Section 15-109 - Employee relations. - Maryland Statutes

§ 15-109. Employee relations.
 

(a)  Collective bargaining.-  

(1) The Baltimore Authority may recognize and engage in collective bargaining with the exclusive bargaining representatives of all appropriate employee bargaining units, including units consisting of: 

(i) maintenance, housekeeping, and technical personnel; 

(ii) administrative and clerical personnel; and 

(iii) supervisory personnel. 

(2) The power under paragraph (1) of this section includes the power of the Baltimore Authority to: 

(i) deal with and, through an exclusive bargaining representative, address grievances and settle disputes; 

(ii) meet and bargain in good faith with an exclusive bargaining representative about wages, hours, working conditions, and other terms and conditions of employment to form a binding labor agreement; and 

(iii) draft and execute labor agreements that last not more than 3 consecutive fiscal years. 

(3) A bargaining unit under paragraph (1) of this subsection may not include: 

(i) confidential employees; 

(ii) contractual employees employed for less than 5 consecutive years; 

(iii) probationary employees; 

(iv) attorneys in the General Counsel's office; 

(v) supervisors, as defined in 29 U.S.C. § 152(11); or 

(vi) employees whose main responsibility is to manage or direct independently the assets and affairs of the Baltimore Authority. 

(b)  Binding arbitration.- The Baltimore Authority may engage in binding third-party arbitration of: 

(1) disputes over a term or condition of employment; and 

(2) grievances that relate to the interpretation or application of a written collective bargaining agreement, employment regulation, or work rule. 

(c)  Collective bargaining.- The Baltimore Authority may exercise any power that is necessary and appropriate to establish and implement a system of collective bargaining with its employees. 
 

[An. Code 1957, art. 44A, § 3-105; 2006, ch. 63, § 2.]