There is established within the District government the Management Supervisory Service to ensure that each agency has the highest quality managers and supervisors who are responsive to the needs of the government. Persons appointed to the Management Supervisory Service are not in the Career, Educational, Excepted, Executive, or Legal Service.
§ 1–609.52. Composition.
(a) Each individual (except for employees appointed pursuant to §§ 1-609.01 to 1-609.08 or subchapters VIII-A, VIII-B, or X-A of this chapter, employees of the Board of Education, employees of the Board of Trustees of the University of the District of Columbia, and uniformed members of the Metropolitan Police Department or the D.C. Fire and Emergency Medical Services Department) who meets the definition of “management employee” pursuant to § 1-614.11(5) shall be in the Management Supervisory Service.
(b) Consistent with the provisions of subchapter XVII of this chapter, any individual occupying a position included in a recognized collective bargaining unit shall not be included in the Management Supervisory Service.
§ 1–609.53. Competitive appointments.
Appointments by the personnel authority shall be made on the basis of merit from among the highest qualified applicants, based on specific job requirements. Examining procedures shall be designed to achieve the maximum objectivity, reliability, and validity.
§ 1–609.54. Employment-at-will.
(a) An appointment to a position in the Management Supervisory Service shall be an at-will appointment. Management Supervisory Service employees shall be given a 15-day notice prior to termination. Upon termination, a person with Career or Educational Service status, or with Excepted Service status due to appointment as an attorney pursuant to § 1-609.09, may retreat, at the discretion of the personnel authority, within 3 months of the effective date of the termination, to a vacant position within the agency to which he or she was promoted for which he or she is qualified.
(b) An individual appointed to the Management Supervisory Service pursuant to this section may be paid severance pay upon separation for non-disciplinary reasons according to the length of the individual’s employment with the District government as follows:
Length of Employment
Maximum Severance
Up to 6 months
2 weeks of the employee’s basic pay
6 months to 1 year
4 weeks of the employee’s basic pay
1 to 3 years
8 weeks of the employee’s basic pay
More than 3 years
10 weeks of the employee’s basic pay.
§ 1–609.55. Management Supervisory Service skills maintenance and enhancement.
Management Supervisory Service employees shall be required to maintain and enhance their management and supervisory skills.
§ 1–609.56. Pay for Management Supervisory Service.
A pay schedule shall be developed by the Mayor following a classification and compensation study for the Management Supervisory Service.
§ 1–609.57. Residency preference.
(a) Notwithstanding any provision of Unit A of Chapter 14 of Title 2, and in accordance with § 1-515.02, an applicant for District government employment in the Management Supervisory Service who is a District resident at the time of application shall be awarded a 10-point hiring preference over a nonresident applicant; provided that the applicant claims the preference. This preference shall be in addition to, and not instead of, qualifications established for the position.
(b) Failure to maintain District residency for a period of 7 consecutive years from the individual's effective date of hire into the position for which the individual claimed the residency preference shall result in forfeiture of employment.
(c) Verification and enforcement of residency shall occur pursuant to § 1-515.04.
(d) Beginning on May 23, 2019, waivers for residency requirements applicable to employees in the Management Supervisory Service shall be governed by § 1-515.05.
§ 1–609.58. Transition provisions.
(a) Persons currently holding appointments to positions in the Career Service who meet the definition of “management employee” as defined in § 1-614.11(5) shall be appointed to the Management Supervisory Service unless the employee declines the appointment. Persons declining appointment shall have priority for appointment to the Career Service if a vacant position for which they qualify is available within the agency and is acceptable to the employee. If no such vacant position is available, a 30-day separation notice shall be issued to the employee, who shall be entitled to severance pay in the manner provided by § 1-624.09.
(b) A person currently holding an appointment to a position in the Excepted Service pursuant to § 1-609.03(a) who meets the definition of “management employee” as defined in § 1-614.11(5) may, at the discretion of the personnel authority, be appointed noncompetitively to the Management Supervisory Service unless the employee declines the appointment. A person declining appointment shall be entitled to a written 15-day separation notice and shall be paid separation pay in accordance with section § 1-609.03(f).
