Section 6-B906. EXCEPTED SERVICE APPOINTMENTS OF CAREER SERVICE OR EDUCATIONAL SERVICE EMPLOYEES

 

906.1 Any person holding a position in the Career or Educational Services may be detailed, temporarily promoted, temporarily transferred, or temporarily reassigned, without a break in service, to a position that would otherwise be in the Excepted Service without losing his or her existing status in the Career or Educational Service.

 

906.2 Before making an appointment to a position in the Excepted Service as specified in § 906.1, the appointing personnel authority shall first inform the appointee, in writing, of the conditions of employment under the appointment, and that the appointee will not lose his or her existing status in the Career Service or Educational Service, as applicable. The appointee must accept or decline the appointment in writing.

 

906.3 Any person tendered (offered) an appointment to a position in the Excepted Service under this section who declines or refuses to accept such appointment shall continue to be subject to the rules applicable to the service in which he or she has existing status as provided in § 906.1.

 

906.4 The temporary nature of an appointment under this section shall be clearly stated and recorded on the appointing personnel action or actions. This requirement may be met by specifying the anticipated duration of the appointment by including a not-to-exceed (NTE) date in the appointing personnel action(s).  Additionally, the appointing personnel action(s) shall include remarks specifying all of the following:

 

 (a) The temporary nature of the appointment to the Excepted Service position;

 

(b) That the appointee was informed in writing of the conditions of    employment under the new appointment, and accepted the appointment;

 

(c) That the appointee will not lose his or her existing status in the Career or Educational Service by accepting the temporary appointment to the Excepted Service position; and

(d) That, upon termination of the temporary appointment to the Excepted Service position, the appointee is entitled to be returned to the Career or Educational Service position he or she occupied prior to the temporary assignment, or to an equivalent position.

 

 

authority

Mayor’s Order 2008-92, dated June 26, 2008, with the concurrence of the City Administrator, and in accordance with the District of Columbia Government Comprehensive Merit Personnel Act of 1978, effective March 3, 1979 (D.C. Law 2-139; D.C. Official Code §§ 1-609.01, 1-609.02(c), and 1-609.03(a) et seq. (2014 Repl.)).

source

Final Rulemaking published at 32 DCR 2271 (April 26, 1985); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 47 DCR 8093 (October 6, 2000); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 50 DCR 4743 (June 13, 2003); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 53 DCR 5495 (July 7, 2006); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 55 DCR 7953 (July 25, 2008); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 62 DCR 14869 (November 13, 2015).