D.C. Mun. Regs. tit. 6, r. 6-B3813
An appointment to the Management Supervisory Service is an at-will appointment. A person appointed to a position in the Management Supervisory Service serves at the pleasure of the appointing authority, and may be terminated at any time. An employee in the Management Supervisory Service shall be provided a fifteen-day (15-day) notice prior to termination.
No termination action shall be initiated under this chapter unless first authorized by the agency head (or designee) and the Director, D.C. Department of Human Resources (DCHR), or independent personnel authority, as applicable; except that a termination of a Management Supervisory Service employee in the DCHR shall be first authorized by the Director, DCHR (or designee), and the Chief of Staff for the Mayor.
In accordance with Section 954 of the CMPA (D.C. Official Code § 1-609.54(b)) , at the discretion of the agency head, an employee in the Management Supervisory Service may be paid severance pay upon termination for non-disciplinary reasons according to his or her length of employment in 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 |
Severance pay shall not be paid to any individual who has accepted an appointment to another position in the District government without a break in service of three (3) days or more.
At the discretion of the personnel authority, an employee in the Management Supervisory Service who separates, may within three (3) months of the effective date of the termination retreat to a vacant position within the agency to which he or she was promoted and for which he or she qualified; provided, he or she has Career or Educational Service status or Excepted Service status (only applicable to appointments as attorneys in the Excepted Service).
A retreat in accordance with Subsection 3813.5 of this section shall be to a position in the service in which the person acquired status.
Terminations from the Management Supervisory Service are not subject to administrative appeals.
D.C. Mun. Regs. tit. 6, r. 6-B3813