Title 1 — Government Organization.

The Council of the District of Columbia finds that: (1) The provisions of § 1-204.22(3) require that the Council of the District of Columbia adopt a comprehensive merit system of personnel management for the government of the District of Columbia before January 2, 1980. (2) The p…

(a) The Council of the District of Columbia declares that it is the purpose and policy of this chapter to assure that the District of Columbia government shall have a modern flexible system of public personnel administration, which shall: (1) Provide for increasingly autonomous c…

(a) Except as provided in subsection (c) of this section, unless specifically exempted from certain provisions, this chapter shall apply to all employees of the District of Columbia government, except the Chief Judges and Associate Judges of the Superior Court of the District of …

The provisions of this chapter shall apply to the following employees of the District of Columbia government only to the following extent: (1) The Mayor, each member of the Council of the District of Columbia, and the Attorney General are entitled to pay, as provided in § 1-611.0…

(a) Educational employees of the District of Columbia Board of Education and the Board of Trustees of the University of the District of Columbia shall be governed by the provisions of this chapter with the exception of subchapters VIII, IX (except to the extent provided therein),…

(a) Persons employed by the District of Columbia government serving on the date that this chapter becomes effective, as provided in § 1-636.02, shall be guaranteed rights and benefits at least equal to those currently applicable to such persons under provisions of personnel law a…

In accordance with the provisions of § 1-602.04, the Mayor and each personnel authority shall cause the development of unified systems for all employees of the District of Columbia government. Each employee of the District of Columbia government employed on December 31, 1979, sha…

On the date that the provisions of § 1-617.16 become operational and negotiations commence concerning compensation matters, all employees of the District government in the appropriate bargaining units under § 1-617.16, including those described in § 1-602.04, shall be subject to …

For the purpose of this chapter unless otherwise required by the context: (a)(1) The term “agency” means any unit of the District of Columbia government required by law, by the Mayor of the District of Columbia, or by the Council of the District to administer any law, rule, or an…

It is the intent of the Council that the District’s personnel management system provide for equitable application of appropriate rules or regulations among all agencies. Further, it is the intent of the Council that the rules, regulations, and standards issued by the personnel au…

(a) There is established an Office of Personnel, the head of which is the Director of Personnel. (b) The Director of Personnel shall be appointed by the Mayor in accordance with the provisions of subchapter X-A of this chapter. (c) To be eligible for appointment as Director of Pe…

The District of Columbia Board of Education and the Board of Trustees of the University of the District of Columbia may delegate their duties and functions under this chapter, in whole or in part, to employees under their respective jurisdictions.

(a) The Mayor shall issue rules and regulations to implement the provisions of subchapters II, IV, VII, VIII, VIII-B, IX, IX-A, X-A, XI, XII, XIII, XIII-A, XV, XVI-A, XVII, XVIII, XIX, XX, XX-A, XXI, XXII, XXIII, XXIV, XXV, XXVI, XXVII, XXVIII, XXIX, XXX, XXXI, XXXII, and XXXIV o…

Rules and regulations proposed or issued pursuant to § 1-604.04, and amendments, shall be issued according to the provisions of § 2-505.

(a) The implementation of the rules and regulations shall be undertaken by the appropriate personnel authority for employees of the District. (b) For the purposes of subsection (a) of this section, the personnel authority for District of Columbia government means the Mayor for al…

All positions and employees of the District who spent 50 percent or more of their regular duty hours on January 1, 1976, or at any time since that date performing personnel functions, are transferred to the Office of Personnel unless properly reclassified by the District of Colum…

Each personnel authority of an agency of the District shall designate a person to administer the oath of office to each employee of that agency. The oath shall be as follows: “I, (employee’s name) do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will faithfully execute the laws of the United…

(a) There is established a Public Employee Relations Board (hereinafter referred to in this subchapter as the “Board”) consisting of 5 members, not otherwise in the employment of any labor organization granted exclusive recognition under this chapter or the District of Columbia g…

The Board shall have the power to do the following: (1) Resolve unit determination questions and other representation issues (including but not limited to disputes concerning the majority status of a labor organization); (2) Certify and decertify exclusive bargaining representati…

(a) The property and facilities of the Board of Labor Relations, established pursuant to Commissioner’s Order 70-229, shall be transferred to the Public Employee Relations Board as provided in subchapter XXXVI of this chapter. (b) The personnel and positions assigned to the Board…

The Board shall cause a copy of each order, decision, or opinion rendered by it to be published in the District of Columbia Register within 60 days of its issuance.

(a) There is established an Office of Employee Appeals (hereinafter referred to in this subchapter as the “Office”). The Office shall be composed of 5 members to be appointed by the Mayor in accordance with the provisions of subsection (b) of this section within 60 days of the da…

(a) The Office shall have, in addition to the authority necessary and proper for carrying out its duties as specified elsewhere in this subchapter, the authority to: (1) Appoint and remove employees of the Office, subject to applicable provisions of this chapter; (2) Hear and adj…

(a) An employee may appeal a final agency decision affecting a performance rating which results in removal of the employee (pursuant to subchapter XIII-A of this chapter), an adverse action for cause that results in removal, reduction in force (pursuant to subchapter XXIV of this…

(a) The personnel authority shall establish internal rules and regulations, not inconsistent with the procedures of this subchapter, for conducting hearings affecting individual employees whose removal is proposed or effected for cause pursuant to subchapter XVI-A of this chapter…

The officers of the Council of the District of Columbia may issue rules, subject to approval by the Council of the District of Columbia, concerning review of central staff employee personnel appeals as mandated in § 1-606.04(a).

(a) The Office shall develop a mediation program. Matters involving the following adverse actions shall undergo mediation through the program: (1) The removal; (2) The reduction in grade; (3) The suspension of 10 days or more; (4) The placement on enforced leave lasting 10 days o…

(a) The parties may agree in writing to arbitrate the dispute rather than have the Office adjudicate the case. An agreement by the parties to arbitrate the dispute must be reached within 30 days, excluding Saturdays, Sundays, and legal holidays, of the date the appeal was filed w…

(a) The Hearing Examiner or the Arbitrator may require payment by the agency of reasonable attorney fees if the appellant is the prevailing party and payment is warranted in the interest of justice. (b) Expired.

If the Office determines that the respondent has not complied with an order within 30 calendar days of service of the order, the Office shall certify the matter to the General Counsel and any agency that may be appropriate for enforcement.

(a) Hearings shall be open to the public. However, the Hearing Examiner may order a hearing or any part of a hearing closed if to do so would be in the best interest of the appellant, a witness, the public, or any other affected person. An order closing the hearing shall set fort…

Within 45 days of May 15, 1990, the Office shall, pursuant to § 1-606.02, issue proposed rules to implement the provisions of §§ 1-604.06, 1-606.01, 1-606.03(c), and 1-606.06 to 1-606.10. The proposed rules shall be submitted to the Council for a 45-day period of review, excludin…

(a) The Council reaffirms its intent that the objectives of the Affirmative Action in District Government Employment Act, as amended (D.C. Code, § 1-521.01) be carried out. (b) Each agency shall make reasonable accommodations for the free exercise of religion by its employees, an…

The Mayor may develop rules and regulations which authorize the inquiry into bona fide job-related qualifications which may affect persons with physical or developmental disabilities, prior to appointing such individuals under the authority of § 1-609.04(2). Persons with physical…

(a) For appointment under the provisions of subchapters VIII and VIII-A of this chapter, persons who have served on active duty in the armed forces of the United States for more than 180 consecutive days, not including service under honorable conditions as provided under § 511(d)…

The Council believes that properly validated and standardized employee selection procedures can significantly contribute to the implementation of nondiscriminatory personnel policies, as required by this subchapter. It is also recognized that professionally developed tests, when …

The selection procedures utilized shall be job related to minimize or eliminate discrimination.

(a) Each person utilizing a selection procedure in choosing among candidates for a position shall have available for inspection evidence that the procedure does not violate § 1-607.05. Such evidence shall be examined for indications of possible discrimination, such as instances o…

No benefit program shall be denied to any District employee on account of sex.

Specific standards to carry out the purposes of this subchapter shall be adopted by the Mayor.

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(a) The Mayor shall issue rules and regulations governing employment, advancement, and retention in the Career Service which shall include all persons appointed to positions in the District government, except persons appointed to positions in the Excepted, Executive, Educational,…

(a) For the purpose of this subchapter, the term “Board” means the Board of Trustees of the University of the District of Columbia for educational employees of the University of the District of Columbia. (b) The Board shall issue rules and regulations governing employment, advanc…

For the purposes of this subchapter, the term: (1) “Agency” means any subordinate or independent agency of the District government, but does not include the following entities: (A) Superior Court or the Court of Appeals; (B) District of Columbia Financial Responsibility and Manag…

(a) Pursuant to § 1-204.04(b), the Council establishes the Mayor’s Office of Legal Counsel, within the executive branch of the District of Columbia government. The office shall be headed by a Director who shall be appointed by the Mayor and serve at the Mayor’s pleasure. (b)(1) T…

There is established within the District government a Legal Service for independent and subordinate agencies to ensure that the law business of the District government is responsive to the needs, policies, and goals of the District and is of the highest quality. In order to impro…

(a) A Senior Executive Attorney Service is established as part of the Legal Service. The Senior Executive Attorney Service shall be administered to assure that Senior Executive Attorneys are accountable and responsible for the effectiveness and productivity of employees under the…

(a) Attorneys employed by the Office of the Attorney General shall be hired by the Attorney General. Attorneys employed by subordinate agencies shall be hired by the subordinate agency heads after consultation with the Director of the Mayor’s Office of Legal Counsel. Attorneys em…

(a) Attorneys employed by the Office of the Attorney General, wherever located in the District government, including Senior Executive attorneys, shall act under the direction, supervision, and control of the Attorney General. (a-1) Attorneys employed by subordinate agencies shall…

(a) Notwithstanding subchapter XVI-A of this chapter [§ 1-616.51 et seq.], a Legal Service attorney, other than a Senior Executive Attorney, shall be subject to disciplinary action, including removal, suspension, reduction in grade, or the placing of such attorney on enforced ann…