Title 1, Government Organization.

Notwithstanding any other provisions of law, each member of the District of Columbia Board of Education shall receive a salary of not more than $15,000 annually; except the President of the Board of Education shall receive not more than $16,000 annually. These sums shall not incr…

(a) The classification of all positions in the Educational Service shall be in accordance with the policies of § 1-611.01. (a-1) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, rule, or regulation: (1) Except for the Chancellor and any Excepted Service employees appointed pursuant to…

(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this subchapter, members of the Public Employee Relations Board shall receive compensation at the rate of $250 per day, or $31.25 per hour, whichever is less, while in the service of the said Board. Should a member serve in excess of 8 h…

(a)(1) The Mayor of the District of Columbia shall ascertain the average percentage increase to be used by the President of the United States in adjusting rates of pay (to be effective October 1, 1978, and October 1, 1979, respectively) under § 5305(a)(2) of Title 5 of the United…

(a) For the period beginning October 1, 1980, and ending on the last day of the pay period that contains September 30, 1981, the basic pay for an employee in the Career or Excepted Service shall not exceed $50,112.50 per annum. (b) For the period beginning October 1, 1980, and en…

An individual officer or employee of the District of Columbia government entitled to compensation under this subchapter may decline to accept all or any part of such compensation by a waiver signed and filed with the Director of Personnel. The waiver may be revoked in writing at …

(a) Notwithstanding the provisions of § 2-1605 or § 23-1306, or any other provision or law, no employee of the District of Columbia government shall be authorized to receive pay in excess of that provided for in this subchapter, and any such provision of law that is inconsistent …

There is established an employee deferred compensation program as provided in the Deferred Compensation Act of 1984.

(a)(1) The Mayor may establish certain tax-favored and pre-tax benefits programs as are allowed by the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 (26 U.S.C. § 1 et seq.) and the regulations and interpretations thereunder, including sections 120, 125, 127, 129, and 132 of the Internal Revenue …

(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the only method for the receipt of salary, wages, or any other compensation, and retirement payments by any District of Columbia employee or retiree, whether compensated by the District with District funds or federal funds, shall co…

(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this subchapter, or any other provision of law or regulation, and consistent with § 1-204.22, the Mayor may implement pilot personnel programs in the areas of classification and compensation in the Department of Employment Services, the …

The Mayor and Council Compensation Advisory Commission (“Commission”) is established to determine the proper compensation of elected officials in the District of Columbia.

(a) The Commission shall consist of 5 voting members and one nonvoting member as follows: (1) Two members appointed by the Mayor with the advice and consent of the Council; (2) Three members appointed by the Council by resolution; and (3) The Director of the Office of Personnel, …

The Commission shall: (1) Conduct an annual review examining the best practices in compensation and benefits for mayors and members of the Council and other elected officials in the surrounding Washington Metropolitan Area, as well as in comparable jurisdictions in the country; (…

(a) On February 1 of each odd numbered year, the Commission shall submit to the Council, the Mayor, and each Councilmember a draft act, together with a report explaining its recommendations regarding compensation for the Mayor, the Chairman, and individual Councilmembers; provide…

(a) The Commission shall meet as frequently as the proper and efficient discharge of its duties may require. A majority of the voting members shall constitute a quorum. The Commission may act by an affirmative vote of a majority of its voting members. (b) Other than executive ses…

(a) All offices, agencies, and instrumentalities of the District government shall fully cooperate with the Commission and provide requested information and documents. (b) Subject to the availability of appropriations, the Commission may hire or contract for necessary staff and te…

Upon receiving the draft act and report from the Commission as required by § 1-611.54, the Chairman shall introduce the proposed legislation at the next legislative session. The Council shall hold a public hearing on the legislation within 6 months of its introduction.

(a) A basic administrative workweek of 40 hours is established for each full-time employee and the hours of work within that workweek shall be performed within a period of not more than 6 of any 7 consecutive days; except, that: (1) The basic workweek for uniformed members of the…

(a) Legal public holidays are as follows: (1) New Year’s Day, January 1st of each year; (2) Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s Birthday, the 3rd Monday in January of each year; (3) Washington’s Birthday, the 3rd Monday in February of each year; (4) Memorial Day, the last Monday in May…

A legal private holiday is a day on which any paid family, vacation, personal, compensatory, leave bank or unpaid leave that has been provided by the employer may be granted pursuant to subchapter XII of this chapter and Chapter 12 of Title 32 and includes the District of Columbi…

(a) All employees shall be entitled to earn annual and sick leave as provided herein, except: (1) Educational employees under the Board of Education or Board of Trustees of the University of the District of Columbia. The leave system for such employees shall be established by rul…

(a) The Mayor shall develop a universal leave system for Career and Excepted Service employees who were first employed by the District of Columbia government on or after October 1, 1987, excluding police officers, firefighters, and employees excluded from earning leave pursuant t…

(a) An employee shall be entitled to up to 30 days of leave to serve as an organ donor, and up to 7 days of leave to serve as a bone marrow donor, without loss or reduction in pay, leave, or credit for time of service, in a calendar year. (b) The provisions of subsection (a) of t…

(a) An eligible employee shall receive leave with pay for family leave of not more than 8 workweeks within a 12-month period for a single qualifying event. (b) Leave authorized by this section for a single qualifying event: (1) May be exercised by an eligible employee only within…

For purposes of §§ 1-612.04 through 1-612.10, the term: (1) “Agency” shall have the meaning provided in § 1-603.01(1). (2) “Employee” shall have the meaning provided in § 1-603.01(7), except that it shall mean only an employee who is eligible to accrue annual leave. (3) “Leave do…

(a) There is established within the District of Columbia (“District”) government an annual leave bank. An employee may donate annual leave to the bank and withdraw annual leave from the bank in accordance with §§ 1-612.06, 1-612.07, and 1-612.08 and under guidelines promulgated b…

(a) A potential leave donor may submit a voluntary written request to the potential leave donor’s personnel authority that a specified number of hours of the employee’s accrued annual leave be donated to the annual leave bank. The donation shall be made to the annual leave bank i…

An application for withdrawal shall proceed as follows: (1) An employee who has been affected by a medical emergency may make written application to the employee’s personnel authority to become a leave recipient; (2) If the employee is not capable of making application on the emp…

(a) The potential leave recipient’s personnel authority shall review an application to become a leave recipient under procedures established by the Mayor pursuant to § 1-612.11. (b) Before approving an application to become a leave recipient, the personnel authority shall determi…

A leave recipient may use annual leave received from the leave bank in the same manner and for the same purposes as if the leave recipient had accrued the leave, except that any annual leave and, if applicable, any sick leave accrued or accumulated to the leave recipient, or any …

The medical emergency affecting a leave recipient shall terminate when: (1) The leave recipient’s employment terminates; or (2) The leave recipient is no longer affected by the medical emergency.

The Mayor shall issue proposed rules to implement the provisions of §§ 1-612.04 through 1-612.10. The proposed rules shall be submitted to the Council for a 45-day period of review, excluding Saturdays, Sundays, legal holidays, and days of Council recess. If the Council does not …

For purposes of this subchapter, the term: (1) “Agency” shall have the meaning provided in § 1-603.01(1). (2) “Child” means any person: (A) Under 21 years of age; (B) Twenty-one years of age or older and is substantially dependent upon the recipient employee by reason of physical…

(a) Each agency or independent agency shall establish a voluntary leave transfer program under which annual or universal leave accrued or accumulated by an employee may be transferred on an hour-for-hour basis within the agency to the annual or universal leave account of any othe…

(a) An employee who expects to experience a prolonged absence may make written application to the agency head or designee to become a recipient employee. (b) If the employee is not capable of making an application, another employee of the agency may make written application on th…

(a) A potential leave contributor may, by written application to the agency head or designee, request that a specified number of hours be transferred from the annual or universal leave account of the employee to the annual or universal leave account of a potential recipient emplo…

(a) Before approving an application, the agency head or designee shall determine that the request to become a recipient employee has been necessitated by a prolonged absence due to the employee’s serious health condition or the employee’s responsibility to provide personal care t…

(a) Each agency or independent agency shall maintain an accounting of the voluntary leave transfer program and the leave records of the recipient employee and the leave contributor. (b) A recipient employee may use contributed annual or universal leave transferred under this sect…

An employee shall not directly or indirectly intimidate, threaten, or coerce any other employee for the purpose of interfering with any right that the employee may exercise to contribute, receive, or use annual or universal leave.

On or before February 1 of each year, the Office of Personnel shall provide a Voluntary Transfer of Leave Program Report to the Council. The report shall include: (1) A comprehensive list of all voluntary leave bank contributors; (2) A comprehensive list of all transfer of leave …

(a) The Mayor and the District of Columbia Board of Education shall each install and maintain programs for the training and development of their respective employees through planned courses, systems, or other instruction or education in fields which are or will be related to the …

There is established a comprehensive performance management system designed to: (1) Inform employees of work expectations; (2) Hold employees accountable for their performance, which shall include a direct relationship between the rating received pursuant to § 1-613.52 and the re…

The performance management system shall provide for: (1) The development of individual performance plans for all employees; (2) Ratings based on one or more of the following performance management components: (A) Standards; (B) Objectives; (C) Real-time tasks and assignments; and…

(a) Until regulations are issued by the Mayor, the Board of Education and the Board of Trustees of the University of the District of Columbia to implement the provisions of this subchapter for their respective employees, the performance evaluation systems in effect on June 10, 19…

For the purposes of this subchapter, the term: (1) “Agency” means any office, department, division, board, commission, or other agency of the District government, including both subordinate agency and independent agency, required by law or by the Mayor or Council to administer an…