Code of Maryland Regulations
Title 14 - INDEPENDENT AGENCIES
Subtitle 30 - PUBLIC EMPLOYEE RELATIONS BOARD
Chapter 14.30.14 - Impasse Procedures for Collective Bargaining
Section 14.30.14.02 - Public School Certificated and Non-Certificated Employees: Impasses in Negotiations over Collective Bargaining Agreements
Universal Citation: MD Code Reg 14.30.14.02
Current through Register Vol. 51, No. 19, September 20, 2024
A. Requests for Determination that an Impasse in Negotiations Has Been Reached.
(1) A party requesting a determination that
an impasse in negotiations has been reached may request relief from the Board
by completing and filing the appropriate form.
(2) In response to a filing of the
appropriate form, the Board shall, after internal deliberations and
investigation, issue either:
(a) The notice of
determination that an impasse in negotiations has been reached; or
(b) The notice of determination that an
impasse in negotiations has not been reached.
B. Determination of Impasse in Negotiations.
(1) If the Board determines that an impasse
is reached in negotiations between a public-school employer and an employee
organization that is designated as an exclusive negotiating agent, the Board
shall within 10 calendar days:
(a) Request
last and best offers from the public-school employer and the employee
organization, which may not include items or topics not previously raised in
the bargaining process. The last and best offers shall list separately every
term or condition of employment in dispute and the demand of the party making
the last and best offer; and
(b)
Order the public-school employer and the employee organization to commence
mediation within 14 days after the Board's determination that an impasse has
been reached.
(2) Within
5 calendar days after an order to mediate, the parties shall select a mediator
by:
(a) Agreement; or
(b) Alternate striking from a list of seven
neutral parties furnished by the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service or
the American Arbitration Association.
C. Further proceedings for resolving the impasse shall be conducted as set forth in Education Article, § 6-406(e)(4) -(14), Annotated Code of Maryland.
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