<?xml version='1.0' encoding='utf-8'?>
<section article="gsp" article_name="State Personnel and Pensions" number="3-602" title_number="3" title_name="Collective Bargaining" subtitle_number="6" subtitle_name="Memorandum of Understanding">
  <level label="a">
    <text>Subject to subsections (b) and (c) of this section, with regard to the University System of Maryland, if an exclusive representative represents more than one bargaining unit of employees and requests to bargain a consolidated memorandum of understanding, the Chancellor and the exclusive representative shall negotiate the terms of one consolidated memorandum of understanding to apply to all bargaining units for employees of all system institutions represented by the exclusive representative.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <level label="1">
      <text>A consolidated memorandum of understanding shall include terms relating to:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>contracting out or supplementing bargaining unit work;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>duration of the consolidated memorandum of understanding;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>employee rights;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>grievance and appeals of discipline;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="v">
        <text>health, safety, and welfare, including personal protective equipment;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="vi">
        <text>insurance related to health and other benefits;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="vii">
        <text>union stewards;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="viii">
        <text>labor management committees;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ix">
        <text>layoffs and recall;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="x">
        <text>leave;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="xi">
        <text>maintenance of membership;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="xii">
        <text>management rights;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="xiii">
        <text>nondiscrimination;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="xiv">
        <text>performance evaluations;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="xv">
        <text>personnel files;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="xvi">
        <text>probationary periods;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="xvii">
        <text>recognition and scope;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="xviii">
        <text>retirement benefits;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="xix">
        <text>tuition remission;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="xx">
        <text>rights and responsibilities of essential workers;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="xxi">
        <text>union rights; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="xxii">
        <text>wages and salaries.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <level label="i">
        <text>A president of a system institution, or the president’s designee, and the exclusive representative shall negotiate and enter into a separate agreement regarding the following matters:</text>
        <level label="1">
          <text>designation of essential employees;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="2">
          <text>student breaks and holidays;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="3">
          <text>hours of work;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="4">
          <text>other compensation that does not directly impact wages or salary;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="5">
          <text>shift differentials;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="6">
          <text>teleworking; and</text>
        </level>
        <level label="7">
          <text>uniforms and equipment.</text>
        </level>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>A consolidated memorandum of understanding may not include terms relating to the matters listed in subparagraph (i) of this paragraph.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>For a matter particular to a system institution that is not listed in paragraph (1) or (2) of this subsection, the matter shall be negotiated:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>on mutual agreement and in writing, by the exclusive representative and the president of the system institution or the president’s designee; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>if the parties in item (i) of this paragraph cannot mutually agree, as part of the consolidated memorandum of understanding.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>On conclusion of negotiations under this section, all matters of agreement regarding matters listed in subsection (b)(1) and (b)(3) of this section shall be included in the consolidated memorandum of understanding.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>Subject to § 3–603 of this subtitle, the effective date of a consolidated memorandum of understanding under this section shall be July 1 to align with the fiscal year of the University System of Maryland and shall continue in effect until a subsequent June 30.</text>
  </level>
</section>
