Title 32 — Labor.

(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…

(a) The purpose of this chapter is to further the policy of the District of Columbia to encourage and assist blind individuals and individuals with other severe disabilities to achieve maximum personal independence through useful and productive gainful employment by assuring an e…

For the purposes of this chapter: (1) The term “blind” refers to an individual or class of individuals whose central visual acuity does not exceed 20/200 in the better eye with correcting lenses or whose visual acuity, if better than 20/200, is accompanied by a limit to the field…

(a) There is hereby created a Committee for Purchase of Products and Services of the Blind and Other Individuals with Severe Disabilities (hereinafter referred to as the “Committee”) to be appointed by the Mayor of the District of Columbia (hereinafter referred to as the “Mayor”)…

(a) The duties of the Committee shall be as follows: (1) To determine the price of all products manufactured and services provided by the blind and other individuals with severe disabilities and offered for sale to the various agencies of the District government by any qualified …

(a) If any agency of the District government intends to procure any product or service on the procurement list, that agency shall, in accordance with rules and regulations not contrary to the procurement laws and rules and regulations of the District of Columbia and of the Commit…

(a) There is established a Rehabilitation Services Program that shall provide comprehensive, coordinated, efficient, and accountable federally subsidized services to individuals with disabilities, including individuals with significant disabilities, to assist those individuals in…

The Rehabilitation Services Program may: (1) Receive and administer grants, as necessary, to provide services to assist individuals with disabilities in achieving or maintaining gainful employment; and (2) Enter into contracts or other agreements, as necessary, to provide service…

The Mayor, pursuant to subchapter I of Chapter 5 of Title 2, shall issue rules to implement the provisions of this subchapter.

For the purposes of this chapter the term: (1) “District” means the District of Columbia. (2) “Employer” means any individual or business which employs 1 or more individuals and which receives or seeks to receive the services of an employment agency or employer-paid personnel ser…

(a)(1) No individual, partnership, association, corporation, contractor, or subcontractor shall operate an employment agency, employment counseling service, or employer-paid personnel service in the District without first obtaining a license for that purpose from the Mayor. (2) A…

(a) Every applicant for a license to operate an employment agency, employment counseling service, or job listing service, prior to receiving a license, shall file with the Mayor a bond signed by the applicant as principal and by a surety company authorized to do business in the D…

(a) Each employment agency shall maintain a file of all its advertisements identified by date and publication. All advertisements and other promotional material shall carry the name under which the employment agency is licensed to do business. (b) Any employment agency which uses…

(a) Each employment counseling service shall maintain a file of all of its advertisements identified by date and publication. All advertisements and other promotional material shall carry the name under which the employment counseling service is licensed to do business, and shall…

(a) Each employer-paid personnel service shall maintain a file of all of its advertisements identified by date and publication. All advertisements and other promotional material shall carry the name under which the employer-paid personnel service is licensed to do business. (b) A…

(a) Each job listing service shall maintain a file of all its advertisements identified by date and publication. All advertisements and other promotional material shall carry the name under which the job listing service is licensed to do business. (b) Any job listing service whic…

It shall be unlawful for any employment agency, employment counseling service, employer-paid personnel service, job listing service, or employment counselor to fail or refuse to provide service to any person for any reason based on race, color, religion, national origin, sex, age…

An employment agency, employment counseling service, employer-paid personnel service, or employment counselor shall obtain the express written authorization of a job-seeker before disclosing the job-seeker’s name, home address, or telephone number to any person other than to the …

(a) The Mayor may investigate the manner in which all employment agencies, employment counseling services, employer-paid personnel services, and job listing services doing business in the District conduct their businesses, and may examine at any time during business hours any and…

(a) The Mayor, in the performance of any duty or the execution of any power prescribed by this chapter, may administer oaths or affirmations, certify official acts, take and cause to be taken depositions of witnesses, issue subpoenas, and compel the attendance of witnesses and pr…

(a)(1) When the Mayor, after investigation, has cause to believe that any individual, partnership, association, corporation, contractor, or subcontractor is violating any provision of this chapter, the Mayor may issue an order requiring the alleged violator immediately to cease a…

Upon receipt of a complaint against an employment agency, employment counseling service, employer-paid personnel service, job listing service, or employment counselor, the Mayor may seek to mediate the dispute or arrange for arbitration by an impartial arbitrator or panel of arbi…

(a) Any individual, partnership, association, corporation, contractor, or subcontractor who opens, operates, or maintains an employment agency, employment counseling service, employer-paid personnel service, or job listing service, or any person acting in the capacity of an emplo…

(a) The Mayor shall issue, and may amend from time to time, rules and regulations to implement the provisions of this chapter. (b) By issuance of a Mayor’s Order, the Mayor may delegate the powers and duties assigned to the Mayor by this chapter.

The requirements of this chapter shall not apply to: (1) Any employer who directly hires and compensates employees for the exclusive purpose of furnishing part-time or temporary help to others and does not in any way offer or attempt to place the employees in permanent jobs with …

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…

(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…

(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 …

(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…

(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-…

(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…

(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: (…

(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…

(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…

(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…

(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…

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.

(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…

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.

Expired.

(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…

(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…

For the purposes of this chapter, the term “broadcasting industry employment contract” means an employment contract executed, extended, or renewed after January 1, 2003 between a person, other than a sales representative, and a legal entity that owns or operates one or more telev…

A broadcasting industry employment contract provision that requires an employee or prospective employee to refrain from obtaining similar employment with another broadcasting industry employer following expiration of the contract or upon termination of employment shall be unenfor…

Any broadcasting industry employer who violates § 32-532 shall be liable for damages, attorney’s fees, and costs.

For the purposes of this chapter, the term: (1) “Council” means the Council of the District of Columbia. (2) “District” means the District of Columbia government. (3) “Discriminatory wage differentials” means differences in rates of pay resulting from the use of discriminatory wa…

(a) There is established a Temporary Commission on Pay Equity and Training (“Commission”). (b) The Commission shall consist of 15 members appointed as follows: (1) Five members appointed by the Mayor who shall include: (A) The Director of the Office of Personnel or the Director’s…

Beginning 30 days after February 24, 1987: (1) The Commission shall determine the design and methodology of the study and any other matters concerning the conduct of the study that the Commission may consider appropriate. These specifications shall be forwarded to the Department …

(a) In order to carry out the purposes of this chapter, the Department of Administrative Services shall provide, by contract with the consultant selected under § 32-603, for the conduct of a study and the preparation of a report by the consultant: (1) Containing the findings of t…

(a) Each agency of government shall cooperate with the consultant selected pursuant to § 32-603(2) in the conduct of the study under this chapter. Each agency shall provide any data, reports, or other information, in a timely manner, that the consultant may request in the course …