207. COMPETITIVE AND NON-COMPETITIVE ACTIONS

COMPETITIVE AND NON-COMPETITIVE ACTIONS All initial appointments, placements, and subsequent assignments and promotions shall be made by open competition, unless otherwise authorized by this chapter. Notwithstanding § 207.1, the following actions do not require open competition: Promotions resulting from the upgrade of a position without a significant change in duties and responsibilities due to the application of a new classification standard or the correction of an initial classification error; Promotions resulting from an employee's position being reclassified at a higher grade because of an increase in duties and responsibilities or a desk audit without planned management action; Career ladder promotions when the original competition for the position clearly established the career ladder or when a career ladder is established due to a reclassification or desk audit; Temporary promotions of 180 days or less; Promotions of employees who were not properly considered during a competitive promotion action; Promotions of employees who were erroneously denied a promotion, when ordered by the personnel authority; Position changes made pursuant to reduction-in-force regulations; Position changes from a position with known promotion potential to a position at the same or equivalent grade with no known promotion potential, including transfers made pursuant to § 231.2; Re-promotions to a grade or position from which employees were demoted, when the demotions were neither disciplinary in nature nor at the employees’ request; Reassignments or transfers to a position of the same or equivalent grade with no greater promotional potential, including a reassignment from a non-supervisory to a supervisory position or a non-manager to a manager position; Restorations to duty pursuant to § 228.1 at a grade no higher than the last position held; Conversions of a temporary or term appointment to a regular Career Service appointment with permanent status, when the initial appointment was made through open competition within the Career Service; Temporary and term appointments of non-educational employees at the Office of the State Superintendent of Education (OSSE) at grade 7 and below; and Temporary and term appointments made pursuant to § 209.4 and § 219. SOURCE: Final Rulemaking published at 68 DCR 2869 (March 19, 2021). District of Columbia Municipal Regulations Government Personnel 6-B DCMR § 207