Hoffeld v. SHEPHERD ELECTRIC CO.

Under section 3-505 of the Maryland Wage Payment and Collection Law (MWPCL), codified at Md.Code (1991, 1999 Repl.Vol., 2006 Supp.), § 3-501 et seq. of the Labor and Employment Article (LE), employers must pay “all wages due for work that the employee performed before the termination of employment.” In Medex v. McCabe, 372 Md. 28, 41-42, 811 A.2d 297 (2002), the Court of Appeals held that this law may not be circumvented by an employment agreement that explicitly conditions payment of earned commissions on continued employment.

Appellant Calvin Hoffeld asks us to hold that his former…