Section 6-B803. PROHIBITED PERSONNEL PRACTICES

 

803.1No person shall interfere in the competitive process by influencing another person to withdraw from competition for any position in the Career Service, for the purpose of either improving or injuring the prospects of any applicant for appointment or selection.

 

803.2In accordance with the D.C. Human Rights Act of 1977 (Act), effective December 13, 1977 (D.C. Law 2-38; D.C. Official Code § 2-1401.01 et seq.), as amended (2001 and 2007 Supp.), the District government does not discriminate on the basis of actual or perceived: race, color, religion, national origin, sex, age, marital status, personal appearance, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, familial status, family responsibilities, matriculation, political affiliation, genetic information, disability, source of income, status as a victim of an intra-family offense, and place of residence or business.

 

803.3 No public official may appoint, employ, promote, advance, or advocate for appointment, employment, or promotion, in or to a Career Service position in the agency in which he or she is serving or over which he or she exercises jurisdiction or control an individual who is a relative of the public official.

 

803.4 A personnel authority may not appoint, employ, promote, or advance an individual in or to a Career Service position in an agency if such appointment, employment, promotion, or advancement has been advocated by a public official who is serving in or exercising jurisdiction or control over the agency and is a relative of the individual.

 

803.5A public official who appoints, employs, promotes, advances, or advocates the appointment, employment, promotion, or advancement of any individual in violation of section 803.3 of this section, shall be required to reimburse the District government for any funds improperly paid to the individual.

 

803.6For the purposes of this section, the following terms have the meaning ascribed:

 

Public official - An officer, an employee, or any other individual in whom authority by law, rule, or regulation is vested, or to whom the authority has been delegated, to select, appoint, employ, promote, reassign, demote, separate, or recommend individuals for any of these actions.

 

Relative – as defined in section 801 (c) of the CMPA (D.C. Official Code § 1-608.01 (c)(1)), an individual who is related to the public official as father, mother, son, daughter, brother, sister, uncle, aunt, first cousin, nephew, niece, husband, wife, father-in-law, mother-in-law, daughter-in-law, son-in-law, brother-in-law, sister-in-law, stepfather, stepmother, stepson, stepdaughter, stepbrother, stepsister, half-brother, or half-sister.

 

authority

The Director, D.C. Department of Human Resources, and the Chief, Metropolitan Police Department, with the concurrence of the City Administrator, pursuant to Mayor’s Order 2008-92, dated June 26, 2008; in accordance with the provisions of section 801 (a) 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 § 1-608.01 (a)) (2008 Supp.).

source

Final Rulemaking published at 55 DCR 7731(July 18, 2008); as amended by Final Rulemaking at 56 DCR 2571 (April 3, 2009).