D.C. Mun. Regs. tit. 6, r. 6-B299
For the purposes of this chapter, the following definitions apply:
Area of consideration- the area in which applications will be accepted in a specific recruitment action.
Break in service - the period between separation and reemployment.
Career ladder- 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.
Career Service - all positions, including part-time positions, of the District government that are not included in the Educational Service, Excepted Service, Legal Service, Management Supervisory Service, or Executive Service.
Conversion - the changing of a temporary or term Career Service position to a permanent Career Service position
Days- calendar days for all periods of more than ten (10) days and business days for all periods of ten (10) days or less.
Demotion - the permanent appointment of an employee from his or her current position to a new position at a lower equivalent grade or to a position with lesser promotional potential.
Detail- the temporary reassignment of an employee to another position at the same or equivalent grade.
Employee- an individual who performs a function of the District government and receives compensation for the performance of such services, excluding contractors and their employees or subcontractors.
Equivalent grade - when comparing two (2) salary schedules, two (2) grades on the respective schedules are equivalent when the midpoint salaries for both grades are plus or minus tenpercent (+/- 10%).
Foster care- Twenty-four (24)-hour substitute care for children placed away from their parents or guardians for whom the Child and Family Services Agency has placement care and responsibility.
Foster child- a child who comes under the jurisdiction of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia pursuant to D.C. Official Code § 16-2320 or whose parents' parental rights have been relinquished pursuant to D.C. Official Code § 4-1406.
Manager - an employee vested with the authority to direct the work of an organization; held accountable for the success of specific line or staff functions; responsible for supervision of staff, monitoring and evaluating the process of an organization toward meeting goals; and making adjustments in objectives, work plans, schedules, and commitment of resources. A manager serves as a head or assistant head of a major organization or specialized project of marked difficulty, responsibility, or community significance.
Open competition- a hiring process that considers all applicants within an area of consideration for a given job.
Personnel authority- an individual or entity authorized by law to implement personnel rules and regulations for employees of an agency or group of agencies of the District of Columbia. For purposes of this chapter, the Mayor's personnel authority is delegated to the Director of D.C. Department of Human Resources.
Planned management action - an action wherein management has a recognized option or alternative to assign work between two (2) or more employees and assigns the work to a particular employee.
Position change- a promotion, demotion, reassignment, or transfer.
Probationary period- except otherwise specified in this chapter, a one-year (1-year) trial period when an employee must demonstrate his or her qualification and ability for the position.
Promotion- the change of an employee to a position at a higher equivalent grade or with additional promotional potential.
Public official- an officer, an employee, or any other individual in whom authority by law, rule, or regulation is vested, or to whom the authority has been delegated to select, appoint, employ, promote, reassign, demote, separate, or recommend individuals for any of these actions.
Qualified candidates- those who meet established qualification requirements for the position, including any selective factors.
Reassignment- the permanent change of an employee from one position to another without promotion or demotion under the same personnel authority.
Relative- a person's father, mother, son, daughter, brother, sister, uncle, aunt, first cousin, nephew, niece, husband, wife, father-in-law, mother-in-law, daughter-in-law, son-in-law, brother-in-law, sister-in-law, stepfather, stepmother, stepson, stepdaughter, stepbrother, stepsister, half-brother, or half-sister.
Register- a list of eligible applicants for a given vacancy announcement.
Selective factors- knowledge, skills, or abilities essential for successful performance of a job, which are in addition to the basic qualification standard for a position.
Temporary appointment- a time-limited appointment as described in § 209.1.
Temporary promotion- a time-limited promotion as defined in § 235.1.
Term appointment- a time-limited appointment as described in § 209.2
Transfer- movement of an employee from one personnel authority to another personnel authority at the same equivalent grade and with the same promotional potential.
D.C. Mun. Regs. tit. 6, r. 6-B299