200.1 Employees of the Authority shall have regular full-time, regular part-time, or casual status.

200.2 Casual employees shall be eligible only for those benefits required by law. Regular full-time and regular part-time employees shall be eligible for benefits as provided by these regulations.

200.3 All employees of the Authority shall be at-will employees and serve at the pleasure of the Authority, unless otherwise provided for as members of a bargaining unit in a collective bargaining agreement.

200.4 The Authority is an equal opportunity employer. Officers and employees shall make all decisions on recruiting, hiring, training, compensation, benefits, promotions, transfers, layoffs, and recall from layoffs, and other management actions, free of discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, age, marital status, personal appearance, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, family responsibilities, matriculation, genetic information, disability, or political affiliation.

200.5 The Authority shall maintain an affirmative action plan to ensure that equal opportunity in employment is provided for minorities, women, and disabled persons.

200.6 Employees in collective bargaining units will be governed by the provisions set forth in their collective bargaining agreements to the extent that those differ from the policies set forth in these rules.

SOURCE: Final Rulemaking published at 46 DCR 6236 (July 30, 1999); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 59 DCR 8191 (July 6, 2012).

EDITOR'S NOTE: An editorial change was made to the text of the proposed rulemaking for this chapter published at 45 DCR 3826 (June 12, 1998) as follows: "General Manager of the Authority or his [or her] designee" was substituted for "various named officers of the Authority where they appear in the rules." 46 DCR 6236. The former rules governing the Authority's personnel policies and procedures published at 38 DCR 7603 (December 20, 1991) were rescinded in their entirety.