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appeals must proceed in accordance with the grievance procedure
set forth in § 54 of this subtitle.

(4)  Any suspension of an employee shall begin not
later than two days after the close of the employee's next shift
following the alleged infraction or knowledge of the alleged
infraction. All suspension days must be consecutive.

(5)  Exceptions to subsection (f)(4) are the
following:

(i) Employees who are subject to the Department
of Transportation and Maryland State Police accident review
boards. Each board has 20 days for review and then shall comply
with subsection (f)(4) of this section.

(ii) Certain State employees whose duties
entail mandatory appearances before courts, regulatory agencies
or administrative bodies, if adherence to the time limits of
subsection (f)(4) would conflict with scheduled appearances
before courts, regulatory agencies or administrative bodies, and
thereby hamper the effective administration of the State's
business.

(g) Upon the formal or informal initiation of a grievance
an employee designated as a grievance procedure representative
shall not suffer any loss of pay for investigating, processing or
testifying in any step of the grievance procedure. Release time
from normal work schedules is to be granted all witnesses to
attend grievance hearings. Expenses incurred in connection with
attendance by employees at grievance hearings will be borne by
the employee's agency.

(h) The Secretary of each department shall submit to the
Secretary of Personnel a list of those persons designated to
represent him at each step of the grievance.

57.

(A)  NOT LATER THAN OCTOBER 15 OF EACH YEAR, EACH DEPARTMENT
OR AGENCY SHALL PROVIDE TO THE SECRETARY INFORMATION RELATED TO
THE HANDLING AND DISPOSITION OF ALL GRIEVANCES, REJECTIONS ON
PROBATION, DENIAL OF INCREMENTS, INVOLUNTARY DEMOTIONS, AND
DISCIPLINARY SUSPENSIONS FOR THE PRECEDING FISCAL YEAR.

(B)  THE INFORMATION PROVIDED THE SECRETARY UNDER SUBSECTION
(A) OF THIS SECTION SHALL INCLUDE FOR EACH CASE THE NAME OF THE
EMPLOYEE, POSITION CLASSIFICATION, THE NATURE OF THE ISSUE
INVOLVED, ANY RESOLUTION BY THE DEPARTMENT OR AGENCY, AND WHEN
APPROPRIATE, NUMBER OF DAYS LOST BY THE EMPLOYEE FOR DISCIPLINARY
SUSPENSION OR SUSPENSION PENDING CHARGES FOR REMOVAL.

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