Section 6-B3813. EMPLOYEE RIGHTS UPON TERMINATION

 

3813.1An appointment to the Management Supervisory Service is an at-will appointment.  A person appointed to a position in the Management Supervisory Service serves at the pleasure of the appointing authority, and may be terminated at any time.  An employee in the Management Supervisory Service shall be provided a fifteen-day (15-day) notice prior to termination.

 

3813.2No termination action shall be initiated under this chapter unless first authorized by the agency head (or designee) and the Director, D.C. Department of Human Resources (DCHR), or independent personnel authority, as applicable; except that a termination of a Management Supervisory Service employee in the DCHR shall be first authorized by the Director, DCHR (or designee), and the Chief of Staff for the Mayor.     

 

3813.3In accordance with Section 954 of the CMPA (D.C. Official Code § 1-609.54 (b)), at the discretion of the agency head, an employee in the Management Supervisory Service may be paid severance pay upon termination for non-disciplinary reasons according to his or her length of employment in the District government, as follows:

 

Length of Employment	Maximum Severance
Up to 6 months	2 weeks of the employee’s basic pay
6 months to 1 year	4 weeks of the employee’s basic pay
1 to 3 years	8 weeks of the employee’s basic pay
More than 3 years	10 weeks of the employee’s basic pay

 

3813.4Severance pay shall not be paid to any individual who has accepted an appointment to another position in the District government without a break in service.

 

3813.5At the discretion of the personnel authority, an employee in the Management Supervisory Service who separates, may within three (3) months of the effective date of the termination retreat to a vacant position within the agency to which he or she was promoted and for which he or she qualified; provided, he or she has Career or Educational Service status or Excepted Service status (only applicable to appointments as attorneys in the Excepted Service).

 

3813.6A retreat in accordance with Subsection 3813.5 of this section shall be to a position in the service in which the person acquired status.

 

3813.7Terminations from the Management Supervisory Service are not subject to administrative appeals.

 

 

authority

Mayor’s Order 2008-92, dated June 26, 2008, and in accordance with sections 951 through 958 of the District of Columbia Government Comprehensive Merit Personnel Act of 1978, effective March 3, 1979 (D.C. Law 2-139; D.C. Official Code § 1-609.51 et seq.) (2006 Repl.)

source

Final Rulemaking published at 55 DCR 7974 (July 25, 2008); as corrected by Errata Notice published at 56 DCR 2169; as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 57 DCR 5455, 5461 (June 25, 2010); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 61 DCR 4428 (May 2, 2014).