Title 1, Government Organization.

There is established within the District government the Management Supervisory Service to ensure that each agency has the highest quality managers and supervisors who are responsive to the needs of the government. Persons appointed to the Management Supervisory Service are not in…

(a) Each individual (except for employees appointed pursuant to §§ 1-609.01 to 1-609.08 or subchapters VIII-A, VIII-B, or X-A of this chapter, employees of the Board of Education, employees of the Board of Trustees of the University of the District of Columbia, and uniformed memb…

Appointments by the personnel authority shall be made on the basis of merit from among the highest qualified applicants, based on specific job requirements. Examining procedures shall be designed to achieve the maximum objectivity, reliability, and validity.

(a) An appointment to a position in the Management Supervisory Service shall be an at-will appointment. Management Supervisory Service employees shall be given a 15-day notice prior to termination. Upon termination, a person with Career or Educational Service status, or with Exce…

Management Supervisory Service employees shall be required to maintain and enhance their management and supervisory skills.

A pay schedule shall be developed by the Mayor following a classification and compensation study for the Management Supervisory Service.

(a) Notwithstanding any provision of Unit A of Chapter 14 of Title 2, and in accordance with § 1-515.02, an applicant for District government employment in the Management Supervisory Service who is a District resident at the time of application shall be awarded a 10-point hiring …

(a) Persons currently holding appointments to positions in the Career Service who meet the definition of “management employee” as defined in § 1-614.11(5) shall be appointed to the Management Supervisory Service unless the employee declines the appointment. Persons declining appo…

(a) An Executive Service is established to ensure that the executive management of the District of Columbia government is responsive to the needs of the citizens and the goals of the government. Persons serving in the Executive Service shall assist the Mayor in advancing program …

(a) The Executive Schedule (“DX Schedule”), shall be divided into 5 pay levels and shall be the basic pay schedule for subordinate agency head positions. (b)(1) The Mayor shall designate the appropriate pay level within the range of the DX Schedule for each subordinate agency hea…

(a) The Executive Service Public Safety Schedule (“DX Public Safety Schedule”) shall be divided into 4 pay levels and shall be the basic pay schedule for subordinate agency heads within the public safety cluster . (b)(1) The Mayor shall designate the appropriate pay level for eac…

(a) A person appointed to a position in the Executive Service shall be appointed at the level on the DX Schedule or DX Public Safety Schedule designated for the subordinate agency to which he or she is appointed, and shall receive a salary set at any amount within the salary rang…

A person holding an appointment to a position in the Executive Service on October 21, 1998 shall continue to be paid at his or her existing rate of pay until the Mayor effects a personnel action establishing a new salary within the designated range for the level of the position t…

Pursuant to regulations the Mayor may prescribe, the following expenses may be paid in connection with Executive Service employment: (1) Reasonable pre-employment travel expenses for an individual being interviewed for a subordinate agency head position; (2) Reasonable relocation…

The Mayor may authorize performance incentives for exceptional service for subordinate agency heads not to exceed 10% of the rate of basic pay in any year. Exceptional service incentives may be paid only if: (1) The agency head is bound by a performance contract, available to the…

(a) A subordinate agency head may be paid separation pay of up to 12 weeks of his or her basic pay upon separation from the government at the discretion of the Mayor; provided that, the agency head has been a District government employee for at least one year prior to the separat…

(a) An appointee to the Executive Service shall become a resident of the District of Columbia within 180 days after the effective date of the person's appointment and shall remain a resident of the District of Columbia during the period of the appointment. (b) An appointee's fail…

No person holding a position in the Executive Service may be appointed to a position in the Career, Educational, or Management Supervisory Service for at least one year immediately following his or her separation from the Executive Service, except that, upon termination, a person…

(a) The Executive Service employees’ leave system shall provide the following: (1) No employee shall earn annual or sick leave. (2) Each employee shall have a universal leave account. (3) Each employee’s universal leave account shall be credited with 208 hours on the first pay pe…

Executive Service employees shall be covered under subchapter XXVI of this chapter, except that employees first hired after September 30, 1987, may elect to participate in the District’s defined contribution plan or may elect to have the funds that would otherwise be contributed …

Executive Service employees shall be covered by the provisions of subchapter XXII of this chapter, except that any Executive Service employee, whether covered by federal life insurance benefits (pursuant to § 1-622.01) or District life insurance benefits (pursuant to § 1-622.03),…

(a) The Mayor shall not enter into an employment contract with a subordinate agency head that contains terms and conditions of employment that are inconsistent with existing law. (b) If the Mayor executes an employment contract with a subordinate agency head in the Executive Serv…

For the purposes of this part, the term “lateral law enforcement officer” means: (1)(A) A member of the Capitol Police; (B) A member of the United States Park Police; (C) A member of the Federal Protective Service; (D) A member of the United States Secret Service Uniformed Divisi…

Notwithstanding any other law or regulation, the Mayor, or the Mayor’s designee, may appoint a lateral law enforcement officer to the Metropolitan Police Department without regard to any time in grade or prior department service or incumbency requirements. A lateral law enforceme…

Except as provided in § 1-610.74 a lateral law enforcement officer hired pursuant to § 1-610.72 shall be covered by the provisions of this chapter applicable to members of the Metropolitan Police Department hired after September 30, 1987.

For the purposes of § 1-612.03, years of law enforcement experience, as determined by the Mayor or his or her designee, shall constitute years of District government service for any employee hired as a lateral law enforcement officer pursuant to § 1-610.72.

(a) For the purposes of retirement benefits, an employee hired as a lateral law enforcement officer pursuant to § 1-610.72 shall elect to be covered by § 1-901.01 et seq. These lateral law enforcement officers shall be treated as new hires for retirement purposes except as provid…

In computing length of service of a retiring lateral law enforcement officer hired pursuant to § 1-610.72, credit shall be granted for prior law enforcement service outside the Metropolitan Police Department only if the lateral law enforcement officer has deposited to the credit …

(a)(1) "Apprentice" means an employee of a District agency who is employed in an apprenticeship program. (2) "Apprenticeable occupation" means an occupation title included in the most recent version of the U.S. Department of Labor's List of Occupations Officially Recognized as Ap…

(a) There is established a District of Columbia Government Apprenticeship Initiative ("Initiative") to create apprenticeships in District agencies. (b)(1) DCHR and OAIT ("Administrators") shall develop and administer the Initiative in accordance with this subchapter. (2) Each Adm…

(a)(1) The apprenticeship sponsor shall register the apprenticeship program with OAIT in accordance with subchapter I of Chapter 14 of Title 32. (2) An apprenticeship program shall comply with standards, rules, and regulations issued pursuant to § 32-1403; provided, that no appre…

(a) A host agency may convert existing positions into apprenticeships or create new, lower-grade positions for the purpose of establishing apprenticeships; provided, that nothing in this subchapter may be interpreted as requiring the creation of new positions. (b)(1) New hires an…

(a) By December 1, 2020, and each subsequent December 1, DCHR shall report to the Council on the Initiative. The report shall include: (1) A description of each established apprenticeship program, including: (A) The names and roles of participating entities; (B) The occupation co…

(a) The classification of all positions in the Career, Educational, Legal, Excepted, and the Management Supervisory Services will be accomplished in accordance with the following policy: (1) Individual positions will be grouped and identified by classes and grades, in accordance …

(a) In order to carry out the policies of § 1-611.01, the Mayor shall provide for the development of a classification system covering all positions in the Career, Legal, Excepted, and the Management Supervisory Services. (b) The Mayor shall provide that all positions covered by t…

(a) Compensation for all employees in the Career, Educational, Legal, Excepted, and the Management Supervisory Services shall be fixed in accordance with the following policy: (1) Compensation shall be competitive with that provided to other public sector employees having compara…

(a) The Mayor shall develop, in consultation with the Board of Education and the Board of Trustees of the University of the District of Columbia, a new compensation system for all employees in the Career, Legal, Excepted, and Management Supervisory Services. Any comments that the…

(a) The Mayor, in consultation with the Board of Education and the Board of Trustees of the University of the District of Columbia, shall provide for a periodic review of the basic compensation system, in order to improve the system and provide continuing conformity with the poli…

(a) If the Council by resolution approves, without revision, the new compensation system or systems, or any later changes in such system or systems or in the salary or pay schedules under the system or systems proposed in accordance with § 1-611.04 or § 1-611.05, the schedules sh…

(a) Each member of any board or commission who receives compensation or reimbursement of expenses on January 1, 1980, shall receive such rates of compensation or reimbursement of expenses as are provided in existing law, rule, regulation, or order, or in this chapter, except as m…

(a) Repealed. (a-1) In accordance with § 1-204.21(d), effective January 2, 2023, the Mayor shall receive annual compensation in the amount of $250,000, which shall be payable in equal and periodic installments. The compensation shall not be subject to step, cost of living, or oth…

(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, each member of the State Board of Education ("SBOE") shall, in 2024, receive an annual salary of $20,000; except, the President of the SBOE shall, in 2024, receive an annual salary of $21,000. In each subsequent year, the annual sal…

(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…