District Of Columbia § 1-612.03a - Universal leave program.
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§ 1-612.03a. Universal leave program.
1-612.03aThe Mayor shall develop a universal leave system for Career and Excepted Service employees who were first employed by the District of Columbia government on or after October 1, 1987, excluding police officers, firefighters, and employees excluded from earning leave pursuant to through (a)(5). The universal leave system shall include disability income protection for non work-related illness and injury.
Within 90 days of the effective date of this section, the Mayor shall submit the universal leave system to the Council for a 60-day period of review, excluding Saturdays, Sundays, legal holidays and days of Council recess. If the Council does not approve or disapprove the proposed universal leave system by resolution within the 60-day review period, the proposed universal leave system shall be deemed approved.
The submission to the Council shall at a minimum include the following:
The rate at which universal leave shall be accrued;
The number of universal leave days that may be carried forward from one leave year to the next;
A provision for employees who are denied the opportunity to use their universal leave;
The percentage of income to be received under any disability insurance program and its tax status;
The definition of “disability” and a method for dispute resolution;
The stipulated waiting period before disability insurance income would commence;
The period of disability income protection;
Transition provisions;
The effective date of the universal leave system; and
Fiscal impact.
Annotations
Section 301 of provided that nothing in the act shall be construed as superseding the provisions of the National Capital Revitalization and Self-Government Improvement Act of 1997, approved August 5, 1997 (Public Law 105-33; 111 Stat. 712), except that is expressly superseded. Further, nothing in the act shall be construed as superseding the provisions of et seq. or of § 164 of the District of Columbia Appropriations Act, 1998, approved November 19, 1997 (Public Law 105-100; 111 Stat. 2160).
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