Section 6-B1203. ESTABLISHMENT OF WORKWEEKS

 

1203.1An agency head shall establish the following with respect to each group of full-time employees to whom this chapter applies:

 

(a)A basic workweek of forty (40) hours that does not extend over more than six (6) of any seven (7) consecutive calendar days; and, except as provided in section 1203.2 of this section, the calendar days constituting the basic workweek and the number of hours of employment for each calendar day included within the basic workweek shall be specified; and

 

(b)A scheduled tour of duty that consists of the forty-hour (40-hour) basic work-week established in accordance with section 1203.1 (a) of this section, plus any period of overtime work regularly required of each group of employees; and, except as provided in section 1203.2 of this section, for purposes of leave and overtime pay administration, the calendar days and number of hours a day of the periods included in the scheduled tour of duty that do not constitute a part of the basic workweek shall be specified.

 

1203.2The scheduled tour of duty shall be the total number of regularly scheduled hours of duty a week, including standby time, and excluding time allowed for sleep and meals.

 

1203.3An agency head may provide for the allowance of a specific number of hours out of each twenty-four (24) hours at the official duty station for sleep and meals; however, the time allowed for sleep and meals need not be specifically identified.

 

1203.4An employee who works two (2) shifts that begin within the same twenty-four hour (24-hour) period in the basic workweek shall be paid for two (2) days of work at the regular basic pay rate - the first (1st) shift being counted as of the day on which it begins and the second (2nd) shift as of the day on which it ends.

 

1203.5The occurrence of holidays shall not affect the designation of the basic workweek.

 

source

Final Rulemaking published at 54 DCR 11538(November 30, 2007).