# Land Use (GLU)

## Title 16. Employment

### Subtitle 2. Collective Bargaining -- in General

#### Section 16-210

(a) A mediator may be used in the collective bargaining process whenever:

  (1) the Commission and the employee organization agree to mediation; or

  (2) an impasse results, and the Commission or the employee organization requests mediation.

(b)

  (1) The mediator shall be selected jointly by the Commission and the employee organization from a list supplied by the American Arbitration Association or the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service.

  (2) If the Commission and the employee organization are unable to agree on the selection of a mediator, the labor relations administrator shall select the mediator.

(c) The Commission and the employee organization shall share equally the costs of mediation.

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Md. Code Ann., Land Use (as displayed at mgaleg.maryland.gov, October 16, 2026)