§ 705. Appeals.

(a)

Appeals to the Personnel Board. Aggrieved applicants and employees may appeal the following actions to the Personnel Board:

(1)

Actions of the Personnel Officer pertaining to eligibility lists for appointment or promotion;

(2)

Disciplinary actions involving a loss of job, suspension, demotion or reduction in pay;

(3)

Actions of the appointing authority which result in denial of the minimum merit increase allowed by law;

(4)

Personnel actions which allegedly violate federal, state, or county human rights law;

(5)

Employee performance evaluations.

(b)

Action of the Personnel Board. After a hearing, which may be closed at the request of the aggrieved individual, the Personnel Board shall issue a decision and order consistent with the provisions of this Charter and Howard County law. The decision and order of the Personnel Board shall be final on all parties concerned.

(c)

Appeals to the appointing authority and Personnel Officer. Aggrieved applicants and employees may appeal other personnel actions to the appointing authority or to the Personnel Officer as provided by law. Decisions of the appointing authority or Personnel Officer in these appeals shall be final on all parties concerned, except that, for good cause shown and with approval of at least 4 of its members, the Personnel Board may choose to hear appeals on the record from decisions of the appointing authority or the Personnel Officer.

(d)

Arbitration. Employees may elect to appeal actions of the appointing authority or the Personnel Officer through utilization of binding arbitration as may be established by law or contained in a collective bargaining agreement.

Editor's note

An amendment to § 705 proposed by Res. No. 129, 1988 was approved at an election held Nov. 8, 1988, and became effective Dec. 8, 1988. An amendment proposed by Res. No. 1, 1990 was approved at an election held Nov. 6, 1990, and became effective Dec. 6, 1990.