Md. Code Ann., Educ. § 16-708
Rights and grievances
Effective Jul 1, 2023Added as Education § 16-713 by Acts 2021, 1st Sp. Sess., c. 16, § 2, eff. Sept. 1, 2022; Acts 2021, 1st Sp. Sess., c. 27, § 2, eff. Sept. 1, 2022. Renumbered as Education § 16-708 and amended by Acts 2023, c. 114, §§ 3, 4, eff. July 1, 2023.State of Maryland
(a) A public employee or group of public employees has the right at any time to:
- (1) Present a grievance arising under the terms of the agreement to the public employer; and
- (2) Have the grievance adjusted without the intervention of the exclusive representative.
- (b) The exclusive representative has the right to be present during any meeting involving the presentation or adjustment of a grievance.
(c)
- (1) A public employer shall hear a grievance and participate in the adjustment of the grievance.
- (2) The adjustment of a grievance may not be inconsistent with the terms of the collective bargaining agreement then in effect.
- (3) A public employer shall give prompt notice of any adjustment of a grievance to the exclusive representative.
Added as Education § 16-713 by Acts 2021, 1st Sp. Sess., c. 16, § 2, eff. Sept. 1, 2022; Acts 2021, 1st Sp. Sess., c. 27, § 2, eff. Sept. 1, 2022. Renumbered as Education § 16-708 and amended by Acts 2023, c. 114, §§ 3, 4, eff. July 1, 2023.