MARIO ERNESTO AMAYA, ET AL. v. DGS CONSTRUCTION, LLC, ET AL.JUAN CARLOS TERRONES ROJAS, ET AL. v. F.R. GENERAL CONTRACTORS, INC., ET AL., 479 Md. 515


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HOLDINGS: [1]-Under the plain language of the Maryland Wage and Hour Law, the Maryland Wage Payment and Collection Law, and the Code of Maryland Regulations, the federal Portal-to-Portal Act (PPA) had not been adopted or incorporated as part of Maryland law; thus, what constituted "work" in Maryland was not limited to what was considered compensable work under the PPA; [2]-Under the definition of "work" in Md. Code Regs. 09.12.41.10, there were genuine issues of material fact as to whether in using the parking area assigned by their employer, the employees were required to be on the employer's premises or on duty or at a prescribed workplace, such that the time spent waiting and traveling from the parking area to the construction site constituted hours of work and travel from one worksite to another.