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Terms Used In Maryland Code, EDUCATION 16-706

  • Settlement: Parties to a lawsuit resolve their difference without having a trial. Settlements often involve the payment of compensation by one party in satisfaction of the other party's claims.
/> ** TAKES EFFECT SEPTEMBER 1, 2022 PER CHAPTERS 16 AND 27 OF THE 2021 SPECIAL SESSION **

(a) A public employer shall extend to an employee organization certified as the exclusive representative the right to represent the public employees of the bargaining unit involved in collective bargaining and in the settlement of grievances.

(b) An employee organization certified as the exclusive representative for a bargaining unit shall:

(1) Serve as the bargaining agent for all public employees in a bargaining unit; and

(2) Represent fairly and without discrimination each public employee in the bargaining unit without regard to whether the employee is a member of the employee organization.