Ch. 246

LAWS OF MARYLAND

(i) Have all the rights and privileges of
classified employees;

(ii) Have the right of appeal as provided by
law in any case of alleged injustice;

(iii) Shall be paid salaries not less than
those paid in similar classifications in other State agencies;
and

(iv) Shall retain their vacation privileges,
retirement status, and benefits under the State retirement
system.

(3) If a new branch of the University is established
under § 13-104(f), the University is subject to the State Merit
System Law with respect to nonacademic employees at that branch.

(4)] (A) (1) If authorized by the Board of Regents or
its designee, nurses and graduates of registered nurse education
programs assigned to positions in the medical system of the
Baltimore City campus may be scheduled to work flexible biweekly
schedules with the normal biweekly work period of 80 hours,
however, nursing personnel may not be required to work a flexible
biweekly schedule.

(2) The provisions of Article 100, § 76(a) of the
Code, for compensation of State employees for work in excess of
the normal workweek, do not apply to these nursing personnel.
Unless ineligible to receive overtime compensation, any assigned
work performed by nursing personnel in excess of 80 hours for the
biweekly work period shall be compensated at one and one-half
times the hourly rate established by dividing the biweekly
compensation by 80.

[(5)] (B) (1) If authorized by the Board of Regents
or its designee, the campuses of the University may enter into
agreements or understandings with employees who are eligible for
overtime compensation under federal law that the employees will
receive voluntarily compensatory time off in accordance with the
Federal Fair Labor Standards Amendments of 1985, Pub. L. No.
99-150, 99 Stat. 787, as that act is codified at 29 U. S. C.
Section 201 et seq.

(2) The provisions of Article 100, Section 76(a) of
the Code, for compensation of State employees for work in excess
of the normal workweek, do not apply to these employees.

[(6)] (C) The University's policy regarding
compensatory time off awarded under the provisions of [paragraph
(5)] SUBSECTION (B) of this [subsection] SECTION shall be in
accordance with regulations regarding compensatory time off
adopted by the Department of Personnel, where appropriate.

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