
The current Maryland Department of Labor, Licensing, and Regulation protocol is below:
If an employee refuses a recall to work or an individual refuses an offer of work, you must notify the Division of Unemployment Insurance (DUI) within 15 days after the refusal in order for DUI to consider whether the refusal will affect the individual's benefits. This notification may be sent via email to DLUI-DLLR@maryland.gov. Please include all of the following: date of offer, date of refusal, name and SSN of the individual, your company name and Maryland Unemployment Insurance employer account number.
For more information, please contact DLUI-DLLR@maryland.gov. You can also contact the DLLR's College Park office at (301) 313-8037, or respond by mail at the return address that was provided by the state Department of Labor when you received the Request for Separation Information from an employee.
Please let me or Joe Koch (
jk@wanada.org
) know if you have any questions.
John O'Donnell
WANADA President and CEO
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