City of Baltimore - File #: 08-0053R

• File #: 08-0053R
• Version: 0
• Name: Informational Hearing - Suspension Practices of City Agency Supervisors
• Type: City Council Resolution
• Status: Adopted
• File created: 6/16/2008
• In control: Judiciary and Legislative Investigations
• Final action: 4/27/2009
• Title: Informational Hearing - Suspension Practices of City Agency Supervisors FOR the purpose of requesting the Director of Human Resources and all Baltimore City Department and Union Heads to brief the City Council regarding the current suspension practices within Baltimore City agencies, the different types of suspensions available for disciplining employees, the number of City employees suspended from each agency, and the impact that current suspension practices have on the City’s workforce.
• Sponsors: President Young, Nicholas C. D'Adamo, Bill Henry, Warren Branch, Edward Reisinger, Agnes Welch, Belinda Conaway, Mary Pat Clarke
• Indexes: Resolution, Suspension

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
4/27/2009	0	Judiciary and Legislative Investigations	Recommended Favorably with Amendment
4/27/2009	0	City Council	Adopted
3/30/2009	0	Judiciary and Legislative Investigations	Scheduled for a Public Hearing
6/19/2008	0	The City Council	Referred for a Report
6/19/2008	0	The City Council	Referred for a Report
6/19/2008	0	The City Council	Referred for a Report
6/16/2008	0	The City Council	Introduced
6/16/2008	0	City Council	Assigned

* WARNING: THIS IS AN UNOFFICIAL, INTRODUCTORY COPY OF THE BILL.
THE OFFICIAL COPY CONSIDERED BY THE CITY COUNCIL IS THE FIRST READER COPY.
INTRODUCTORY*

CITY OF BALTIMORE
COUNCIL BILL R
(Resolution)

Introduced by: Councilmember Young

A RESOLUTION ENTITLED

A COUNCIL RESOLUTION concerning
Title
Informational Hearing - Suspension Practices of City Agency Supervisors

FOR the purpose of requesting the Director of Human Resources and all Baltimore City Department and Union Heads to brief the City Council regarding the current suspension practices within Baltimore City agencies, the different types of suspensions available for disciplining employees, the number of City employees suspended from each agency, and the impact that current suspension practices have on the City’s workforce.
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According to the current Baltimore City Disciplinary policy, the purpose of disciplinary action is to improve employee work performance or correct unsatisfactory behavior. Section 350 of the Personnel Manual states that “Discipline requires identifying problem areas in an employee’s work, redirecting the employee in proper procedures to follow, and occasionally, imposing punishment for repeated or serious offenses”.

Under the current practices the primary emphasis of disciplinary action is corrective rather than punitive, and in most cases a simple oral reprimand should be deemed sufficient to change the employee's work behavior. Rules, policies and standards should be developed for similar employees and applied uniformly by supervisors. All similar cases should be treated alike.

Under Rule 350, supervi...