Title 32, Labor.

Any person or employer may bring a civil action in any court of competent jurisdiction against the appropriate domestic partner(s) to recover damages as a result of: (1) A false statement in a declaration of domestic partnership or a false assertion of family membership; or (2) A…

All health care facilities, including hospitals, convalescent facilities, or other long term care facilities, shall allow a patient’s family member as defined in § 32-701(7) to visit the patient.

(a) A District government employee shall be granted sick leave when needed to care for a family member as defined in § 32-701(7), subject to the same guidelines and restrictions in § 32-502. (b) A District government employee shall be granted sick leave to care for a minor child …

District government employees enrolled in the District of Columbia Employees Health Benefits Program shall be allowed to purchase family health insurance coverage that would cover the employee’s family members as defined in § 32-701(7) in accordance with §§ 1-621.05, 1-621.06, an…

(a) The Mayor shall maintain adequate records of declarations of domestic partnership, termination statements, and amendments to declarations of domestic partnership and termination statements. (b) The Mayor shall report annually to the Council on the number of domestic partnersh…

(a) The Mayor shall, pursuant to subchapter I of Chapter 5 of Title 2, issue rules to implement the provisions of this chapter. (b) The proposed rules shall be submitted to the Council for a 45-day period of review, excluding Saturdays, Sundays, legal holidays and days of Council…

(a) Nothing in this chapter shall supersede any provision of law that provides more generous rights or benefits than the domestic partnership or family membership rights and benefits provided pursuant to this chapter. (b) Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to discourage a…

For the purposes of this chapter, the term: (1) “Commissioner” means the Commissioner of the Department of Insurance, Securities, and Banking. (2) “Covered individual” means a person whose coverage under an employer’s health benefits plan is continued under this chapter. (3) “Hea…

(a) An employee has the right to continue coverage under the employer’s health benefits plan for a period of 3 months, or for the period of time during which the employee is eligible for premium assistance under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, approved Februar…

The Commissioner may issue rules and regulations necessary to implement the provisions of this chapter.

This chapter shall apply to contracts issued or renewed by health insurers on or after January 16, 2002.

For purposes of this chapter, the term: (1) “Director” means the Director of the Department of Employment Services. (2) “Grantee” means any person or entity that receives a grant from the District to provide workforce development services. (3) “Job skills-deficient resident” mean…

(a) There is established a Job Opportunity Bank for the purpose of providing grants and other forms of financial assistance to increase job opportunities for low-income District residents to upgrade their job skills and provide customized skills training for new and incumbent wor…

The following individuals and groups shall be eligible to receive grants or other assistance from the Job Opportunity Bank: (1) Low-income District residents; (2) Job skills-deficient residents; (3) District businesses, business coalitions, or nonprofit organizations partnered wi…

(a) Grant applications shall be made at the time and in the manner designated by the Director. (b) Grant applications shall include a detailed budget, cost benefit analysis, identifiable performance benchmarks, and a general description of the employment benefits to be derived by…

Each grantee shall, as a condition for the receipt of funds from the Job Opportunity Bank, enter into a grant agreement with the Director, the form and contents of which shall be specified by the Director, which shall at least contain the following: (1) The name, address, and tel…

(a) The Director shall monitor and evaluate the performance of grantees. The Director may terminate or modify grant agreements if the Director determines that a grantee’s performance is not in accordance with the grant. Grantees that have their grants cancelled or modified may ap…

(a) Beginning on February 15, 2013, the Department of Employment Services (“Department”) shall transmit to the Council on a quarterly basis, and make available on the Department’s website, a report on the outcomes associated with all local funding administered by the Department f…

The purpose of this subchapter is to foster, promote, and develop the safety of wage earners of the District of Columbia in relation to their working conditions.

When used in this subchapter, the following words shall have the following meanings, unless the context clearly requires otherwise: (1) “Employer” includes every person, firm, corporation, partnership, stock association, agent, manager, representative, or foreman, or other person…

The Board, in addition to its duties defined in subchapter I of Chapter 10 of this title shall administer the provisions of this subchapter and shall have power to make such inspections and investigations as it may deem necessary; collect and compile statistical information; requ…

Before any rules or regulations of the Council of the District of Columbia shall become effective a public hearing shall be held by the Council for the purpose of investigating reasonable standards of safety in employment, places of employment, in the use of devices and safeguard…

Any member of the Board shall have power to administer oaths and the Board may require by subpoena the attendance and testimony of witnesses, the production of all books, registers, and other evidence relative to any matters under investigation, at any public hearing, or at any s…

The Board may, upon written application of any employer affected by such rule or regulation, permit variations from any provisions thereof if it shall find that the application of such provision would result in unnecessary hardship or practical difficulty, and notwithstanding suc…

The Board is hereby authorized to employ a Director of Industrial Safety, who shall not be a member of the Board. The Director shall perform such duties as may be prescribed by the Board in administering the provisions of this subchapter.

(a) Every employer shall furnish a place of employment which shall be reasonably safe for employees, shall furnish and use safety devices and safeguards, and shall adopt and use practices, means, methods, operations, and processes which are reasonably safe and adequate to render …

The Board, or any officer or employee acting under its authority, shall have the authority, at any reasonable time, to enter any place where an employment covered by this subchapter is being carried on, and to examine any structure, tool, appliance, machinery, or process used in …

The Mayor of the District of Columbia shall furnish the Board with such office space, furniture and equipment, stationery, books, books of reference, and other supplies as are necessary for the discharge of its duties under this subchapter.

The Board shall annually, on or before the 1st day of July, file with the Mayor of the District of Columbia a report covering its activities under this subchapter.

Whoever violates any of the provisions of this subchapter, or any rules or regulations promulgated hereunder, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor; and, upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by a fine of not less than $100 or more than $600, or by imprisonment of not exce…

(a) In the course of managing real property that it owns or in otherwise carrying out its functions in the public interest, the District may participate in real property developments as a property owner, lessor, proprietor, lender, or guarantor, facing similar risks and liabiliti…

(a) For each hotel development project in which the District participates or has a financial interest, the Mayor shall determine whether the District of Columbia has a proprietary interest in the development project. The District shall be deemed to have a proprietary interest in …

(a) The labor peace agreement shall be a written agreement between the employer and the labor organization that contains, at a minimum, a provision prohibiting the labor organization and its members from engaging in any picketing, work stoppage, boycott, or other economic interfe…

The requirements to enter into a labor peace agreement shall not apply to: (1) An employer employing fewer than the equivalent of 15 full-time or part-time employees at the development project; (2) An employer who is a signatory to a valid and binding collective bargaining agreem…

(a) Nothing in this chapter requires an employer to recognize a particular labor organization. (b) Nothing in this chapter requires an employer to enter into a collective bargaining agreement establishing the substantive terms and conditions of employment. (c) This chapter is not…

A request for proposals or invitation to bid or similar document regarding a District development project covered by this chapter shall include a summary description of and reference to the requirements of this chapter. Failure to include a description or reference to this chapte…

As used in this chapter, the term: (1) “Employee” means any natural person who performs any labor for compensation, in whole or in part, in the District of Columbia; but does not include: (A) Employees of any authority of the government of the United States other than the Distric…

(a) No employer or prospective employer shall administer, accept or use the results of any lie detector test in connection with the employment, application or consideration of an individual, or have administered, inside the District of Columbia, any lie detector test to any emplo…

(a) Any administration of a lie detector test to any employee or person seeking employment, in violation of § 32-902, shall be an unwarranted invasion of privacy in the District of Columbia, and shall be compensable by damages for tortious injury. (b) No contract or arbitration d…

(a) An employer may only test a prospective employee for marijuana use after a conditional offer of employment has been extended, unless otherwise required by law. (b) Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to: (1) Affect employee compliance with employer workplace drug polic…

Within 6 months after July 22, 2015, the Mayor shall: (1) Establish a public information campaign aimed at educating the public on the impact of marijuana use and abuse; (2) Report to the Council the type, frequency, provider, and school grade level of health-education programs i…

(a) The Council of the District of Columbia finds that persons employed in the District of Columbia should be paid at wages sufficient to provide adequate maintenance and to protect health. Any wage that is not sufficient to provide adequate maintenance and to protect health impa…

For the purposes of this subchapter: (1) The term “employ” includes to suffer or permit to work. (2) The term “employee” includes any individual employed by an employer, except that this term shall not include: (A) Any individual who, without payment and without expectation of an…

(a)(1) Except as provided in subsection (h) of this section, as of January 1, 2005, the minimum wage required to be paid to any employee by any employer in the District of Columbia shall be $6.60 an hour, or the minimum wage set by the United States government pursuant to the Fai…

(a) The minimum wage and overtime provisions of § 32-1003 shall not apply with respect to: (1) Any employee employed in a bona fide executive, administrative, or professional capacity, or in the capacity of outside salesman (as these terms are defined by the Secretary of Labor un…

(a) The Mayor or his authorized representative shall have the authority to: (1) Investigate and ascertain the wages of persons employed in any occupation in the District of Columbia; (2) Enter and inspect the place of business or employment of any employer in the District of Colu…