Montgomery County Register

September 1, 2023, Montgomery County Register Notice

 

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BY DECISION OF:
Jennifer Harling, Esq., Chief Labor Relations Officer                                                                 Date: September 1, 2023
Office of Labor Relations

In May 2023, the Department of Health and Human Services (hereinafter, “Department”) requested that the Office of Labor Relations review, assess, and issue a determination regarding the bargaining unit status of the following Office, Professional, and Technical (OPT) unit position:

Program Manager II
Grade 25
Class Specification No. 000832
Position No. 019377

The Department submitted the above-referenced request based on the accretion of supervisory duties specific to this Program Manager II, Grade 25 position, No, 019377, which resides in the Department’s Children, Youth, and Family Services Division, Early Childhood Services Unit.  In acknowledgement of the supervisory duties that had/have accreted to Position No. 019377, the Department proposed to the Office of Human Resources (“OHR”) – and OHR later approved -- that the associated position description be updated accordingly. Importantly, the accreted supervisory duties includes/ed, among other duties, directing the work of four (4) OPT bargaining unit positions.

In accordance with the Montgomery County Code, sections 33-105(b), 2-25D, and 2-64I ( See Editor’s Note), and based on the accretion of supervisory duties and the updated position description, the Chief Labor Relations Officer has determined that Position No. 019377 is appropriately excluded from the OPT bargaining unit, pursuant to Code Section 33-102(10)(A) – (C); specifically, Section 33-102(10)(B), which defines “Supervisor” as “an employee who has the authority to direct the activity of 3 or more employees.”

Any individual or agent of the certified bargaining representative may file an objection to this determination with the Labor Relations Administrator, with notice to the Chief Labor Relations Officer, within 10 days of the publication of this notice:

Sarah Miller Espinosa, J.D.                                                                                 Jennifer Harling, Esq.
MC Labor Relations Administrator                                                                        Chief Labor Relations Officer
16 Shermans Ridge Road                                                                                   101 Monroe Street, 12 th Floor
Stafford, VA 22554                                                                                            Rockville, MD  20850
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