D.C. Code § 1-609.54: Employment-at-will.

(a)

An appointment to a position in the Management Supervisory Service shall be an at-will appointment. Management Supervisory Service employees shall be given a 15-day notice prior to termination. Upon termination, a person with Career or Educational Service status, or with Excepted Service status due to appointment as an attorney pursuant to § 1-609.09, may retreat, at the discretion of the personnel authority, within 3 months of the effective date of the termination, to a vacant position within the agency to which he or she was promoted for which he or she is qualified.

(b)

Length of Employment

Maximum Severance

Up to 6 months

2 weeks of the employee’s basic pay

6 months to 1 year

4 weeks of the employee’s basic pay

1 to 3 years

8 weeks of the employee’s basic pay

More than 3 years

10 weeks of the employee’s basic pay.