PARRIS N. GLENDENING, Governor                             Ch. 347

(b) A decrease of a pay rate under this section applies to all employees in the
affected class.

Subtitle 2. Special Pay Provisions.
[6-201.] 8-201.

(a)    This section applies to;

(1)     all employees[, including classified, unclassified, full time, part time,
permanent, temporary, and contractual employees,] of all units in the executive branch of
State government, including any unit with an independent personnel system; and

(A) THIS SECTION APPLIES TO ATI. EMPLOYEES IN THE STATE PERSONNEL
MANAGEMENT SYSTEM.

(2) all [classified service] employees of the District Court of Maryland
WHO ARE IN THE STATE PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT SYSTEM.

(b)     (1) An employee subject to this section is entitled to extra pay, known as
shift differential pay, if the employee:

(i) is employed in a position designated for this purpose; and

(ii) works on a shift that starts on or after 2:00 p.m. and on or before
1:00 a.m.

(2)     A State-employed fire fighter is entitled to shift differential pay for
qualifying hours if the fire fighter works on a shift of at least 8 hours, regardless of the
time that the shift starts.

(c)     (1) The Secretary shall adopt regulations for the payment of shift
differential pay.

(2) The regulations adopted under this section shall provide for fairness and
equity among all employees in consideration of:

(i) the hours worked;

(ii) conditions and places of employment;

(iii) prevailing practices in the locality; and

(iv) other factors that the Secretary considers relevant under the
circumstances.

[6-202.] 8-202.

(a)     An employee of the State Fire Marshal's Office is entitled to extra pay, known
as hazardous duty pay, if the employee works as a member of a bomb squad or as an
explosives technician.

(b)     Hazardous duty pay under this section shall be set by the Secretary in an
amount not to exceed $50 a month.

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