1600. APPLICABILITY

1600 APPLICABILITY 1600.1 This chapter establishes a progressive approach for addressing District of Columbia government employee performance and conduct deficits, pursuant to chapter XVI of the District of Columbia Government Comprehensive Merit Personnel Act of 1978, effective March 3, 1979, as amended (D.C. Law 2-139; D.C. Official Code §§ 1-616.51 through 1-616.54) ). 1600.2 The provisions of this chapter apply to all District government employees except the following: Employees serving in a probationary period; Employees serving in a temporary appointment in the Career Service; Employees organized under the Office of the Chief Financial Officer; Employees of the Board of Trustees of the University of the District of Columbia; Attorneys in the Legal or Senior Executive Attorney Service; (f) Employees in the Excepted and Executive Services; (g) Sworn members of the Metropolitan Police Department; and (h) Except as provided in § 1600.3, employees in the Management Supervisory Service. 1600.3 The rules established in this chapter shall be relied upon as a guide for Management Supervisory Services (MSS) when a disciplinary action is taken for cause. (a) For purposes of this chapter, employees in MSS are considered “exempt” employees and §§ 1625.1(a) and (b) do not apply to these employees. (b) In accordance with D.C. Official Code § 1-609.54(a), MSS positions are at-will appointments. Nothing in this chapter shall be construed as conferring any substantive rights to MSS employees. SOURCE: Final Rulemaking published at 47 DCR 7094 (September 1, 2000); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 51 DCR 7951(August 13, 2004); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 55 DCR 1775 (February 22, 2008); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 59 DCR 8398 (July 13, 2012); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 63 DCR 1265 (February 5, 2016); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 64 DCR 4623 (May 12, 2017); as corrected by Errata Notice published at 66 DCR 13372 (October 11, 2019). District of Columbia Municipal Regulations Government Personnel 6-B DCMR § 1600