personnel system

personnel system Sec. 206. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Trustees are hereby authorized to establish, not earlier than one year and not later than five years after the effective date of this section, a personnel system (setting forth minimum standards) for all employees of units, facilities, and programs of the University, including, but not limited to, pay, contract terms, leave, residence, retirement, health and life insurance, employee disability, and death benefits, all at least equal to those provided by legislation enacted by Congress, or regulations adopted pursuant thereto, and applicable to such officers and employees immediately prior to the effective date of the system established pursuant to this section. Any provision in the personnel system established by the Trustees under this section requiring employees to be residents of the District of Columbia shall apply only to employees hired after the effective date of such system. (b) The personnel policies of the Trustees shall incorporate Executive Order Numbered 70–229 of the Commissioner of the District of Columbia, as implemented by chapter 25A of the District Personnel Manual, or similar policies developed by the Trustees to guarantee collective-bargaining rights of employees subject to this section. (c) Personnel legislation in effect prior to the establishment by the Trustees of such system, including without limitation, legislation relating to appointments, promotions, discipline, separation pay, unemployment compensation, health disability and death benefits, leave, retirement, insurance, and veterans preference applicable to such employees, shall continue to be applicable until such time as the Trustees shall, pursuant to this section, provide for coverage under a new personnel system. (d) All actions affecting such personnel and such members shall, until such time as a personnel system is established by the Trustees superseding such laws and establishing a permanent personnel system for all employees of the University continue to be subject to the provisions of Acts of Congress relating to the appointment, promotion, discipline, separation, and other conditions of employment applicable to officers and employees of the District government, and where appli-88 Stat. 1428cable, to the provisions of the joint agreement between the Commissioners and the Civil Service Commission authorized by Executive Order Numbered 5491 of November 18, 1930, relating to the appointment of District personnel.