District Of Columbia § 1-623.45 - Career and Educational Services retention rights.
Full text of District Of Columbia D.C. Code § 1-623.45 — Career and Educational Services retention rights., with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 1-623.45. Career and Educational Services retention rights.
1-623.45In the event the individual resumes employment with the District government, the entire time during which the employee was receiving compensation under this subchapter shall be credited to the employee for the purposes of within-grade step increases, retention purposes, and other rights and benefits based upon length of service.
Under rules and regulations issued by the Mayor the department or agency which was the last employer shall:
Immediately and unconditionally accord the employee the right to resume his or her former, or an equivalent, position as well as all other attendant rights which the employee would have had or acquired in his or her former position had he or she not been injured or had a disability, including the rights to tenure, promotion, and safeguards in reduction-in-force procedures, provided that the injury or disability has been overcome within two years after the date of commencement of compensation and provision of all necessary medical treatment needed to lessen disability or from the time compensable disability recurs if the recurrence begins after the injured employee resumes regular full-time employment with the District of Columbia government; or
If the injury or disability is overcome within a period of more than 2 years after the date of commencement of payment of compensation or the provision of medical treatment by the Disability Compensation Fund, make all reasonable efforts to place, and accord priority to placing the employee in his or her former or equivalent position within such department or agency, or within any other department or agency.
Nothing in this provision shall exclude the responsibility of the employing agency to re-employ an employee in a full-duty or part-time status.
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Section 1-623.45 ("Career and Educational Services retention rights.") is part of the D.C. Code, the codified statutory law of District Of Columbia. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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