Section 3-205 - Administration and enforcement of title; guidelines for creating new bargaining unit; exclusive representation elections; unfair labor practices and lockouts. - Maryland Statutes

§ 3-205. Administration and enforcement of title; guidelines for creating new bargaining unit; exclusive representation elections; unfair labor practices and lockouts.
 

(a)  In general.- The Board is responsible for administering and enforcing provisions of this title relating to employees described in § 3-102(a)(1)(i) through (iv) and (2) of this title. 

(b)  Creation of new bargaining unit guidelines; monitoring of elections; investigation of unfair labor practices and lockouts.- In addition to any other powers or duties provided for elsewhere in this title, the Board may: 

(1) (i) establish guidelines for creating new bargaining units that include a consideration of: 

1. the effect of overfragmentation on the employer; 

2. the administrative structures of the State employer; 

3. the recommendations of the parties; 

4. the recommendations of the Executive Director; 

5. the desires of the employees involved; 

6. the communities of interest of the employees involved; and 

7. the wages, hours, and other working conditions of the employees; 

(ii) establish standards for determining an appropriate bargaining unit; and 

(iii) investigate and resolve disputes about appropriate bargaining units; 

(2) establish procedures for, supervise the conduct of, and resolve disputes about elections for exclusive representatives; and 

(3) investigate and take appropriate action in response to complaints of unfair labor practices and lockouts. 
 

[1999, ch. 298, § 2; 2001, ch. 341; 2006, ch. 62; 2010, ch. 704.]