Montgomery County Maryland Operating Budget

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Program Description

Labor Relations

The Office of Labor Relations (OLR) administers the County's labor and employee relations programs. These include conducting collective bargaining with the three County unions and volunteer Firefighters; administering and ensuring compliance with collective bargaining agreements (CBAs) and other labor-management agreements and personnel regulations; managing collaborative labor-management programs and joint initiatives, including Labor-Management Relations Committees (LMRCs) and other joint committees; administering grievance and dispute procedures, including both negotiated and regulatory, including the Alternative Dispute Resolution and Conflict Facilitation processes, and facilitating the timely resolution of workplace disputes; advising County managers on CBA issues, personnel policies and procedures, and employee relations matters; and conducting training for County managers and employees on labor-management and employee relations topics.

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Program Contacts

Contact Jennifer Harling of the Office of Labor Relations at 240-777-5073 or Shantee Jackson of the Office of Management and Budget at 240-777-2751 for more information regarding this department's operating budget.

Program Performance Measures

Program Performance Measures	Actual FY23	Actual FY24	Estimated FY25	Target FY26	Target FY27
Number of trainings on labor relations offered to County employees	8	13	16	19	22
Number of County employees who attend trainings on labor relations	746	774	890	1,024	1,177
Total number of Labor Management Relations Committee (LMRC) meetings held with the three County employee unions (MCGEO, FOP, and IAFF)	29	66	76	87	100
Percent of LMRC meetings attended by an Office of Labor Relations representative ¹	79%	97%	90%	85%	85%
Percent of grievances by a bargaining unit resolved without the intervention of a third party	95%	99%	98%	98%	98%

¹ Some of the increase in OLR participation in LMRCs may be attributed to the establishing of new LMRCs which requires an OLR staff person to help set up on the front end and facilitate.

Program Budget Changes

FY26 Recommended Changes	Expenditures	FTEs
FY25 Approved	2213839	13.00
Increase Cost: Restore One-Time Lapse Increase	144182	0.00
Enhance: Procure Software to Improve Labor and Employee Relations Case Management	33300	0.00
Increase Cost: Collective Bargaining Consultant Services Contract Escalation	29910	0.00
Multi-program adjustments, including negotiated compensation changes, employee benefit changes, changes due to staff turnover, reorganizations, and other budget changes affecting multiple programs.	101889	0.00
FY26 Recommended	2523120	13.00