The Attorney General, at his or her discretion, may grant administrative leave that either relate to OAG's mission or are in OAG's interest including but not limited to before, during, and after severe weather conditions, or other emergencies to protect the health and safety of employees, customers, and clients; before or after holidays; and during or after investigations of employee misconduct.
Reserved.
Administrative leave shall be granted when an employee has been given permission to attend a meeting or conference, or to participate in an approved training program, but not directed to attend or participate.
It shall be appropriate for an agency to use administrative leave in any case where time is needed to complete an investigation that could lead to a corrective or adverse action. However, before placing an employee on administrative leave while an investigation is pending, the agency head shall determine whether the employee could be temporarily reassigned to another unit for the duration of the investigation.
Temporary reassignment should be chosen over administrative leave in those cases where the employee's continued presence at the work site does not interfere with government operations, impede the pending investigation, or place other employees at risk.
Reserved.
An employee shall be given administrative leave for up to ten (10) hours for the purpose of preparing his or her answer to a notice of proposed adverse action.
An employee shall be given administrative leave at reasonable times for the purpose of consulting with District government personnel officials, an equal employment opportunity officer, or with a supervisory or management official of higher rank than the employee's immediate supervisor, concerning the employee's duties, working conditions, employment and retirement status, complaints, grievances, appeals, and like matters; however, the employee shall be required to ask his or her immediate supervisor to indicate a convenient time when he or she can be excused without unduly disruption to the work schedule, and shall be required to inform the supervisor of the name of the official the employee needs to consult with, or office to be visited.
An employee shall be given administrative leave for the purpose of taking a medical examination for District government employment, an examination for induction or enlistment in the active-but not the reserve-armed forces, a District government vehicle operator's examination, or other examination that his or her agency has requested him or her to take in order to qualify for reassignment, promotion, or continuance of his or her present job.
Up to two (2) hours of administrative leave may be granted to an employee to attend an initial appointment for the Employee Assistance Program (EAP).
A request by an elected Advisory Neighborhood Commissioner for administrative leave to attend an official Advisory Neighborhood Commission function shall be granted, unless the absence would seriously disrupt the activities of the OAG in which the Advisory Neighborhood Commissioner is employed.
An employee who is a member of a board or commission shall be given administrative leave to attend official board or commission meetings.
An employee shall be given administrative leave, usually for a period not to exceed four (4) hours, in order to comply with the registration requirements of section 3 of the Military Selective Service Act, as amended (50 U.S.C. APP. 453), subject to the supervisor's right to approve the date and times at which such absence shall be granted.
An employee shall be given administrative leave for the purpose of voting in any election or referendum on a civic matter in his or her community.
Where the polls are not open at least three (3) hours either before or after an employee's regular hours of work, an employee shall be granted an amount of administrative leave that will allow the employee to report for work three (3) hours after the polls open or leave work three (3) hours before the polls close, whichever requires the lesser amount of absence from duty.
An employee shall be given administrative leave for initial treatment (including reasonable time spent in travel) of an injury incurred in the line of duty, and for the remainder of the day in which the injury occurred when the injury is sufficiently serious to justify the granting of sick leave had the injury not have been incurred in the line of duty.
An employee who has returned to a full tour of duty but who, as a result of an illness or injury incurred in the line of duty, must report periodically for subsequent or follow-up treatment to a facility or physician authorized to treat him or her, shall be given administrative leave for the time necessary to receive such treatment (including travel) when treatment must be scheduled during the employee's regular tour of duty.
An employee who is a disabled veteran, and who must report periodically for subsequent or follow-up medical examination or treatment directly related to his or her disability, may be given administrative leave for the time necessary to receive such treatment (including travel) when treatment must be scheduled during the employee's regular tour of duty. Requests for such leave shall include documentation and shall be made in advance.
An employee who donates blood to the Red Cross or to any similar organization,
or who donates blood to any District government employee in need of a blood transfusion, or who makes a donation of blood to replace blood required by any District government employee shall be given administrative leave for a reasonable period of time for this purpose.
An employee may be given administrative leave to attend a meeting or conference,
if not prohibited by law and if the Attorney General determines that the employee's attendance is in the best interest of the District government.
An employee may be given administrative leave to attend programs or other meetings or functions that are officially sponsored or conducted by the OAG for the education or other benefit of employees.
An employee representative of a recognized labor organization shall be granted administrative leave to attend meetings and conferences with management officials, pursuant to collective bargaining agreements, if prior approval is obtained in accordance with the OAG or collective bargaining procedures.
D.C. Mun. Regs. tit. 6, r. 6-C1266