(A) Generally. The selection and appointment of other employees in the clerk's office and the promotion, classification and reclassification, transfer, demotion, suspension, discharge, and other discipline of such employees shall be subject to and conform with the standards and procedures set forth in a personnel system developed by the State Court Administrator and approved by the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court. The personnel system shall (i) provide for equal opportunity, (ii) be based on merit principles, (iii) include appropriate job classifications and compensation scales, and (iv) include a grievance procedure in conformance with subsection (b)(2)(B) of this Rule.

(B) Grievance Procedure. The clerk shall resolve a grievance within the clerk's office, but the grievance procedure shall permit an aggrieved party to appeal from the decision of the clerk to the State Court Administrator or his or her designee. The decision of the State Court Administrator or designee shall constitute the final administrative decision. During the pendency of an appeal, the State Court Administrator may grant interim relief which, after consultation with the county administrative judge of each affected court, may include a transfer of an employee.