Title 1, Government Organization.

(a) The Mayor may purchase from 1 or more life insurance companies a policy or policies of group life insurance to provide the benefits set forth in § 1-622.07 from a life insurance company licensed to provide life and accidental death and dismemberment insurance under the laws o…

(a) Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, an employee is automatically insured on the date the employee becomes eligible for insurance. Each policy purchased by the Mayor under § 1-622.05 shall provide for this automatic coverage. (b) An employee who does not wish…

(a) The group life insurance amounts purchased by the District under § 1-622.05 shall be no less than the insurance amounts provided under the Federal Employees Group Life Insurance (“F.E.G.L.I.”) plan pursuant to 5 U.S.C. § 8702, in effect as of October 1, 1987. (b) Employees sh…

(a) Except as provided in subsection (a-1) of this section, the amount of group life insurance in force for an employee or annuitant at the date of the employee or annuitant death shall be paid, on the establishment of a valid claim, to the person or persons surviving at the date…

(a) A policy purchased under § 1-622.05 shall contain a provision, approved by the Mayor, providing that insurance on an employee ends 1 month after separation from the District or after discontinuance of pay, with provision for temporary extension of life insurance coverage and …

(a) During each pay period in which the employee or annuitant is insured under a policy of insurance purchased by the District under § 1-622.05, an amount determined by the Mayor shall be withheld from the compensation of the employee or the annuity of the annuitant as his or her…

(a) For each pay period in which an employee or annuitant is insured under a policy of insurance purchased under § 1-622.05, a sum computed at a rate determined by the Mayor shall be contributed from the appropriation or fund that is used to pay the employee or annuitant to the c…

(a) Each policy purchased by the District under § 1-622.05 shall provide for an accounting by the company from which the insurance was purchased to the Mayor not later than 90 days after the end of each policy year. The accounting shall set forth, in form approved by the Mayor: (…

(a) An excess of the total of § 1-622.12(a)(1) over the sum of § 1-622.12(a)(2) and (a)(3) shall be held by the company issuing the policy as a special contingency reserve to be used by the company only for charges under the policy purchased under § 1-622.05. (b) The special cont…

(a) In order to ensure proper implementation of the group life insurance under § 1-622.05 by October 1, 1987, the Mayor may issue temporary rules regarding the group life insurance that shall not be subject to Council review. These temporary rules shall remain in effect only unti…

The Mayor shall establish a disability income program to include short- and long-term disability insurance which shall provide coverage for non-job-related injuries and illnesses.

An annuitant may elect to convert group life insurance benefits authorized in § 1-622.03 to an individual policy upon separation from service.

For the purpose of this subchapter: (1) The term “employee” means: (A) A civil officer or employee in any branch of the District of Columbia government, including an officer or employee of an instrumentality wholly owned by the District of Columbia government; (B) An individual r…

(a) The District of Columbia government shall pay compensation as specified by this subchapter for the disability or death of an employee resulting from personal injury sustained while in the performance of his or her duty, unless the injury or death is: (1) Caused by willful mis…

The Mayor shall administer and decide all questions arising under this chapter. The Mayor may delegate to the City Administrator any of the powers conferred on him or her by this chapter, except disability compensation hearings and adjudication powers, pursuant to § 1-623.28, whi…

The functions of the program shall be to: (1) Establish appropriate systems and procedures for the reporting of occupational accidents and illnesses; (2) Maintain and analyze records of all occupational accidents and illnesses occurring within agencies; (3) Study safety problems …

(a) The District government shall furnish to an employee who is injured while in the performance of duty the services, appliances, and supplies prescribed or recommended by a qualified physician, who is approved by the Mayor or his or her designee pursuant to subsection (d) of th…

(a) The Mayor shall direct an individual with a permanent or temporary disability whose disability is compensable under this subchapter to undergo vocational rehabilitation. The Mayor shall provide for furnishing the vocational rehabilitation services. In providing for these serv…

(a) If the disability is total, subject to the limitations in § 1-623.06a, the District government shall pay the employee during the disability monthly monetary compensation equal to 66 2/3 percent of his or her monthly pay, which shall be known as his or her basic compensation f…

(a) If the disability is partial, subject to limitations in § 1-623.06a, the District government shall pay the employee during the disability monthly monetary compensation equal to 66 2/3 percent of the difference between his or her monthly pay and his or her monthly wage-earning…

(a) Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, for any one injury causing temporary total or temporary partial disability, the payment for disability benefits shall not continue for more than a total of 500 weeks; provided, that within the last 52 weeks, the claimant s…

(a) The Mayor shall require each employee receiving benefits under this subchapter to report his or her earnings from employment or self-employment by affidavit, including by providing copies of tax returns and authorizing the Mayor to obtain copies of tax documents, within 30 da…

(a) If there is permanent disability involving the loss, or loss of use, of a member or function of the body or disfigurement, the employee is entitled to basic compensation for the disability, as provided by the schedule in subsection (c) of this section, at the rate of 66 2/3 p…

The period of compensation payable under the schedule in § 1-623.07 is reduced by the period of compensation paid or payable under the schedule for an earlier injury if: (1) Compensation in both cases is for disability of the same member or function or different parts of the same…

(a) If an individual: (1) Has sustained disability compensable under § 1-623.07(a); (2) has filed a valid claim in his or her lifetime; and (3) dies from a cause other than the injury before the end of the period specified by the schedule; the compensation specified by the schedu…

(a) For the purpose of this section, “dependent” means the following: (1) A spouse or domestic partner, if: (A) He or she is a member of the same household as the employee; (B) He or she is receiving regular contributions from the employee for his or her support; or (C) The emplo…

(a) The Mayor may pay an employee who has been awarded compensation an additional sum of not more than $500 a month, as he or she considers necessary, when he or she finds that the service of an attendant is necessary constantly because the employee is totally blind or has lost t…

(a) Except as provided by § 1-623.38, the monthly rate of compensation for disability, including augmented compensation under § 1-623.10, but not including additional compensation under § 1-623.11, may not be more than 75% of the monthly pay of the maximum rate of basic pay for G…

(a) If an individual: (1) Was a minor or employed in a learner’s capacity at the time of injury, and (2) did not have a physical or mental disability before the injury, the Mayor, on review under § 1-623.28 after the time the wage-earning capacity of the individual would probably…

(a) For the purpose of this section: (1) The term “overtime pay” means pay for hours of service in excess of a statutory or other basic workweek or other basic unit of work time, as observed by the employing establishment. (2) The term “year” means a period of 12 calendar months,…

(a) In determining compensation for partial disability, except permanent partial disability compensable under §§ 1-623.07 and 1-623.09, the wage-earning capacity of an employee is determined by his or her actual earnings, if his or her actual earnings fairly and reasonably repres…

(a) While an employee is receiving compensation under this subchapter or if he or she has been paid a lump sum in commutation of installment payments until the expiration of the period during which the installment payments would have continued, he or she may not receive salary, p…

(a) An employee is not entitled to compensation or continuation of pay as provided in § 1-623.18 for the first 3 days of temporary disability which would have otherwise been workdays for the employee, except: (1) When the disability exceeds 14 calendar days; (2) When the disabili…

(a) The District of Columbia government shall authorize the continuation of pay of an employee, as defined in paragraph (1) of § 1-623.01, who has filed a claim for a period of wage loss due to a traumatic injury with his or her immediate superior on a form approved by the Mayor …

(a) An employee injured in the performance of his or her duty, or someone on his or her behalf, shall give notice thereof. Notice of a death believed to be related to the employment shall be given by an eligible beneficiary specified in § 1-623.33, or someone on his or her behalf…

(a) The immediate superior of an employee shall report to the Mayor an injury to the employee that results in his or her death or probable injury within 3 days from the date of the injury or death or the date that the superior has knowledge of the injury, whichever is earlier. (b…

(a) Compensation under this subchapter may be allowed only if an individual or someone on his or her behalf makes claim therefor. The claim shall: (1) Be made in writing within the time specified by § 1-623.22; (2) Be delivered to the Office of the Mayor or to an individual whom …

(a) An original claim for compensation for disability or death must be filed within 2 years after the injury or death. Compensation for disability or death, including medical care in a disability case, may not be allowed if claim is not filed within that time unless: (1) The imme…

(a) An employee shall submit to examination by a medical officer of the District of Columbia government, or by a physician designated or approved by the Mayor, after the injury and as frequently and at the times and places as may be reasonably required. The employee may have a ph…

(a) The Mayor or his or her designee shall determine and make a finding of facts and an award for or against payment of compensation under this subchapter within 30 days after the claim was filed based on the following guidelines: (1) The claim presented by the beneficiary and th…

If an individual does the following: (1) Disobeys or resists a lawful order or process in proceedings under this subchapter before the Mayor or his or her representative; or (2) misbehaves during a hearing or so near the place of hearing as to obstruct it, the Mayor or his or her…

The Mayor, on any matter within his or her jurisdiction under this subchapter, shall have the authority to: (1) Issue subpoenas for and compel the attendance of witnesses within a radius of 100 miles of the District of Columbia; (2) Administer oaths; (3) Examine witnesses; and (4…

(a) A claimant may authorize an individual to represent him or her in any proceeding before an administrative law judge under § 1-623.24(b). The claimant shall pay the fee for the representation. (b)(1) For the purposes of this subsection, the term “successful prosecution” means …

(a) The Director of the Department of Employment Services may review an award for or against payment of compensation on application by either the claimant or the Office of the Corporation Counsel. An application for review pursuant to this subsection must be filed within 30 days …

(a) When an overpayment has been made to an individual under this subchapter because of an error of fact or law, under rules and regulations prescribed by the Mayor, either recovery of the overpayments shall be required of the individual or adjustment shall be made by decreasing …

An assignment of a claim for compensation under this subchapter is void. Compensation and claims for compensation are exempt from claims of creditors.