Current through Register Vol. 71, No. 24, June 14, 2024
Rule 7-112 - CALCULATION OF COP112.1 Once an employee makes a claim for COP, the first three (3) days of leave must be charged to leave without pay, unless the disability:
(a) Exceeds fourteen (14) calendar days; or(b) Is followed by permanent disability.112.2 The first three (3) days under § 112.1 means the first three (3) days during which the employee was scheduled to work but was absent due to disability that was caused by traumatic injury.
(a) A "day" for purposed of this subsection consists of eight (8) hours. Three (3) days consists of twenty- four (24) hours.112.3 If §§ 112.1(a) or (b) apply, then those first three (3) days of temporary disability shall count towards Continuation of Pay as provided in Section 2318(b)(2) of the Act.
112.4 Subject to the provisions at §§ 112.1 to 112.3 and 113.2, the Employing Agency shall furnish continuation of pay to the employee as follows:
(a) To employees hired before January 1, 1980, for a period not to exceed forty- five (45) consecutive days or until the Program has either accepted or denied the employee's claim for compensation, whichever occurs first; and(b) To all other employees for a period not to exceed twenty-one (21) consecutive days or until the Program has either accepted or denied the employee's claim for compensation, whichever occurs first.Notice of Final Rulemaking published at 28 DCR 2307 (May 22, 1981); as amend by Notice of Final Rulemaking published at 29 DCR 5196 (November 26, 1982); as amended by Notice of Final Rulemaking published at 47 DCR 7484 (September 15, 2000); as amended by Notice of Emergency and Proposed Rulemaking published at 57 DCR 9540 (October 8, 2010)[EXPIRED]; as amended by Notice of Final Rulemaking published at 57 DCR 12224, 12231 (December 24, 2010); repealed and replaced by Final Rulemaking published at 59 DCR 8766, 8778 (July 27, 2012); amended by Final Rulemaking published at 64 DCR 6325 (7/7/2017); amended by Final Rulemaking published at 66 DCR 4246 (4/5/2019)Authority: Chief Risk Officer of the Office of Risk Management (ORM), Executive Office of the Mayor, pursuant to the authority set forth in section 2344 of the District of Columbia Government Merit Personnel Act of 1978 (CMPA), effective March 3, 1979 (D.C. Law 2-139; D.C. Official Code § 1-623.44 (2012 Supp.)); section 7 of Reorganization Plan No. 1 of 2003 for the Office of Risk Management, effective December 15, 2003; and Mayor's Order 2004-198, effective December 14, 2004