Title 32 — Labor.
29 chapters · 375 sections in this title.
D.C. Code § 32-501 Definitions
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For purposes of this chapter, the term: (1) “Employee” means any individual who has been employed by the same employer for 1 year without a break in service except for regular holiday, sick, or personal leave granted by the employer and has worked at least 1000 hours during the 1…
D.C. Code § 32-502 Family leave requirement
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(a) An employee shall be entitled to a total of 16 workweeks of family leave during any 24-month period for: (1) The birth of a child of the employee; (2) The placement of a child with the employee for adoption or foster care; (3) The placement of a child with the employee for wh…
D.C. Code § 32-503 Medical leave requirement
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(a) Subject to the provisions of § 32-504, any employee who becomes unable to perform the functions of the employee’s position because of a serious health condition shall be entitled to medical leave for as long as the employee is unable to perform the functions, except that the …
D.C. Code § 32-504 Certification
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(a) An employer may require that a request for family leave under § 32-502(a)(4) or medical leave under § 32-503 be supported by a certification issued by the health care provider of the employee or family member. The employee shall provide a copy of the certification to the empl…
D.C. Code § 32-505 Employment and benefits protection
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(a) Any employee who takes family or medical leave under this chapter shall not lose any employment benefit or seniority accrued before the date on which the family or medical leave commenced. (b)(1) During any period in which an employee takes family or medical leave under § 32-…
D.C. Code § 32-506 School employees
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(a) If the conditions in subsection (b) of this section are met, a local educational agency (“educational agency”) or private elementary or secondary school (“school”) may require an employee who is employed principally in an instructional capacity to elect to: (1) Take the famil…
D.C. Code § 32-507 Prohibited acts
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(a) It shall be unlawful for any person to interfere with, restrain, or deny the exercise of or the attempt to exercise any right provided by this chapter. (b) It shall be unlawful for an employer to discharge or discriminate in any manner against any person because the person: (…
D.C. Code § 32-508 Investigative authority
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(a) An employer shall develop, maintain, and make available to the Mayor records regarding the employer’s activities related to this chapter that the Mayor may prescribe by rule. (b) To ensure compliance with the provisions of this chapter, the Mayor, consistent with constitution…
D.C. Code § 32-509 Administrative enforcement procedure; relief
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(a) The Mayor shall provide an administrative procedure pursuant to which a person claimed to be aggrieved under this chapter may file a complaint against an employer alleged to have violated this chapter. A complaint shall be filed within 1 year of the occurrence or discovery of…
D.C. Code § 32-510 Enforcement by civil action
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(a) Subject to the provisions in subsection (b) of this section, an employee or the Mayor may bring a civil action against any employer to enforce the provisions of this chapter in any court of competent jurisdiction. (b) No civil action may be commenced more than 1 year after th…
D.C. Code § 32-511 Notice
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(a) The Mayor shall devise, and an employer shall post and maintain in a conspicuous place, a notice that sets forth excerpts from or summaries of the pertinent provisions of this chapter and information that pertains to the filing of a complaint under this chapter. (b) Any emplo…
D.C. Code § 32-512 Effect on other laws
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Nothing in this chapter shall supersede any provision of law that provides greater employee family or medical leave rights than the family or medical rights established under this chapter.
D.C. Code § 32-513 Effect on existing employment benefits
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(a) Nothing in this chapter shall diminish an employer’s obligation to comply with any collective bargaining agreement or any employment benefit program or plan that provides greater family or medical leave rights to an employee than the family or medical leave rights provided un…
D.C. Code § 32-514 Encouragement of more generous leave policies
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Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to discourage an employer from the adoption or retention of a family and medical leave policy more generous than the family and medical leave required by this chapter.
D.C. Code § 32-515 Family and Medical Leave Commission established
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Expired.
D.C. Code § 32-516 Applicability
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(a) The rights and responsibilities established by this chapter shall apply: (1) During the 3-year period beginning 180 days from October 3, 1990, to any employer who employs 50 or more persons in the District; and (2) After the 3-year period beginning 180 days from October 3, 19…
D.C. Code § 32-517 Rules
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(a) The Mayor shall, pursuant to subchapter I of Chapter 5 of Title 2, issue rules to implement the provisions of this chapter within 90 days from October 3, 1990. The proposed rules shall be submitted to the Council for a 45-day period of review, excluding Saturdays, Sundays, le…