Code of Maryland Regulations › Title 11 - DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION › Subtitle 02 - TRANSPORTATION SERVICE HUMAN RESOURCES SYSTEM › Chapter 11.02.08 - Disciplinary Action › Section 11.02.08.06 - Termination of a Career Service Employee

Current through Register Vol. 51, No. 14, July 12, 2024
A. An appointing authority may, for cause,
				terminate a Career Service employee.
B. Cause for Termination. One or more than
				one of the following causes is sufficient reason for termination, though
				termination may be for a cause or causes other than those enumerated:
(1) The employee is incompetent or
				inefficient in the performance of job duties and is unable to perform at
				acceptable levels after proper guidance, training, and recommendations for
				improvement have been provided to the employee;
(2) The employee's action or inaction amounts
				to insubordination;
(3) The
				employee has performed the job duties in a careless, negligent, or willful
				manner, including causing damage to, or waste of, State property, State
				resources, or property of a member of the public;
(4) The employee has engaged in or attempted
				to engage in bribery or extortion in the performance of duties;
(5) The employee has a physical or mental
				impairment which prevents the employee from performing the essential functions
				of the job, with or without reasonable accommodations as determined by the
				Department Medical Advisor in accordance with applicable laws;
(6) The employee has violated any statute,
				regulation, executive order, written policy, written directive, or written
				rule;
(7) The employee has failed
				to obey a lawful and reasonable direction given by a supervisor or
				superior;
(8) The employee has
				committed an act of misconduct or a serious breach of discipline;
(9) Unauthorized absence;
(10) The employee has used unwarranted or
				excessive force in the treatment of other employees, supervisors, or members of
				the public;
(11) The employee has
				been wantonly offensive toward other employees, supervisors, or members of the
				public;
(12) The employee's action
				or inaction has caused or reasonably could be expected to result in loss or
				injury to the State or members of the public;
(13) The employee has stolen, or attempted to
				steal, State property, State resources, or property of a member of the
				public;
(14) The employee has
				misappropriated or mishandled State funds, revenues, resources, or
				property;
(15) The employee has
				willfully made a false official statement or report;
(16) The employee has been convicted of a
				felony or a job-related misdemeanor;
(17) The employee has violated Executive
				Order 01.01.1991.16B on
				substance abuse;
(18) The employee
				has taken for personal use a fee, gift, or other valuable thing in the course
				of work or in connection with it when the fee, gift, or other valuable thing is
				given to the employee by any person in the hope or expectation of receiving a
				favor or better treatment than that accorded other persons;
(19) The appointing authority or the
				appointing authority's designee has investigated an employee's qualifications
				and background and has discovered that fraudulent or irregular information
				resulted in the employee's appointment;
(20) The employee has engaged in conduct that
				has brought the Department into public disrepute.