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Bounced Paychecks - The Maryland Guide to Wage Payment and Employment Standards

Paying wages with a bad check is the same as failing to pay wages and may subject an em-ployer to civil and criminal penalties under the Wage Payment and Collection Law and the Maryland Criminal Code.