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§ 2-305. Reprisals for grievances, complaints, or other employee actions prohibited

West's Annotated Code of MarylandState Personnel and Pensions

West's Annotated Code of Maryland
State Personnel and Pensions (Refs & Annos)
Division I. State Personnel [Titles 1-19]
Title 2. State Employment Generally
Subtitle 3. State Employment Policies (Refs & Annos)
MD Code, State Personnel and Pensions, § 2-305
§ 2-305. Reprisals for grievances, complaints, or other employee actions prohibited
Currentness
Application of section
(a) This section applies to all employees of all units in the Executive, Judicial, and Legislative branches of State government, including all units with independent personnel systems except for the Department of Transportation and the University System of Maryland.
Reprisals by or initiated on behalf of employers
(b) During any stage of a State employee's complaint, grievance, or other administrative or legal action that concerns State employment, the employee may not be subjected to coercion, discrimination, interference, reprisal, or restraint by or initiated on behalf of the employer solely as a result of that employee's pursuit of the grievance, complaint, or action.
Reprisals by or initiated on behalf of other State employees
(c) A State employee may not intentionally take or assist in taking an act of coercion, discrimination, interference, reprisal, or restraint against another employee solely as a result of that employee's pursuit of a grievance, complaint, or other administrative or legal action that concerns State employment.
Disciplinary action for violations
(d) An employee who violates subsection (c) of this section is subject to disciplinary action, including the termination of State employment.

Credits

Added by Acts 1995, c. 160, § 2, eff. Oct. 1, 1995, and Acts 1995, c. 161, § 2, eff. Oct. 1, 1995. Renumbered from State Personnel and Pensions §§ 3-102 to 3-104, and amended by Acts 1996, c. 347, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 1996. Amended by Acts 1997, c. 15, § 1, eff. April 8, 1997; Acts 1997, c. 114, § 1, eff. July 1, 1997.
MD Code, State Personnel and Pensions, § 2-305, MD ST PERS & PENS § 2-305
Current through legislation effective through May 9, 2024, from the 2024 Regular Session of the General Assembly. Some statute sections may be more current, see credits for details.
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