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MD. State Personnel and Pensions Code Ann. §  9-508 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|State Personnel and Pensions|Division I - State Personnel|Title 9 - Leave Time and Holidays|Subtitle 5 - Sick Leave|Section 9-508 - Sick Leave Donation

    (a)    Subject to subsection (b) of this section, an employee may voluntarily donate the employee's unused sick leave to the State Employees' Leave Bank or to another State employee under the Employee-to-Employee Leave Donation Program under Subtitle 6 of this title.    (b)    An employee may donate sick leave under this section only to the extent that the employee has a sick leave balance of at least 240 hours after the donation.
MD. State Personnel and Pensions Code Ann. §  9-601 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|State Personnel and Pensions|Division I - State Personnel|Title 9 - Leave Time and Holidays|Subtitle 6 - State Employees' Leave Bank and Employee-to-Employee Leave Donation Program|Section 9-601 - Definitions

    (a)    In this subtitle the following words have the meanings indicated.    (b)    “Catastrophic illness or injury” means a condition that is incapacitating or life threatening as certified by a health care provider, as defined in the federal Family Medical Leave Act.    (c)    “Immediate family” means:        (1)    the spouse of the employee;        (2)    children, including foster and stepchildren of the employee;        (3)    parents, stepparents, or foster parents of the employee;        (4)    brothers and sisters of the employee; and        (5)    grandparents and grandchildren of the employee.    (d)    “Leave Bank” means the State Employees’ Leave Bank.    (e)    “Leave Donation Program” means the Employee-to-Employee Leave Donation Program.
MD. State Personnel and Pensions Code Ann. §  9-602 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|State Personnel and Pensions|Division I - State Personnel|Title 9 - Leave Time and Holidays|Subtitle 6 - State Employees' Leave Bank and Employee-to-Employee Leave Donation Program|Section 9-602 - Established; Administration; Regulations; Participation

    (a)    (1)    There is a State Employees' Leave Bank.        (2)    There is an Employee-to-Employee Leave Donation Program.    (b)    The Secretary shall administer the State Employees' Leave Bank and the Employee-to-Employee Leave Donation Program.    (c)    The Secretary shall adopt regulations that:        (1)    govern donations to and grants of leave from the Leave Bank;        (2)    govern donations and receipts of leave under the Leave Donation Program; and        (3)    provide for participation in the Leave Bank and the Leave Donation Program by employees in units of State government with independent personnel systems that elect to participate in the State Employees' Leave Bank in accordance with subsection (e) of this section.    (d)    Each employee, except a temporary employee, in the State Personnel Management System may voluntarily participate in the Leave Bank and the Leave Donation Program in accordance with this subtitle.    (e)    (1)    A principal unit in the Executive, Judicial, or Legislative branches of State government with an independent personnel system may allow its employees to voluntarily participate in the Leave Bank and the Leave Donation Program in accordance with this subtitle.        (2)    A unit that elects to participate under this subsection shall:            (i)    keep a record of the employee leave donated; and            (ii)    at the end of each fiscal year, submit to the Secretary a report containing the following information:                1.    the number of employees who donated leave;                2.    the kind of leave and number of hours donated by each employee;                3.    the number of employees who received donated leave; and                4.    the number of hours of donated leave used by each employee to whom leave was donated.
MD. State Personnel and Pensions Code Ann. §  9-603 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|State Personnel and Pensions|Division I - State Personnel|Title 9 - Leave Time and Holidays|Subtitle 6 - State Employees' Leave Bank and Employee-to-Employee Leave Donation Program|Section 9-603 - Composition; Membership; Granting of Leave

    (a)    The Leave Bank consists of donated leave and forfeited annual, personal, and sick leave.    (b)    An employee is a member of the Leave Bank for 2 years from the date on which the employee:        (1)    voluntarily donates at least 8 hours of annual, personal, or sick leave to the Leave Bank in accordance with this title; or        (2)    has at least 8 hours of annual or personal leave placed in the Leave Bank as a result of a forfeiture under § 9-307, § 9-403, or § 9-507 of this title.    (c)    The Secretary may grant leave from the State Employees' Leave Bank to an employee who:        (1)    has exhausted all forms of annual, personal, sick, and compensatory leave because of a serious and prolonged medical condition;        (2)    provides a certificate of illness or disability; and        (3)    (i)    is a member of the State Employees' Leave Bank; or            (ii)    is granted an exemption by the Secretary from the membership requirement for good cause.
MD. State Personnel and Pensions Code Ann. §  9-604 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|State Personnel and Pensions|Division I - State Personnel|Title 9 - Leave Time and Holidays|Subtitle 6 - State Employees' Leave Bank and Employee-to-Employee Leave Donation Program|Section 9-604 - Leave Donation to Another Employee

    (a)    (1)    Subject to the limitations in this title or in any other law, an employee may voluntarily donate unused annual, sick, or personal leave to another employee who has exhausted all available annual, personal, sick, and compensatory leave because of a serious and prolonged medical condition of the employee or a catastrophic illness or injury of a member of the employee’s immediate family.        (2)    The employee who donates leave shall designate the recipient of the leave.    (b)    An employee who receives leave through the Leave Donation Program may only use the leave for:        (1)    an illness or disability of the employee due to the medical condition that existed at the time of the donation; or        (2)    a catastrophic illness or injury of a member of the employee’s immediate family for whom the employee is needed to provide direct care.    (c)    (1)    An employee may use leave received through the Leave Donation Program for a catastrophic illness or injury of a member of the employee’s immediate family only after obtaining approval from the employee’s appointing authority.        (2)    Approval by the employee’s appointing authority is discretionary, and denial may be based on any reason which is consistently applied and that is not illegal or unconstitutional.
MD. State Personnel and Pensions Code Ann. §  9-605 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|State Personnel and Pensions|Division I - State Personnel|Title 9 - Leave Time and Holidays|Subtitle 6 - State Employees' Leave Bank and Employee-to-Employee Leave Donation Program|Section 9-605 - Limitations

    An employee may not:         (1)    receive more than a total of 2,080 hours of leave from the Leave Bank and the Leave Donation Program; or        (2)    use leave from the Leave Bank, the Leave Donation Program, or both for any continuous period that, when combined with all other forms of paid leave, exceeds 16 months.
MD. State Personnel and Pensions Code Ann. §  9-606 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|State Personnel and Pensions|Division I - State Personnel|Title 9 - Leave Time and Holidays|Subtitle 6 - State Employees' Leave Bank and Employee-to-Employee Leave Donation Program|Section 9-606 - Appeal of Denial of Leave

    An employee who is denied use of leave from the Leave Bank or Leave Donation Program may appeal the denial in accordance with regulations adopted by the Secretary.
MD. State Personnel and Pensions Code Ann. §  9-607 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|State Personnel and Pensions|Division I - State Personnel|Title 9 - Leave Time and Holidays|Subtitle 6 - State Employees' Leave Bank and Employee-to-Employee Leave Donation Program|Section 9-607 - Intimidation, Threats, Coercion, etc., Prohibited; Penalties

    (a)    An employee may not, through intimidation, threat, or coercion, interfere with any right that another employee may have with respect to contributing, receiving, or using leave under this subtitle, including any promise to confer or conferring any appointment, promotion, compensation, or other benefit, or effecting or threatening to effect any reprisal, including the deprivation of appointment, promotion, compensation, or other benefit.    (b)    An employee who violates subsection (a) of this section is subject to disciplinary action, including the termination of State employment.
MD. State Personnel and Pensions Code Ann. §  9-701 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|State Personnel and Pensions|Division I - State Personnel|Title 9 - Leave Time and Holidays|Subtitle 7 - Work-Related Accident Leave|Section 9-701 - Work-Related Accident Leave Authorized

    (a)    Each employee in the State Personnel Management System, except a temporary employee, is entitled to work-related accident leave with sick pay if:        (1)    the employee sustains a disabling personal injury that would be compensable under the Maryland Workers' Compensation Act; and        (2)    a physician examines the employee and certifies that the employee is disabled because of the injury.    (b)    The appointing authority of an employee entitled to work-related accident leave shall notify the employee of the employee's right to file a claim with the Workers' Compensation Commission.
MD. State Personnel and Pensions Code Ann. §  9-702 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|State Personnel and Pensions|Division I - State Personnel|Title 9 - Leave Time and Holidays|Subtitle 7 - Work-Related Accident Leave|Section 9-702 - Period of Leave; Leave for Continuing Treatment; Additional 6 Month Leave

    (a)    An employee may use work-related accident leave:        (1)    beginning on the first day of disability; and        (2)    continuing until the earlier of:            (i)    the day that the employee is able to return to work, as certified by a physician; or            (ii)    6 months from the day of disability.    (b)    After an employee returns to work, work-related accident leave may be granted for continuing treatment as certified by a physician selected by the appointing authority up to 6 months from the day of the original disability.    (c)    Work-related accident leave may be granted for up to an additional 6 months if:        (1)    the employee is certified by a physician selected or accepted by the appointing authority; and        (2)    no decision has been reached by the Workers' Compensation Commission on the employee's claim.
MD. State Personnel and Pensions Code Ann. §  9-703 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|State Personnel and Pensions|Division I - State Personnel|Title 9 - Leave Time and Holidays|Subtitle 7 - Work-Related Accident Leave|Section 9-703 - Periodic Examination

    The appointing authority may require an employee on work-related accident leave to be examined periodically by a physician selected or accepted by the appointing authority to determine the employee's progress and the length of time necessary for the employee's recovery.
MD. State Personnel and Pensions Code Ann. §  9-704 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|State Personnel and Pensions|Division I - State Personnel|Title 9 - Leave Time and Holidays|Subtitle 7 - Work-Related Accident Leave|Section 9-704 - Sick Pay

    (a)    Payment to an employee for work-related accident leave taken under this subtitle shall be based on two-thirds of the employee's regular pay.    (b)    Payment for work-related accident leave taken under this subtitle constitutes a separate benefit on account of accidental disability and is not a continuation of salary.    (c)    Notwithstanding the reduced rate that an employee is paid while using work-related accident leave, the employee:        (1)    continues seniority and leave accruals based on the employee's regular pay; and        (2)    does not lose health care benefits with the subsidy allowed in Title 2, Subtitle 6 of this article solely because of use of the work-related accident leave.    (d)    An employee may not receive temporary total disability benefits under the Maryland Workers' Compensation Act while the employee is receiving payment under this subtitle.
MD. State Personnel and Pensions Code Ann. §  9-705 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|State Personnel and Pensions|Division I - State Personnel|Title 9 - Leave Time and Holidays|Subtitle 7 - Work-Related Accident Leave|Section 9-705 - Subrogation

    (a)    If someone other than the employee or the State causes an injury for which work-related accident leave is taken under this subtitle, the State, as employer, after giving written notice to the employee, is subrogated to the rights of the employee to the extent of any compensation paid or owed under this subtitle.    (b)    The State, in its own name and for its own benefit, may bring an action or join in an action if:        (1)    within 90 days after the employee receives notice from the State under subsection (a) of this section, the employee fails to:            (i)    enforce the claim against the person causing the injury; or            (ii)    give written notice to the State of an intent to do so; or        (2)    within a reasonable time after giving the State notice of an intent to enforce the claim against the person causing the injury, the employee fails to take action to enforce the claim.    (c)    An action brought by the State under this section is not a bar to any other claim related to the injury.
MD. State Personnel and Pensions Code Ann. §  9-801 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|State Personnel and Pensions|Division I - State Personnel|Title 9 - Leave Time and Holidays|Subtitle 8 - Religious Observances|Section 9-801 - Scope of Subtitle

    (a)    Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, this subtitle applies to all employees, including temporary employees, of all units in the Executive Branch of State government, including any unit with an independent personnel system.    (b)    This subtitle does not apply to employees of a unit that must provide a service continuously on a 7-day-a-week basis.
MD. State Personnel and Pensions Code Ann. §  9-802 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|State Personnel and Pensions|Division I - State Personnel|Title 9 - Leave Time and Holidays|Subtitle 8 - Religious Observances|Section 9-802 - Regulations

    The Secretary shall adopt regulations that provide for work schedules to allow an employee whose religious beliefs require absence from work to perform optional, compensatory work outside of the employee's regular work hours to offset the absence.
MD. State Personnel and Pensions Code Ann. §  9-803 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|State Personnel and Pensions|Division I - State Personnel|Title 9 - Leave Time and Holidays|Subtitle 8 - Religious Observances|Section 9-803 - Compensatory Work

    (a)    If an employee who is entitled to overtime pay elects to perform compensatory work under this section:        (1)    for any workweek in which the employee works 40 hours or less, each hour of compensatory work offsets 1 hour of absence for religious observance; and        (2)    for any workweek in which the employee works more than 40 hours, each hour of compensatory work over 40 hours offsets 1.5 hours of absence for religious observance.    (b)    If an employee who is exempt from overtime pay elects to perform compensatory work under this section, each hour of compensatory work offsets 1 hour of absence for religious observance.
MD. State Personnel and Pensions Code Ann. §  9-804 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|State Personnel and Pensions|Division I - State Personnel|Title 9 - Leave Time and Holidays|Subtitle 8 - Religious Observances|Section 9-804 - Policy Exceptions for Efficient Operation

    A unit may adopt written policies that provide exceptions to this subtitle for the efficient operation of the unit.
MD. State Personnel and Pensions Code Ann. §  9-901 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|State Personnel and Pensions|Division I - State Personnel|Title 9 - Leave Time and Holidays|Subtitle 9 - Compensatory Leave|Section 9-901 - Compensation for Unused Leave

    (a)    Except as provided in § 8-307 of this article, each employee in the State Personnel Management System, except a temporary employee, is entitled, on termination of State employment, to compensation for no more than 2 days of unused compensatory leave earned during the calendar year in which the employee’s State employment terminates.    (b)    Subsection (a) of this section does not apply to employees covered by a collective bargaining agreement or as otherwise required by federal law.
MD. State Personnel and Pensions Code Ann. §  9-1001 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|State Personnel and Pensions|Division I - State Personnel|Title 9 - Leave Time and Holidays|Subtitle 10 - Family and Medical Leave|Section 9-1001 - Regulations Implementing Federal Family and Medical Leave Act

    (a)    Subject to subsection (b) of this section, the Secretary shall adopt regulations, guidelines, or policies implementing the federal Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993.    (b)    The regulations adopted by the Secretary:        (1)    may require an eligible employee to use other available accrued leave concurrently with family and medical leave; and        (2)    may not limit, to less than 24 weeks, the aggregate number of weeks of family and medical leave that two employees who are married to one another may use during a 12–month period for:            (i)    the birth of the employees’ child;            (ii)    the placement of a child with the employees for adoption or foster care;            (iii)    the serious health condition of the employees’ child, if the child is a minor; or            (iv)    the care of the employees’ adult child, if the adult child is incapable of self–care.
MD. State Personnel and Pensions Code Ann. §  9-1101 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|State Personnel and Pensions|Division I - State Personnel|Title 9 - Leave Time and Holidays|Subtitle 11 - Other Leaves|Section 9-1101 - Applicability of Subtitle

    Except as otherwise provided in this subtitle, this subtitle applies to all employees in the State Personnel Management System, except temporary employees.
MD. State Personnel and Pensions Code Ann. §  9-1102 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|State Personnel and Pensions|Division I - State Personnel|Title 9 - Leave Time and Holidays|Subtitle 11 - Other Leaves|Section 9-1102 - Disaster Service Leave

    (a)    This section applies to all employees, including temporary employees, of all units in the Executive, Judicial, and Legislative branches of State government, including any unit with an independent personnel system.    (b)    On request, an employee subject to this section may be entitled to disaster service leave with pay if:        (1)    the employee is certified by the American Red Cross as a disaster service volunteer; and        (2)    the American Red Cross requests the services of the employee during a disaster that is designated at Level II or above in the regulations and procedures of the National Office of the American Red Cross.    (c)    An employee may use up to 15 days of disaster service leave in any 12-month period only after obtaining approval from the employee’s appointing authority.    (d)    For purposes of workers’ compensation and the Maryland Tort Claims Act, while an employee is using disaster service leave, the employee is deemed not to be a State employee.
MD. State Personnel and Pensions Code Ann. §  9-1103 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|State Personnel and Pensions|Division I - State Personnel|Title 9 - Leave Time and Holidays|Subtitle 11 - Other Leaves|Section 9-1103 - Paid Leave Following Positive Tuberculin Skin Test

    (a)    An employee is entitled to receive appropriate health care to be provided by the appointing authority and leave with pay in accordance with subsection (b) of this section, if:        (1)    the employee has a positive tuberculin skin test result on a test taken by the employee at the direction of the employee’s appointing authority; and        (2)    the Secretary of Health determines that, for public health reasons, the employee should not work for a given period of time.    (b)    Leave granted to an employee under this subsection for public health reasons may not exceed 90 days. If it is determined that a longer absence is medically required, the employee may use other forms of leave to the extent authorized under this title.
MD. State Personnel and Pensions Code Ann. §  9-1104 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|State Personnel and Pensions|Division I - State Personnel|Title 9 - Leave Time and Holidays|Subtitle 11 - Other Leaves|Section 9-1104 - Miscellaneous Paid Leaves

    The Secretary may provide by regulation for leave with pay:         (1)    for jury service;        (2)    to attend employee organization events approved for this purpose by the Secretary;        (3)    up to 15 days for military training or active military duty in a reserve unit of the armed forces or in the organized militia;        (4)    unless the employee is a party to the action or a paid witness, to appear in compliance with a subpoena:            (i)    in court;            (ii)    before a grand jury;            (iii)    before an administrative unit; or            (iv)    for a deposition;        (5)    for administrative leave for the purpose of immediately removing an employee from the work site, if the employee:            (i)    poses a threat to self, another individual, or State property; or            (ii)    is incapable of properly performing the employee’s duties because of extraordinary circumstances; and        (6)    any other paid leave the Secretary deems necessary.
MD. State Personnel and Pensions Code Ann. §  9-1105 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|State Personnel and Pensions|Division I - State Personnel|Title 9 - Leave Time and Holidays|Subtitle 11 - Other Leaves|Section 9-1105 - Unpaid Leaves of Absence

    The Secretary may provide by regulation for leaves of absence without pay for up to 2 years.
MD. State Personnel and Pensions Code Ann. §  9-1106 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|State Personnel and Pensions|Division I - State Personnel|Title 9 - Leave Time and Holidays|Subtitle 11 - Other Leaves|Section 9-1106 - Paid Leave for Organ Donation

    (a)    This section applies to all employees, including temporary employees, of all units in the Executive, Judicial, and Legislative branches of State government, including any unit with an independent personnel system.    (b)    On request, an employee subject to this section may be entitled to organ donation leave with pay.    (c)    (1)    An employee may use:            (i)    up to 7 days of organ donation leave in any 12–month period to serve as a bone marrow donor; and            (ii)    up to 30 days of organ donation leave in any 12–month period to serve as an organ donor.        (2)    An employee may use organ donation leave only after obtaining approval from the employee’s appointing authority.    (d)    The Secretary shall adopt regulations governing organ donation leave, including regulations that establish conditions and procedures for requesting and approving leave and that require medical documentation of the proposed organ or bone marrow donation before leave is approved.