Maryland § 16-405

§ 16-405.

    (a)    The Commission shall provide at least 60 days’ advance notice, and maintain at all times a formal plan of outplacement assistance, for each employee of the Commission who is represented by a certified representative and will be adversely affected by a service contract that is subject to this subtitle.

    (b)    A plan described in subsection (a) of this section shall include:

        (1)    efforts to transfer or place each adversely affected employee of the Commission in a vacant position of the Commission that the employee is qualified to perform;

        (2)    inclusion of a requirement in the service contract that the contractor shall:

            (i)    notify the Commission of each vacant position for which displaced employees of the Commission may apply; and

            (ii)    consider and give preference to hiring displaced employees of the Commission; and

        (3)    written notification of the anticipated adverse effect on one or more job classifications to the certified representative at least 90 days before the anticipated adverse effect will occur.