Section 6-B2431. SEVERANCE PAY

 

2431.1An employee separated by reduction in force pursuant to this chapter shall be entitled to severance pay not to exceed twenty-six (26) weeks’ pay at the rate received immediately before the separation, computed in accordance with the provisions of section 1148 of Chapter 11 of these regulations and as provided in section 2431.2 of this section, on the basis of the employee’s basic pay, length of creditable service, and age, as follows:

 

(a)To a Career Service employee who is involuntarily separated in accordance with this chapter;

 

(b)To an attorney in the Legal Service, other than an attorney in the Senior Executive Attorney Service, who is involuntarily separated in accordance with this chapter; or

 

(c)To an attorney in the Excepted Service who is involuntarily separated in accordance with this chapter

 

2431.2In computing an employee’s creditable service for severance pay purposes, additional service credit shall be provided as follows:

 

(a)Four (4) years for an employee who qualifies for veterans preference as provided in section 2417 of this chapter;

 

(b)Three (3) years for an employee who qualifies for residency preference, as follows:

 

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

 

(2)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

 

(3)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 and 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 section 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. section 225e (b)), and who has continued employment without a break in service of one (1) workday or more since that date.

 

2431.3Total severance pay of an employee described in section 2431.1 of this section shall be limited to not more than twenty-six (26) calendar weeks during the employee’s total years of service in the District government, except that severance pay totaling twenty-six (26) weeks or less received prior to October 21, 1998 shall not be counted for this purpose.

 

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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); and as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 55 DCR 12899, 12902 (December 26, 2008).