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Commissioners review updated personnel policy manual; discuss whistleblower protections, LEOBR language and volunteer responder time
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Commissioners reviewed a comprehensive revision of the St. Mary’s County personnel policy and procedure manual, focusing on whistleblower protections, exempt employee rules, LEOBR references and volunteer responder leave.
Commissioners reviewed a comprehensive revision of the St. Mary’s County personnel policy and procedure manual and directed staff to continue refining language on several key items, including whistleblower protections, compensation rules for exempt employees under new federal overtime guidance, and how law enforcement personnel rules will be treated relative to the county-wide manual.
HR Director Catherine Pradson said the draft incorporated requests from employees, managers, the county administrator and the county attorney and reflected state and federal legislative changes. Pradson highlighted a newly proposed whistleblower policy and an explicit prohibition on retaliation for employees who report improper…
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