Ch. 20

1993 LAWS OF MARYLAND

(5) if the employee lost days from work for disciplinary suspension or
suspension pending charges for removal, the number of days lost.]

2-301.

The Secretary may delegate to the Office of Administrative Hearings the authority
to conduct a hearing and issue a final decision in ANY OF THE FOLLOWING:

(1)     a grievance under § 10-209(b) of this article; and

(2)     an appeal under § 6-107(d)(1) of this article from the denial of a pay
increment.

2-302.

The Secretary may delegate to the Office of Administrative Hearings the authority
to conduct a hearing and issue a proposed decision for approval by the Secretary in ANY
OF THE FOLLOWING:                                                       

(1)     a whistleblower law hearing under § 3-308 of this article;             

(2)     a hearing under § 4-504 of this article on an unsatisfactory work or
conduct report;

(3)     an appeal under § 4-604 of this article from the proposed demotion of
an employee;

(4)     an appeal under § 9-103 of this article by an employee who is rejected
while on probation as a result of a promotion;                                   

(5)     an appeal under § 9-205 of this article from charges for removal of an
employee;

(6)     a preliminary hearing under § 9-303 of this article on the suspension of
an employee pending removal;                                                                                

(7)     an appeal under § 9-406 of this article from the disciplinary suspension
of an employee; [or] AND

(8)     an appeal under Article 29, § 11-109(b) of the Code from the removal of
an employee of the Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission.                             

2-303.

The Secretary may delegate to the deputy secretary, an assistant secretary, or
another official in the Department whose duties are unrelated to the hearing process, the
authority to approve [a proposed decision issued] ANY OF THE FOLLOWING:

(1)     A PROPOSED DECISION ISSUED under § 2-302 of this subtitle; [or]
AND

(2)     A PROPOSED DECISION ISSUED in a grievance arbitration under §
10-209(c) of this article.

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