2418

RETENTION STANDING: RESIDENCY PREFERENCE

2418.1 Three (3) years of additional service shall be credited to each competing employee who is eligible for a residency preference as provided in subsection 2418.2 of this section.

2418.2 Residency preference eligibility in a reduction in force shall be afforded to all of the following:

(a) Each competing employee who is a bona fide resident of the District of Columbia;

(b) Each competing employee who is not a resident of the District of Columbia, but who was hired prior to January 1, 1980 and has continued employment without a break in service of one (1) workday or more since that date; and

(c) Each competing employee who is not a resident of the District of Columbia, but who was a former employee of the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services at St. Elizabeths Hospital who accepted employment with the District government without a break in service effective October 1, 1987, pursuant to the provisions of § 7 of the Saint Elizabeths Hospital and District of Columbia Mental Health Services Act, approved November 8, 1984 (P.L. 98-621; 98 Stat. 3376; 24 U.S.C. § 225e(b)), and who has continued employment without a break in service of one (1) workday or more since that date.

SOURCE: As amended by Final Rulemaking published at 40 DCR 2114 (March 26, 1993); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 44 DCR 3933 (July 11, 1997); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 47 DCR 2425 (April 7, 2000); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 50 DCR 10573 (December 12, 2003); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 55 DCR 12899, 12902 (December 26, 2008); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 59 DCR 8400, 8407 (July 13, 2012).