Title 1, Government Organization.

(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…

*NOTE: This section was created by emergency legislation that will expire on November 11, 2026.* (a) The Mayor may establish a telework policy that applies to all agencies. (b) No personnel authority or agency shall establish or implement a telework policy other than the policy e…

(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) 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…

*NOTE: This section includes amendments by emergency legislation that will expire on November 11, 2026. To view the text of this section after the expiration of all emergency and temporary legislation affecting this section, click this link: Permanent Version.* (a) For the purpos…

*NOTE: This section includes amendments by emergency legislation that will expire on November 11, 2026. To view the text of this section after the expiration of all emergency and temporary legislation affecting this section, click this link: Permanent Version.* (a)(1) An eligible…

(a) There is established within the District government the Paid Family and Medical Leave Supplemental Bank, which shall consist of hours of leave from the following sources deposited in accordance with § 1-612.06 and rules promulgated by the Mayor pursuant to § 1-612.11: (1) Ann…

(a) A leave contributor may submit a voluntary written request to the PFML Bank Administrator that a specified number of hours of the leave contributor's accrued annual, restored, or universal leave be contributed to the PFML Bank. The contribution shall be made to the PFML Bank …

(a) An application for withdrawal of leave from the PFML Bank shall proceed as follows: (1) An eligible employee who expects to experience an absence of 10 or more workdays due to a qualifying medical leave event or qualifying family leave event may make a written application to …

(a) The PFML Administrator shall refer the proposed leave recipient's application to the employee's personnel authority for review. (b) The proposed leave recipient's personnel authority shall review an application to become a leave recipient under procedures established by the M…

(a) The use of the PFML Bank transferred hours shall terminate on the date that the: (1) Leave recipient's employment terminates; (2) Leave recipient is no longer experiencing a qualifying medical leave event or qualifying family leave event; or (3) The 12-month period specified …

An employee shall not directly or indirectly promise to confer on another employee a benefit, such as an appointment, compensation, or promotion, or effect, or suggest to effect on another employee, a reprisal, such as withholding an appointment, reducing compensation, or demotin…

(a) The District may not enter into a policy or contract to provide temporary or short-term disability benefits to its employees that would allow the insurer to offset or reduce benefits or income available to an individual under the contract or policy based on estimated or actua…

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 …

(a) On or before March 1 of each year, the Mayor shall provide a PFML Bank report ("report") to the Council. The report shall include a government-wide summary and agency-level information on: (1) The number of total contributed hours to the PFML Bank; (2) The number of employees…

(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) There is established a DCPS Educator Evaluation and Performance Working Group ("Working Group"), which shall provide to the Mayor and the Council comprehensive recommendations for revisions to the District of Columbia Public Schools ("DCPS") educator-performance evaluation sy…

(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…

(a) Not later than January 1, 1996, and coincident with annual budget submissions to the Council in succeeding years, each agency of the District of Columbia shall develop and submit to the Council a performance plan that covers all publicly funded activities of the agency. (b) T…

(a) Not later than January 1, 1997, and on January 15th in subsequent years, each agency of the District of Columbia government shall develop and submit to the Council of the District of Columbia a performance report covering all major programs of the agency. (b) The performance …

(a) Agencies of the District of Columbia shall develop the performance plans and performance reports that are submitted by January 1, 1996, and January 1, 1997. (b) The Mayor shall order that the District of Columbia Office of Personnel amend its management and personnel laws and…

(a) If a position is designated as safety-sensitive, the agency shall: (1) Include such designation in any position description for the position, including a job description utilized for hiring or recruitment; (2) Provide written notice of an employee's rights under this section,…

(a) For purposes of this section, “consumer protection law” shall include any law intended to protect, or which does in fact protect, individual consumers from unfair, deceptive, or misleading acts or practices; or the nondisclosure of product quality, weight, size, or performanc…

(a)(1) Any citizen shall have a right to commence a suit in the Superior Court of the District of Columbia on behalf of the District government to recover funds which have been improperly paid by the District government while there exists any conflict of interest on the part of t…

The Council finds and declares that the public interest is served when employees of the District government are free to report waste, fraud, abuse of authority, violations of law, or threats to public health or safety without fear of retaliation or reprisal. Accordingly, the Coun…

(a) For purposes of this subchapter, the term: (1) “Contract” means any contract for goods or services between the District government and another entity but excludes any collective bargaining agreement. (2) “Contributing factor” means any factor which, alone or in connection wit…

(a) A supervisor shall not take, or threaten to take, a prohibited personnel action or otherwise retaliate against an employee because of the employee’s protected disclosure or because of an employee’s refusal to comply with an illegal order. (b) Except in cases where the communi…

(a)(1) An employee aggrieved by a violation of § 1-615.53 may bring a civil action against the District, and, in his or her personal capacity, any District employee, supervisor, or official having personal involvement in the prohibited personnel action, before a court or a jury i…

(a) As part of the relief ordered in an administrative, arbitration or judicial proceeding, any person who is found to have violated § 1-615.53 or § 2-223.02 shall be subject to appropriate disciplinary action including dismissal. (b) As part of the relief ordered in a judicial p…

(a) The institution of a civil action pursuant to § 1-615.54 shall preclude an employee from pursuing any administrative remedy for the same cause of action from the Office of Employee Appeals or from an arbitrator pursuant to a negotiated grievance and arbitration procedure or a…

The District shall conspicuously display notices of employee protections and obligations under this subchapter in each personnel office and in other public places, and shall use all other appropriate means to keep all employees informed, including but not limited to the inclusion…

Employees shall have the following rights and responsibilities: (1) The right to freely express their opinions on all public issues, including those related to the duties they are assigned to perform; provided, however, that any agency may promulgate reasonable rules and regulati…