Section 13-203 - Recruitment and selection. - Maryland Statutes

§ 13-203. Recruitment and selection.
 

(a)  In general.- The Secretary shall adopt guidelines for the recruitment and selection of contractual employees. 

(b)  Guideline requirements.- These guidelines shall require a contracting unit: 

(1) to make a reasonable effort to publicly solicit applicants for contractual employment; 

(2) to make a reasonable effort to screen and select contractual employees by using methods and criteria that are uniformly applied to all applicants for a particular instance of contractual employment; and 

(3) to use criteria to select contractual employees that: 

(i) are based on the qualifications of the applicant; and 

(ii) conform to subsection (c) of this section. 

(c)  Personnel actions.-  

(1) All personnel actions concerning a contractual employee shall be made in accordance with § 2-302 of this article. 

(2) An action may be taken with regard to age, sex, or disability to the extent that age, sex, or disability involves a bona fide occupational qualification. 

(d)  Compliance.- To the extent feasible, a unit shall conduct the recruitment and selection of contractual employees according to the guidelines adopted under this section. 
 

[An. Code 1957, art. 64A, § 15A; 1993, ch. 10, § 2; 1996, ch. 347, § 1.]