Section 7-115. MAXIMUM AND MINIMUM RATES OF COMPENSATION

 

115.1Employees hired on or after January 1, 1980, who make a claim for compensation after December 29, 1994, may not earn a monthly rate of indemnity compensation that is:

 

(a) More than seventy-three percent (73%) of the monthly pay of the maximum rate of basic pay for the non-union, District career service (general) pay scale of Grade 12, Step 10; or

 

(b) In the case of total disability, less than seventy-five percent (75%) of the monthly pay of the minimum rate of basic pay for the non-union, District career service (general) pay scale of Grade 2, Step 1, or the amount of monthly pay of the employee, whichever is less.

 

115.2The indemnity compensation limits in § 115.1 are inclusive of any augmented pay an employee may be authorized to receive pursuant to section 2310 of the Act.

 

115.3The indemnity compensation limits in § 115.1 are not inclusive of any pay for attendants or vocational rehabilitation that an employee is authorized to receive pursuant to section 2311 of the Act.  

 

115.4There is no minimum monthly pay limit for employees who receive compensation for temporary partial disability (TPD) or who earn compensation for loss of wage earning capacity (LWEC).

 

115.5Employees who make a claim for compensation on or before December 29, 1994, may not earn a monthly rate of indemnity compensation that is:

 

(a) More than seventy-five percent (75%) of the monthly pay of the maximum rate of basic pay of the federal general schedule pay scale of Grade GS-15, as provided in § 5332 of title 5 of the United States Code; or

 

(b) In the case of total disability, less than seventy-five percent (75%) of the monthly pay of the minimum rate of basic pay of the federal general pay scale of Grade GS-2, as provided in § 5332 of title 5 of the United States Code, or the amount of the monthly pay of the employee, whichever is less.

 

authority

Chief Risk Officer of the Office of Risk Management (ORM), Executive Office of the Mayor, pursuant to the authority set forth in section 2344 of the District of Columbia Government Merit Personnel Act of 1978 (CMPA), effective March 3, 1979 (D.C. Law 2-139; D.C. Official Code § 1-623.44 (2012 Supp.)); section 7 of Reorganization Plan No. 1 of 2003 for the Office of Risk Management, effective December 15, 2003; and Mayor’s Order 2004-198, effective December 14, 2004

source

Notice of Final Rulemaking published at 28 DCR 2307 (May 22, 1981); as amended by Notice of Emergency and Proposed Rulemaking published at 57 DCR 9540 (October 8, 2010)[EXPIRED]; as amended by Notice of Final Rulemaking published at 57 DCR 12224, 12232 (December 24, 2010); repealed and replaced by Final Rulemaking published at 59 DCR 8766, 8782 (July 27, 2012).