A competing employee shall not be released from a competitive level while either of the following is retained in that level:
A competing employee shall not be released from a competitive level while an employee with lower retention standing is retained in that level, except as required under § 1816 when an employee is retained under a mandatory exception.
Competing employees shall be selected for release from a competitive level in the inverse order of retention standing, beginning with the employee with the lowest retention standing on the retention register.
When one (1) or more but not all employees with the same service dates in the same subgroup must be released from a competitive level, the ties shall be broken as follows:
D.C. Mun. Regs. tit. 8, r. 8-B1815