Md. Code, State Personnel and Pensions § 11-207
This is the official text of Md. Code, State Personnel and Pensions § 11-207, part of Maryland’s Code, State Personnel and Pensions — governs state employees and public pensions.
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§11–207.
Official statutory text
(a) An employee being laid off may displace another employee who has the least seniority points:
(1) in the same class or job series as the employee being laid off; or
(2) in any other class in which the laid-off employee previously held satisfactory nonprobationary status within the 36 months immediately prior to the effective date of the layoff.
(b) Subsection (a) of this section shall apply:
(1) first to the employee’s current appointing authority regardless of geographical area;
(2) if the provisions in paragraph (1) of this subsection are not available, to the employee’s current principal unit; or
(3) a secretary or head of a State principal unit may limit the displacement within the principal unit to one or more of the established geographical areas as prescribed by the Secretary.
(1) in the same class or job series as the employee being laid off; or
(2) in any other class in which the laid-off employee previously held satisfactory nonprobationary status within the 36 months immediately prior to the effective date of the layoff.
(b) Subsection (a) of this section shall apply:
(1) first to the employee’s current appointing authority regardless of geographical area;
(2) if the provisions in paragraph (1) of this subsection are not available, to the employee’s current principal unit; or
(3) a secretary or head of a State principal unit may limit the displacement within the principal unit to one or more of the established geographical areas as prescribed by the Secretary.
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