Title 32 — Labor.
29 chapters · 375 sections in this title.
D.C. Code § 32-201 Employment of minors under 14 years of age; distribution of newspapers permitted
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Except as provided in §§ 32-206 and 32-207, no minor under 14 years of age shall be employed, permitted, or suffered to work in the District of Columbia, in, about, or in connection with any gainful occupation, with the exemption of housework performed outside of school hours in …
D.C. Code § 32-202 Employment of minors under 18 years of age; hours of employment; notice to be posted in place of employment; list of minors employed
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Except as provided in § 32-206, no minor under 18 years of age shall be employed, permitted, or suffered to work in, about, or in connection with any gainful occupation, except in agricultural work, or housework, or in the distribution or sale of newspapers, as prescribed in § 32…
D.C. Code § 32-203 Employment dangerous or prejudicial to life prohibited; Board of Education to prohibit such employment by general or special order
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No minor shall be employed, permitted, or suffered to work in any place of employment, or at any employment, dangerous or prejudicial to the life, health, safety, or welfare of such minor. It shall be the duty of the Board of Education of the District of Columbia and the said boa…
D.C. Code § 32-204 Employment of minors under 16 years of age in certain occupations prohibited; exception
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(a) No minor under 16 years of age shall be employed, permitted, or suffered to work at any of the following occupations: (1) In the operation of any machinery operated by power other than hand or foot power; or (2) In oiling, wiping, or cleaning machinery or assisting therein. (…
D.C. Code § 32-205 Employment of minors under 18 years of age in certain occupations prohibited
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No minor under 18 years of age shall be employed, permitted, or suffered to work at operating any freight or nonautomatic elevator, or in any quarry, tunnel, or excavation.
D.C. Code § 32-206 Theatrical permits for minors under 18 years of age for performances and professional sports activities
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(a) The Board of Education may issue a theatrical employment permit to a minor under 18 years of age permitting the minor to: (1) Perform on the stage of a licensed theatre within the District of Columbia in a professional theatrical production; (2) Perform in a musical or dance …
D.C. Code § 32-207 Work or vacation permit — Procurement by employer
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No minor under 18 years of age shall be employed, permitted, or suffered to work in, about, or in connection with any gainful occupation, except in agricultural work or housework as specified in § 32-201, unless the employer procures and keeps on file and accessible to any attend…
D.C. Code § 32-208 Work or vacation permit — Issue by Board of Education; contents; records of applicants
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The work or vacation permit required by this subchapter shall be issued by the Board of Education and shall state the name, sex, date, and place of birth, and place of residence of the minor, the grade last completed by said minor, and the kind of evidence of age accepted, and su…
D.C. Code § 32-209 Work or vacation permit — Application requirements
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The Board of Education shall issue a work or vacation permit only upon application in person of the minor desiring employment, and upon submission to and approval by the Board of the following: (1) A statement signed by the prospective employer or the employer’s authorized agent,…
D.C. Code § 32-210 Evidence of age
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The evidence of age required by this subchapter shall consist of 1 of the following proofs of age, which shall be required in the order herein designated: (1) A birth certificate or attested transcript issued by a registrar of vital statistics or other officer charged with the du…
D.C. Code § 32-211 Vacation permits
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The Board of Education shall have authority to issue a vacation permit to a minor between the age of 14 and 16 years, permitting employment during the regular summer vacation period of the public schools, or during the school term at such time as the public schools are not in ses…
D.C. Code § 32-212 Employer to furnish, on demand, proof of age of employee
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Whenever any person authorized to enforce this subchapter shall have reason to doubt that any minor employed in any occupation for which a permit is required by this subchapter, and for whom a work permit or vacation permit is not on file, has reached the age of 18 years, such pe…
D.C. Code § 32-213 Penalties
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(a) A person commits an offense under this subchapter if that person: (1) Employs a minor or permits a minor to work in violation of this subchapter, of any regulation promulgated by the Board of Education pursuant to § 32-224, or of any order issued under the provisions of § 32-…
D.C. Code § 32-214 Board of Education to enforce law; inspection of places in which minors are employed
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It shall be the duty of the Board of Education to cause all the provisions of this subchapter to be enforced, to make complaints against persons violating its provisions, and to prosecute violations of the same. The Board of Education, its inspectors, and agents are empowered and…
D.C. Code § 32-215 Limitations on employment in stuffing, sale and distribution of newspapers; exercise of trades in streets; exception for distribution of political literature
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No minor under 16 years of age shall be employed in the stuffing of newspapers, nor shall the work of any minor 16 or 17 employed stuffing newspapers exceed 40 hours in any 1 week, nor shall such minor be employed on more than 1 night in any week. No minor under 12 years of age s…
D.C. Code § 32-216 Street-trades badges — Required
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No minor under 16 years of age shall work at any time, or be employed or permitted or suffered to work at any time, in any of the trades or occupations mentioned in § 32-215, unless such minor shall have procured and shall wear in plain sight while so working a badge as hereinaft…
D.C. Code § 32-217 Street-trades badges — Application requirements
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The Board of Education shall issue a street-trades badge only upon the application of the minor desiring it, with the written consent of the parent, guardian, or custodian of such minor, and upon proof that the minor is of the age required by § 32-215, which shall consist of the …
D.C. Code § 32-218 Street-trades badges — Contents; record to be kept; badges not transferable
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Such badge shall bear a number, and every such badge on its reverse side shall be signed in the presence of the officer issuing the same by the minor in whose name it is issued and shall contain the minor’s name, address and date of birth and such other information as the officer…
D.C. Code § 32-219 Violation of §§ 32-215 to 32-221; revocation of badge or work permit
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The Board of Education shall order any minor found to be engaged in any of the trades or occupations mentioned in § 32-215, in violation of any of the provisions of §§ 32-215 through 32-221, to cease and desist from engaging in such trade or occupation, and the parent, guardian, …
D.C. Code § 32-220 Persons selling merchandise to minor for resale or distribution to ascertain that minor wears badge; penalties; exception
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Any person who either personally or as agent of any other person, or of any firm, corporation, or company, furnishes or sells or offers for sale to any minor under 16 any article of any description to be used for the purpose of sale or distribution in any public place shall first…
D.C. Code § 32-221 Loitering around business establishments prohibited during school hours; penalty
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No owner or employee of a business establishment shall permit a minor under the age of 16, having reasonable grounds to believe that such minor is a truant or unlawfully absent from school, to loiter on the premises of such business establishment during those hours when school is…
D.C. Code § 32-222 Prosecutions
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Prosecutions for violations of any of the provisions of this subchapter, or of any regulation made by the Board of Education under authority of this subchapter, shall be on information filed in the Superior Court of the District of Columbia in the name of the District of Columbia…
D.C. Code § 32-223 Severability
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If any provision of this subchapter or the application of such provision to certain circumstances be held invalid, the remainder of this subchapter and the application of such provision to circumstances other than those as to which it is held invalid shall not be affected thereby…
D.C. Code § 32-224 Board of Education authorized to enforce subchapter, make regulations, delegate functions, and appoint inspectors
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The Board of Education of the District of Columbia is hereby empowered to carry out and enforce the provisions of this subchapter, and is authorized to promulgate such regulations as may be necessary to effectuate the purposes of this subchapter. The Board of Education is further…
D.C. Code § 32-242 Programs for employment and training of young District domiciliaries
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(a) The Mayor shall establish and implement programs, subject to the annual appropriation of funds, for the employment and training of young persons who are domiciliaries of the District of Columbia, as follows: (A)(i) A summer youth jobs program to provide for the employment or …
D.C. Code § 32-243 Training and work experience in persistent problem areas of the District
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(a) Commencing 30 days after October 20, 2005, and subject to the annual appropriation of funds, the Mayor shall establish and operate a year round program to provide domiciliaries of the District of Columbia between the ages of 14 and 24 years with training and work experience i…
D.C. Code § 32-244 Development of plans for the delivery of workforce development services
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(a) The Mayor shall develop a plan for the delivery of workforce development services for the summer youth jobs program required by § 32-241(a)(1). (b) The Mayor shall develop a plan for the delivery of workforce development services for the out-of-school year-round employment pr…
D.C. Code § 32-245 Evaluation of the summer youth employment program
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(a) By June 1, 2011, and every year thereafter, the Mayor shall hire an independent contractor to evaluate the summer youth employment program. The contractor shall conduct the evaluation according to nationally accepted standards. The evaluation criteria shall include a pre-prog…