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<section article="glu" article_name="Land Use" number="16-201" title_number="16" title_name="Employment" subtitle_number="2" subtitle_name="Collective Bargaining -- in General">
  <level label="a">
    <level label="1">
      <level label="i">
        <text>In this subsection the following words have the meanings indicated.</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>“Confidential employee” means an employee who acts in a confidential capacity with respect to an individual who formulates, determines, or implements management policies in the field of labor–management relations.</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>“Probationary employee” means a merit system employee during the employee’s initial probationary period following employment.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The rights granted to Commission merit system employees under this subtitle do not apply to:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>attorneys in the General Counsel’s office;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>confidential employees;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>employees who are at grade J or above;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>park police officers;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="v">
        <level label="1">
          <text>the Inspector General; and</text>
        </level>
        <level label="2">
          <text>any subordinate employee of the Office of the Inspector General appointed under § 15–503 of this article;</text>
        </level>
      </level>
      <level label="vi">
        <text>probationary employees; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="vii">
        <text>supervisors, as defined in § 2(11) of the National Labor Relations Act, 29 U.S.C. § 152(11).</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <level label="1">
      <text>Commission employees are divided into four bargaining units consisting of:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>the office unit that includes office classification titles in which employees are responsible for internal and external communications, recording and retrieving information, and paperwork required in an office;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>the professional/technical unit that includes:</text>
        <level label="1">
          <text>professional classification titles in which employees have special or theoretical knowledge that usually is acquired through college training, other training that provides comparable knowledge, or work experience;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="2">
          <text>paraprofessional classification titles in which employees perform, in a supportive role, some of the duties of a professional or technician but that usually require less formal training or experience than those duties performed by those with professional or technical status; and</text>
        </level>
        <level label="3">
          <text>technical classification titles in which employees have a combination of basic scientific or technical knowledge and manual skill that usually are acquired through specialized postsecondary school education or through equivalent on–the–job training;</text>
        </level>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>the service/labor unit that includes classification titles in which employees perform service and maintenance, may operate specialized machinery or heavy equipment, and whose duties contribute to the comfort and convenience of the public or to the upkeep and care of Commission buildings, facilities, or grounds; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>the trade unit that includes classification titles in which employees are required to have a special manual skill and a thorough knowledge of processes that are acquired through on–the–job training, experience, apprenticeship, or other formal training programs.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>A bargaining unit may not be defined by county boundaries.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>If an employee organization is certified to represent more than one bargaining unit, the Commission shall negotiate a single contract with that organization covering all employees the organization represents.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
