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§ 23-612. Certain employer, employee organization, and agent actions prohibited

West's Annotated Code of MarylandEducationEffective: October 1, 2013

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Effective: October 1, 2013
MD Code, Education, § 23-612
§ 23-612. Certain employer, employee organization, and agent actions prohibited
Employer actions prohibited
(a) The employer may not:
(1) Interfere with, coerce, or restrain an employee in the exercise of any right given to the employee under this subtitle;
(2) Interfere with or assist in the formation, administration, or existence of an employee organization;
(3) Provide financial assistance or other support to an employee organization;
(4) Encourage or discourage membership in an employee organization by discriminating against an employee through hiring, tenure, promotion, or other conditions of employment;
(5) Discharge or discriminate against an employee because the employee has signed or filed an affidavit, a petition, or a complaint or has given any information or testimony in a proceeding held under this subtitle;
(6) Refuse to bargain in good faith with an employee organization that is certified as the exclusive representative of a bargaining unit over a subject of bargaining; or
(7) Refuse to participate in good faith in the mediation, fact-finding, or grievance procedure under this subtitle.
Employee organization or agent actions prohibited
(b) An employee organization or its agent may not:
(1) Interfere with, restrain, or coerce an employee in the exercise by the employee of any right given to the employee under this subtitle;
(2) Cause or attempt to cause the employer to discriminate against an employee in the exercise by the employee of any right given under this subtitle;
(3) Coerce, discipline, fine, or attempt to coerce a member of the employee organization as punishment or reprisal;
(4) Coerce, discipline, fine, or attempt to coerce a member of the employee organization for the purpose of impeding the member's work performance;
(5) Refuse to negotiate in good faith with the employer as required by this subtitle; or
(6) Fail or refuse to cooperate in impasse procedures under § 23-608 of this subtitle or decisions that result from those procedures.

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Added by Acts 2013, c. 648, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 2013.
MD Code, Education, § 23-612, MD EDUC § 23-612
Current with all legislation from the 2023 Regular Session of the General Assembly. Some statute sections may be more current, see credits for details.
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