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D.C. Law Library - Subchapter XII. Hours of Work; Legal Holidays; Leave.
§ 1–612.03a. Universal leave program. [Repealed]
§ 1–612.08. Approval of application for withdrawal.
§ 1–612.09. Use of donated annual leave.
§ 1–612.10. Termination of medical emergency.
§ 1–612.11. Rules.
(4) Overtime shall be paid in accordance with Title XVII and the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938, approved June 25, 1938 (52 Stat. 1060; 29 U.S.C. § 201 et seq.);
(Mar. 3, 1979, D.C. Law 2-139, § 1201, 25 DCR 5740; Feb. 24, 1987, D.C. Law 6-177, § 3(p), 33 DCR 7241; Aug. 1, 1996, D.C. Law 11-152, § 302(o), 43 DCR 2978; June 10, 1998, D.C. Law 12-124, § 101(o)(1), 45 DCR 2464; Apr. 12, 2005, D.C. Law 15-334, § 2(a), 52 DCR 2012; Sept. 24, 2010, D.C. Law 18-223, § 1032(a), 57 DCR 6242.)
1981 Ed., § 1-613.1.
1973 Ed., § 1-342.1.
This section is referenced in § 1-623.47 and § 38-2021.08.
D.C. Law 15-334 rewrote subsec. (a)(2) which had read as follows: “(2) The basic workweek and hours of work for all employees of the Board of Education and the Board of Trustees of the University of the District of Columbia shall be established under rules and regulations issued by the respective Boards; provided, however, that the basic work scheduling for all employees in recognized collective bargaining units shall be subject to collective bargaining, and collective bargaining agreements shall take precedence over the provisions of this subchapter.”
D.C. Law 18-223 rewrote subsec. (b)(4), which had read as follows: “(4) The basic nonovertime workday may not exceed 8 hours;”
For temporary (90 day) amendment of section, see § 1032(a) of Fiscal Year 2011 Budget Support Emergency Act of 2010 (D.C. Act 18-463, July 2, 2010, 57 DCR 6542).
For temporary (90 day) addition of sections, see §§ 2 to 4 of Balanced Budget Holiday Furlough Emergency Act of 2011 (D.C. Act 19-3, February 2, 2011, 58 DCR 1241).
For temporary (90 day) amendment of § 2 of D.C. Act 19-3, see § 2 of Public Safety Civilian Emergency Personnel Furlough Exemption Emergency Amendment Act of 2011 (D.C. Act 19-28, March 1, 2011, 58 DCR 2587.
For temporary (90 day) addition of sections, see §§ 2 to 4 of Balanced Budget Holiday Furlough Congressional Review Emergency Act of 2011 (D.C. Act 19-50, April 27, 2011, 58 DCR 3874).
For temporary (90 day) addition of section, see § 5 of Fiscal Year 2012 Second Revised Budget Request Emergency Adjustment Act of 2012 (D.C. Act 19-382, June 20, 2012, 59 DCR 7760).
For temporary (90 day) addition of section, see § 5 of Fiscal Year 2012 Second Revised Budget Request Congressional Review Emergency Adjustment Act of 2012 (D.C. Act 19-406, July 20, 2012, 59 DCR 9124).
“Sec. 2. Furloughing of employees.
“(a)(1) Notwithstanding any other District law or regulation, and except as provided in subsection (b) of this section and section 3, the personnel authority of each subordinate and independent agency and instrumentality of the District of Columbia government shall furlough each of its full-time employees for 4 legal public holidays without pay during the fiscal year ending September 30, 2011, and each of its part-time employees with a scheduled tour of duty for the appropriate pro-rated amount of furlough hours for the 4 furlough days.
“(2) Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, the unpaid furlough days required by this act shall be scheduled on the following legal public holidays, as that term is described in section 1202 of the District of Columbia Government Comprehensive Merit Personnel Act of 1978, effective March 3, 1979 (D.C. Law 2-139; D.C. Official Code § 1-612.02):
“(A) Washington’s Birthday, Monday, February 21, 2011;
“(B) District of Columbia Emancipation Day, Friday, April 15, 2011;
“(C) Memorial Day, Monday, May 30, 2011; and
“(D) Independence Day, Monday, July 4, 2011.
“(b)(1) Each agency and instrumentality shall furlough each covered employee on the designated legal public holidays, unless doing so:
“(A) Would impair the ability of the agency or instrumentality to fulfill its essential or emergency public health or public safety functions;
“(B) Would impair the ability of the agency or instrumentality to fulfill its mission;
“(C) Is not possible because the holiday is not part of an employee’s pay period; or
“(D) Is not legally permissible.
“(2) If a covered employee cannot be furloughed on any of the legal public holidays listed in subsection (a)(2) of this section due to any of the reasons listed in paragraph (1) of this subsection, as determined by the Mayor, the employing agency or instrumentality, in consultation with the applicable personnel authority, shall schedule the furlough day on an alternate date in the same pay period that does not impair the ability of the agency or instrumentality to fulfill its mission, as determined by the Mayor. The District of Columbia Public Schools shall not furlough a classroom teacher on a date when there is classroom instruction during an instructional period.
“(3)(A) Notwithstanding paragraphs (1) and (2) of this subsection, the 4 furlough days required under subsection (a) of this section may be scheduled on alternate dates in the same or subsequent pay periods for covered employees, including correctional officers, working in an agency listed in this paragraph; provided, that each of the covered employees is furloughed the required 4 days by July 31, 2011. This paragraph shall apply to the:
“(i) Department of Youth Rehabilitation Services employees at the Youth Services Center and at New Beginnings;
“(ii) Department of Corrections correctional personnel at the Central Detention Facility;
“(iii) Office of Unified Communications employees; and
“(iv) Office of the Chief Medical Examiner employees.
“(B) The Mayor shall have discretion in the application of the furlough provided under this paragraph.
“(c) To the extent possible, employees who are newly hired after any of the 4 legal public holidays designated as furlough days shall be furloughed during the same pay period of the legal public holiday.
“(d) Unless a subordinate or independent agency or instrumentality has authority to adopt rules governing furloughs and has adopted such rules, each agency and instrumentality is subject to the furlough rules published at 6 DCMR B §§ 2438 through 2446 and 2499, or emergency rules published by the District of Columbia Department of Human Resources to implement the provisions of this act.
“(e)(1) Notwithstanding any other District law or regulation, each employee shall be provided not less than 15 days written notice before the employee’s first furlough date and the provision of 15 days written notice shall be sufficient notice to permit the furloughing of the employee on that first furlough date.
“(2) If an employing agency or instrumentality is unable to give notice in accordance with paragraph (1) of this subsection for the unpaid furlough day specified by subsection (a)(2)(A) of this section, or schedule the furlough day as required by this act, the employing agency or instrumentality, in consultation with the applicable personnel authority, shall schedule the furlough day on an alternate date in any subsequent pay period on or before July 31, 2011.
“Sec. 3. Scope of coverage.
“(a) This act shall apply to all subordinate and independent agencies and instrumentalities, except the following agencies or instrumentalities:
“(1) Not-for-Profit Hospital Corporation;
“(2) District of Columbia Housing Authority;
“(3) District of Columbia Housing Finance Agency;
“(4) Washington Convention and Sports Authority; and
“(5) District of Columbia Water and Sewer Authority.
“(b) The following positions shall be exempt from the coverage of this act:
“(1) Positions in an agency that is the subject of a court order specifically excluding the positions from furlough actions; and
“(2) Certain essential or emergency positions, as determined by the Mayor by executive order, within the Metropolitan Police Department and the Fire and Emergency Medical Services Department.
“Sec. 4. Transfer of funds. All furlough cost savings associated with special purpose revenue or dedicated taxes shall be transferred to the unrestricted fund balance of the General Fund of the District of Columbia.”
Section 6(b) of D.C. Law 19-1 provided that the act shall expire after 225 days of its having taken effect.
Short title: Section 1031 of D.C. Law 18-223 provided that subtitle D of title I of the act may be cited as the “Overtime Work Hours Amendment Act of 2010”.
Applicability of § 101(l)(1) of D.C. Law 12-124: Section 401(b) of D.C. Law 12-124, as amended by § 60 of D.C. Law 12-264, provided that § 101(o)(1) of the act shall apply upon the enactment by the United States Congress of an amendment to 29 U.S.C. § 207 of the Fair Labor Standards Act to exempt the District of Columbia government from the applicability of the overtime provisions when employees are on a compressed work schedule up to 80 hours per pay period. Since Congress has not, as of date, enacted such an amendment, the amendments made by section 101(o)(1) of D.C. Law 11-210 have not been implemented.
For temporary (90 days) amendment of this section, see § 2 of Indigenous Peoples' Day Emergency Amendment Act of 2019 (D.C. Act 23-128, Oct. 11, 2019, 66 DCR 13532).
For temporary (225 days) amendment of this section, see § 2 of Indigenous Peoples' Day Temporary Amendment Act of 2019 (D.C. Law 23-45, Jan. 10, 2020, 66 DCR 15341).
A legal private holiday is a day on which any paid family, vacation, personal, compensatory, leave bank or unpaid leave that has been provided by the employer may be granted pursuant to subchapter XII of this chapter and Chapter 12 of Title 32 and includes the District of Columbia Emancipation Day, April 16th of each year.
(Mar. 3, 1979, D.C. Law 2-139, § 1202a; as added Apr. 3, 2001, D.C. Law 13-237, § 3(b), 48 DCR 597.)
For temporary (90 day) addition of section, see § 3(b) of District of Columbia Emancipation Day Congressional Review Emergency Amendment Act of 2001 (D.C. Act 14-20, March 16, 2001, 48 DCR 2699).
Resolution 14-409, the “Council Emancipation Day Delegation Emergency Resolution of 2002”, was approved effective April 19, 2002.
(5) A temporary employee appointed for less than 90 days; or
(Mar. 3, 1979, D.C. Law 2-139, § 1203, 25 DCR 5740; Aug. 7, 1980, D.C. Law 3-81, § 2(o), 27 DCR 2632; Feb. 24, 1987, D.C. Law 6-177, § 3(r), 33 DCR 7241; Mar. 24, 1990, D.C. Law 8-97, § 3(c), 37 DCR 1046; Aug. 1, 1996, D.C. Law 11-152, § 302(q), 43 DCR 2978; June 10, 1998, D.C. Law 12-124, § 101(o)(2), 45 DCR 2464; Apr. 12, 2000, D.C. Law 13-91, § 103(q), 47 DCR 520; Oct. 19, 2002, D.C. Law 14-213, § 3(k), 49 DCR 8140; Mar. 13, 2004, D.C. Law 15-105, § 2(b), 51 DCR 881; Mar. 14, 2012, D.C. Law 19-115, § 2(j), 59 DCR 461; Sept. 20, 2012, D.C. Law 19-168, § 1092(b), 59 DCR 8025; Feb. 22, 2014, D.C. Law 20-83, § 2(a), 61 DCR 176; May 23, 2019, D.C. Law 22-315, § 3(j), 66 DCR 1983.)
(Mar. 3, 1979, D.C. Law 2-139, § 1203a; as added June 10, 1998, D.C. Law 12-124, § 101(o)(3), 45 DCR 2464; May 23, 2019, D.C. Law 22-315, § 3(k), 66 DCR 1983.)
1981 Ed., § 1-613.3a.
Applicability of § 101(o)(3) of D.C. Law 12-124: Section 401(c) of D.C. Law 12-124, as amended by § 60 of D.C. Law 12-264, provided that § 101(h), (l), (m), (n), (o)(2) through (5), (q), (r), (t), (u), (w), and (y) of the act shall apply as of October 21, 1998.
(a) An employee shall be entitled to up to 30 days of leave to serve as an organ donor, and up to 7 days of leave to serve as a bone marrow donor, without loss or reduction in pay, leave, or credit for time of service, in a calendar year.
(b) The provisions of subsection (a) of this section shall only apply if the employee is a volunteer donor, and any compensation received by the employee is limited to costs and expenses associated with organ or bone marrow donations.
(c) The Mayor shall prescribe rules and regulations to implement the provisions of this section.
(Mar. 3, 1979, D.C. Law 2-139, § 1203b; as added June 25, 2002, D.C. Law 14-148, § 2, 49 DCR 4231.)
For purposes of §§ 1-612.04 through 1-612.10, the term:
(2) “Employee” shall have the meaning provided in § 1-603.01(7), except that it shall mean only an employee who is eligible to accrue annual leave.
(3) “Leave donor” means an employee who donates annual leave to the annual leave bank created in accordance with § 1-612.05.
(4) “Leave recipient” means an employee whose personnel authority has approved the employee’s application to receive annual leave from the annual leave bank.
(5) “Medical emergency” means a medical condition of an employee or a member of an employee’s family that is likely to require the employee’s absence from duty for a prolonged period of time and to result in a substantial loss of income to the employee because of the unavailability of paid leave.
(6) “Personnel authority” shall have the meaning provided in § 1-603.01(14).
(Mar. 3, 1979, D.C. Law 2-139, § 1204; as added Sept. 11, 1990, D.C. Law 8-155, § 2, 37 DCR 4159.)
1981 Ed., § 1-613.4.
This section is referenced in § 1-612.11.
(a) There is established within the District of Columbia (“District”) government an annual leave bank. An employee may donate annual leave to the bank and withdraw annual leave from the bank in accordance with §§ 1-612.06, 1-612.07, and 1-612.08 and under guidelines promulgated by the Mayor pursuant to § 1-612.11.
(Mar. 3, 1979, D.C. Law 2-139, § 1205; as added Sept. 11, 1990, D.C. Law 8-155, § 2, 37 DCR 4159; June 10, 1998, D.C. Law 12-124, § 101(o)(4), 45 DCR 2464.)
1981 Ed., § 1-613.5.
This section is referenced in § 1-612.04.
Applicability of § 101(o)(4) of D.C. Law 12-124: Section 401(c) of D.C. Law 12-124, as amended by § 60 of D.C. Law 12-264, provided that § 101(h), (l), (m), (n), (o)(2) through (5), (q), (r), (t), (u), (w), and (y) of the act shall apply as of October 21, 1998.
An application for withdrawal shall proceed as follows:
(1) An employee who has been affected by a medical emergency may make written application to the employee’s personnel authority to become a leave recipient;
(2) If the employee is not capable of making application on the employee’s own behalf, another employee of the personnel authority may make written application on the employee’s behalf; and
(3) The application shall be notarized by the affected employee or the employee acting on the affected employee’s behalf.
(Mar. 3, 1979, D.C. Law 2-139, § 1207; as added Sept. 11, 1990, D.C. Law 8-155, § 2, 37 DCR 4159.)
1981 Ed., § 1-613.7.
(a) The potential leave recipient’s personnel authority shall review an application to become a leave recipient under procedures established by the Mayor pursuant to § 1-612.11.
(b) Before approving an application to become a leave recipient, the personnel authority shall determine that:
(1) The request to become a leave recipient has been necessitated by a medical emergency;
(2) The absence from duty because of the medical emergency is, or is expected to be, at least 10 workdays;
(3) The potential leave recipient has previously donated a minimum of 4 hours of annual leave to the annual leave bank in the leave year in which the employee submits the application to become a leave recipient; and
(4) The potential leave recipient does not possess accrued paid leave sufficient to cover the expected period of absence from work.
(c) The value of the annual leave received by the leave recipient shall be in an amount equal to the hourly rate of pay of the leave recipient multiplied by the number of hours of annual leave received.
(Mar. 3, 1979, D.C. Law 2-139, § 1208; as added Sept. 11, 1990, D.C. Law 8-155, § 2, 37 DCR 4159.)
1981 Ed., § 1-613.8.
A leave recipient may use annual leave received from the leave bank in the same manner and for the same purposes as if the leave recipient had accrued the leave, except that any annual leave and, if applicable, any sick leave accrued or accumulated to the leave recipient, or any advanced sick leave or compensatory time shall be used before any leave from the leave bank shall be used.
(Mar. 3, 1979, D.C. Law 2-139, § 1209; as added Sept. 11, 1990, D.C. Law 8-155, § 2, 37 DCR 4159.)
1981 Ed., § 1-613.9.
The medical emergency affecting a leave recipient shall terminate when:
(1) The leave recipient’s employment terminates; or
(2) The leave recipient is no longer affected by the medical emergency.
(Mar. 3, 1979, D.C. Law 2-139, § 1210; as added Sept. 11, 1990, D.C. Law 8-155, § 2, 37 DCR 4159.)
1981 Ed., § 1-613.10.
The Mayor shall issue proposed rules to implement the provisions of §§ 1-612.04 through 1-612.10. The proposed rules shall be submitted to the Council for a 45-day period of review, excluding Saturdays, Sundays, legal holidays, and days of Council recess. If the Council does not approve or disapprove the proposed rules, in whole or in part, by resolution within this 45-day review period, the proposed rules shall be deemed approved.
(Mar. 3, 1979, D.C. Law 2-139, § 1211; as added Sept. 11, 1990, D.C. Law 8-155, § 2, 37 DCR 4159.)
1981 Ed., § 1-613.11.
This section is referenced in § 1-612.05, § 1-612.06, and § 1-612.08.