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• Chapter 100: General Provisions
• Chapter 200: Merit System Board
• Chapter 300: Equal Employment Opportunity (as last amended 5/18/11)
• Chapter 400: Creation and Abolishment of Positions
• Chapter 500: Merit System Employees: Probationary and Career Status
• Chapter 600: Application for Employment and Medical Examinations
• Chapter 700: Selection Procedures
• Chapter 800: Work Weeks; Work Schedules; Attendance
• Chapter 900: Classification
• Chapter 1000: Performance Management (as last amended 6/17/20)
• Chapter 1100: Promotions, Reassignments, Temporary Assignments, and Changes to Lower Grade
• Chapter 1200: Employee Compensation (as last amended 7/16/14)
• Chapter 1300: Awards, Recognition, and Incentives
• Chapter 1400: Employee Leave: Personal, Annual, Sick and Compensatory Leave (as last amended 9/26/18)
• Chapter 1500: Commission Leave: Work-Related Disability Leave, Administrative Leave, and Holiday Leave
• Chapter 1600: Leave Status Programs: Leave-Without-Pay, Parental Leave, Family and Medical Leave, Absence-Without-Leave and Leave under the Maryland Organ Donation Leave Act (as last amended 6/17/20)
• Chapter 1700: Employee Personnel Files
• Chapter 1800: Political Activities
• Chapter 1900: Workplace Conduct and Discipline
• Chapter 2000: Disputes (as last amended 6/21/17)
• Chapter 2100: Appeals and Hearings (as last amended 5/18/11)
• Chapter 2200: Reduction-In-Force (as last amended 5/18/11)
• Chapter 2300: Termination of Employment
• Glossary of Terms
• Index