Section 5-305 – Disclosure of Information — Reprisal Prohibited
Subject to the limitations of § 5–306 of this subtitle, a supervisor, appointing authority, or the head of a principal unit may not take or refuse to take any personnel action as a reprisal against: (1) an employee who discloses information that the employee reasonably believes evidences: (i) an abuse of authority, gross mismanagement, or gross waste […]
Section 5-306 – Disclosure of Information — Protected Disclosures
Section 5-305 of this subtitle applies to a disclosure that is specifically prohibited by law only if that disclosure is made exclusively to the Attorney General in the manner allowed in § 5-313 of this subtitle.
Section 5-307 – Election of Procedures
(a) An employee in the State Personnel Management System who seeks relief for a violation of § 5-305 of this subtitle may elect to file: (1) a complaint under § 5-309 of this subtitle; or (2) a grievance under Title 12 of this article. (b) An employee of the University System of Maryland who is eligible to file a […]
Section 5-301 – Applicability
(a) This subtitle applies to: (1) all employees and State employees who are applicants for positions in the Executive Branch of State government, including a unit with an independent personnel system; and (2) if both the Commonwealth of Virginia and the District of Columbia enact similar whistleblower protections or waive their sovereign immunity as applied to the Washington […]