Section 6-B2418. RETENTION STANDING: RESIDENCY PREFERENCE

 

2418.1Three (3) years of additional service shall be credited to each competing employee who is eligible for a residency preference as provided in subsection 2418.2 of this section.

 

2418.2Residency preference eligibility in a reduction in force shall be afforded to all of the following:

 

(a)Each competing employee who is a bona fide resident of the District of Columbia;

 

(b)Each competing employee who is not a resident of the District of Columbia, but who was hired prior to January 1, 1980 and has continued employment without a break in service of one (1) workday or more since that date; and

 

(c)Each competing employee who is not a resident of the District of Columbia, but who was a former employee of the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services at St. Elizabeths Hospital who accepted employment with the District government without a break in service effective October 1, 1987, pursuant to the provisions of § 7 of the Saint Elizabeths Hospital and District of Columbia Mental Health Services Act, approved November 8, 1984 (P.L. 98-621; 98 Stat. 3376; 24 U.S.C. § 225e(b)), and who has continued employment without a break in service of one (1) workday or more since that date.

 

authority

The Director of the D.C. Department of Human Resources, with the concurrence of the City Administrator, pursuant to Mayor’s Order 2008-92, dated June 26, 2008, and in accordance with sections 2401 through 2409 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 §§ 1-624.01, et seq. (2006 Repl. & 2011 Supp.))

source

As amended by Final Rulemaking published at 40 DCR 2114 (March 26, 1993); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 44 DCR 3933 (July 11, 1997); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 47 DCR 2425 (April 7, 2000); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 50 DCR 10573 (December 12, 2003); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 55 DCR 12899, 12902 (December 26, 2008); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 59 DCR 8400, 8407 (July 13, 2012).