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<section article="gle" article_name="Labor and Employment" number="4-501" title_number="4" title_name="Bargaining Representatives; Labor Disputes" subtitle_number="5" subtitle_name="Employment Rights for Public Safety Officers">
  <level label="a">
    <text>In this subtitle the following words have the meanings indicated.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>“Employee” means a fire, EMS, paramedic, or rescue employee hired or compensated by the employer.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>“Employee organization” means any organization of employees that, as one of its primary purposes, represents fire, EMS, paramedic, or rescue personnel.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>“Employer” means:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>a charter county;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Charles County; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>a municipal corporation.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <text>“EMS” means emergency medical services.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="f">
    <text>“Exclusive representative” means an employee organization that has been certified through an election of eligible employees to represent and bargain for those employees over any terms and conditions of employment.</text>
  </level>
</section>
