D.C. Mun. Regs. tit. 6, r. 6-B208

Current through Register Vol. 71, No. 44, November 1, 2024

Rule 6-B208 - CAREER LADDERS

208.1

A career ladder is a permanent appointment with a sequential series of positions and grades, in the same line of work, with duties that increase in difficulty from the entrance level to the grade level classified as full performance.

208.2

Career ladders shall be approved by the personnel authority. The full-performance level of a career ladder shall be no higher than grade 13 for professional, scientific, and licensed professional positions, and no higher than grade 12 for all other positions.

208.3

An agency may promote an employee within his or her career ladder non-competitively up to the full-performance level of the position.

208.4

Promotions within a career ladder are not guaranteed. For an employee to be eligible for promotion within a career ladder:

(a) The employee must meet time-in-grade requirements for the next higher-grade position;

(b) The employee must meet the minimum qualification requirements for the next higher-grade position, including selective factors;

(c) The employee must demonstrate to the satisfaction of his or her supervisor his or her ability to perform at the next higher-grade level;

(d) The agency must have work available at the higher-level work to be performed; and

(e) The agency must have available funding for the promotion.

208.5

If an agency has a limited number of career ladder promotions available, the agency may promote employees on the career ladder based on seniority, merit, or any other reasonable factor.

D.C. Mun. Regs. tit. 6, r. 6-B208

Final Rulemaking published at 68 DCR 2869 (3/19/2021)