Legal Question in Business Law in Maryland

Re: Work restriction imposed on a statutory employee

Your employer has the right to control its workplace and to assign whatever duties to you that it deems appropriate. What has happened to you is akin to an employer laying off people or reducing their hours due to the lack of work available. Unless you have some kind of agreement with the employer that stipulates your entitlement to a certain level of income or work activity, or this is a union situation that might protect you, I doubt there's much you can do. You might want to check with people in state government who regulate the wage and hour laws just to see if there may be some regulation that protects you or if this merits some investigation or inquiry on their part.