Section 6-B611. CONSOLIDATION AND JOINDER

611.1If an employee has two (2) or more appeals pending before the Office, the Administrative Judge may consolidate the appeals and adjudicate them as one (1) action.

611.2If two (2) or more employees have appeals involving similar or identical issues pending before the Office, the Administrative Judge may join the appeals for adjudication as one (1) action.

611.3The Administrative Judge may consolidate or join appeals on his or her own motion, or on the motion of a party, if to do so would:

(a) Expedite processing of the cases; and

 

(b) Not adversely affect the interests of the parties.

 

611.4At any time and on such terms as are just, the Administrative Judge may sever appeals consolidated or joined under these rules and proceed with each appeal separately.

authority

The Chairperson of the Office of Employee Appeals in accordance with §602 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 § 1-606.02(a)(5) (2006 Repl.).

source

As amended by Final Rulemaking published at 46 DCR 9297 (November 19, 1999); as amended by Notice of Final Rulemaking published at 59 DCR 2129, 2135 (March 16, 2012).

EditorNote

Notice of Final Rulemaking published at 2129 (March 16, 2012) repealed and replaced the existing chapter 16 with a new chapter 16 (Rules and Regulations of the Office of Employee Appeals). Sections 606-635 were renamed, and section 636 was repealed.