MARVIN MANDEL, Governor                             2401

(House Bill 34)
AN ACT concerning

State Employees — Job Promotions

FOR the purpose of providing that no state employee shall
be denied certain job—promotional opportunities if
that employee is on sick leave or maternity leave
under certain circumstances.

BY adding to

Article 100 — Work, Labor and Employment

Section 77A

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1964 Replacement Volume and 1973 Supplement)

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That new Section 77A be and it is hereby added
to Article 100 — Work, Labor and Employment, of the
Annotated Code of Maryland (1964 Replacement Volume and
1973 Supplement) to read as follows:

Article 100 — Work, Labor and Employment
77A.

NO STATE EMPLOYEE SHALL BE DENIED THE OPPORTUNITY TO
SEEK, TO QUALIFY FOR AND TO BE AWARDED ANY PROMOTION IN
STATE GOVERNMENT SERVICE SOLELY ON THE GROUND THAT THE
EMPLOYEE IS CURRENTLY ON SICK LEAVE OR MATERNITY LEAVE IF
THAT EMPLOYEE IS EXPECTED TO RETURN TO ACTIVE STATE
SERVICE WITHIN SIXTY DAYS AFTER NOTIFICATION OF THE
AVAILABILITY OF THE PROMOTIONAL OPPORTUNITY.
NOTIFICATION SHALL HAVE BEEN GIVEN WHEN THE JOB-SEEKER
RECEIVES A REQUEST THAT [[HE]] THE EMPLOYEE CALL FOR AN
INTERVIEW FOR THE POSITION.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act
shall take effect July 1, 1974.

Approved May 31, 1974.

CHAPTER 699
(House Bill 38)