Workers Compensation Notice Requirements for Employees – MD

MARYLAND

Must Employee Give Notice of Injury or Illness to Employer? 

Yes

Must Notice Be in Writing?

No 

When Must Notice Be Given?

For injury, within 10 days of the accident; for death, within 30 days.

Exemptions to Notice Requirements

If the commissioner of labor and industry finds sufficient reason for the failure to give notice, or if the employer or its insurer has not been prejudiced by the failure to comply.

Effect of Failure to Notify Employer

Claim for compensation may be barred. 

Other Provisions 

–

Citation to Authority – click link, clink agree, scroll to specific statute:

Md. Code Ann., Lab & Empl. § 9-704

Notice to employer

Md. Code Ann., Lab & Empl. § 9-706

Failure to notify employer