Maryland Labor and Employment Section 8-204

      (a)      In this section, "pay period" means a period of not more than 31 consecutive days for which a payment of wages ordinarily is made to an individual by the employer of the individual.

      (b)      This section does not apply to employment that an individual performs for an employer in a pay period in which any of the employment is exempted under § 8-213(b) of this subtitle.

      (c)      (1)      If employment that an individual performs for an employer during at least one-half of a pay period is covered employment, then all of the employment during that pay period is covered employment.

            (2)      If employment that an individual performs for an employer during more than one-half of a pay period is not covered employment, then none of the employment during that pay period is covered.