Section 13-203 - Recruitment and Selection

(a) The Secretary shall adopt guidelines for the recruitment and selection of contractual employees. (b) These guidelines shall require a contracting unit: (1) to make a reasonable effort to publicly solicit applicants for contractual employment; (2) to make a reasonable effort to screen and select contractual employees by using methods and criteria that are uniformly applied to all applicants for a particular instance of contractual employment; and (3) to use criteria to select contractual employees that: (i) are based on the qualifications of the applicant; and (ii) conform to subsection (c) of this section. (c) (1) All personnel actions concerning a contractual employee shall be made in accordance with § 2-302 of this article. (2) An action may be taken with regard to age, sex, or disability to the extent that age, sex, or disability involves a bona fide occupational qualification. (d) To the extent feasible, a unit shall conduct the recruitment and selection of contractual employees according to the guidelines adopted under this section.