# State Personnel and Pensions (GSP)

## Title 11. Disciplinary Actions, Layoffs, and Employment Terminations in State Personnel Management System

### Subtitle 3. Employment Separations and Terminations

#### Section 11-304

(a)

  (1) This section applies to employees on probation following a promotion or reinstatement to a position in the skilled service or professional service.

  (2) This section does not apply to probationary employees in the management service.

(b) If, in the appointing authority's judgment, a probationary employee subject to this section is unable or unwilling to satisfactorily perform the duties or responsibilities of the position, the appointing authority shall:

  (1) return the employee to the employee's former position if it is vacant; or

  (2) demote the employee to a position comparable to the employee's position within the appointing authority's jurisdiction.

(c) A probationary employee may appeal a demotion under this section as a disciplinary action.

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Md. Code Ann., State Pers. & Pens. (as displayed at mgaleg.maryland.gov, October 16, 2026)