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* Work is service performed by an employee at the request and under the
control of an employer and, therefore, on the employer's time.
* Work is compensable -- that is, something for which an employee is entitled
to be paid.
* Work under the Maryland Wage Payment and Collection Law does not include
volunteer service, if the individual took the job with
the full and voluntary understanding that he or she would not
be paid, there is in fact no employer-employee relationship, and
the activity is performed for the benefit of a charitable, educational,
not for profit, or religious organization.
Work does not necessarily require an employee to do or accomplish anything. Work may only
involve fulfilling the requirements or following the directions
of the employer -- even where an employer instructs a worker to
report to the jobsite at 7 AM and do nothing until called on.
Work may even mean sleep time if a worker must remain on the premises
for anytime less than 24 hours. Where free to leave without the
possibility of consequence, the worker is on his or her own time,
even if instructed to remain "on call" with a beeper,
and may not be entitled to compensation. Once called back to work, however, compensation becomes due.
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