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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".04" citation="COMAR 17.04.02.04" title_num="17" subtitle_num="04" chapter_num="02" heading="Shift Differential.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>Definitions.</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>In this regulation, the following term has the meaning indicated.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>“Sworn police officer” means a law enforcement officer who:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>In an official capacity, is authorized by law to make arrests; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Is within the Secretary's salary setting authority.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>The State shall pay shift differential to an employee, in a position designated by the appointing authority, who works a qualifying shift, except those employees specified in §G of this regulation.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="C.">
    <text>A qualifying shift means a full-time or established part-time shift which starts at or after 2 p.m. and at or before 1 a.m.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="D.">
    <text>The State shall pay shift differential on a prorated basis to an employee who works any part of a qualifying shift.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="E.">
    <text>The State shall pay a separate shift differential to an employee who works overtime from a qualifying shift into another qualifying shift, in addition to any overtime payment or compensatory time to which the employee may be entitled.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="F.">
    <text>The State shall pay a separate shift differential, in addition to any overtime payment or compensatory time to which the employee may be entitled, to an employee who works overtime from a nonqualifying shift into a qualifying shift, if the employee works at least 1/2 of the qualifying shift.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="G.">
    <text>The State may not pay a shift differential to an employee who is on leave.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="H.">
    <text>The rate of shift differential pay shall be the rates listed in this regulation or as increased by the secretary under separate guidelines:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>For classifications in Salary Grades 5 through 17: 62.5 cents per hour;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>For registered nurses through Salary Grade 19 in State institutions, except at Clifton T. Perkins Hospital Center: $2.60 per hour for an evening shift and $2 per hour for a night shift;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>For registered nurses through Salary Grade 20 in the Clifton T. Perkins registered nurse classification series: $2.60 per hour for an evening shift and $2 per hour for a night shift;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(4)">
      <text>For sworn police officers and fire marshals: $1 per hour;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(5)">
      <text>For airport firefighters at the Department of Transportation: $1 per hour.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>