Title 32 — Labor.

(a) This chapter shall apply to the following employees, except persons employed less than 15 hours per week and except persons employed in an executive, administrative, or professional capacity as defined by the Secretary of Labor under § 13(a)(1) of the Fair Labor Standards Act…

(a) The present contractor within a period of 10 days after the awarding of a contract shall make available to prospective contractors the names of all employees of the present contractor employed at the site or sites covered by the prospective contract, the date each employee wa…

(a) An employee who has been wrongfully discharged by a new contractor may bring an action in the Superior Court of the District of Columbia and may be awarded: (1) Back pay for each day the violation continues at a rate of compensation not less than the higher of: (A) The averag…

For the purposes of this chapter, the term: (a)(1) “Domestic violence” means an intrafamily offense as defined in § 16-1001(5) [now (8)]. (2) “Employee” means any individual employed by an employer, but shall not include: (A) Any individual who, without payment and without expect…

(a)(1) An employer with 100 or more employees shall provide for each employee not less than one hour of paid leave for every 37 hours worked, not to exceed 7 days per calendar year. (2) An employer with at least 25, but not more than 99, employees shall provide for each employee …

Paid leave shall be provided upon the written request of an employee upon notice as provided in this section. The request shall include a reason for the absence involved and the expected duration of the paid leave. If the paid leave is foreseeable, the request shall be provided a…

(a)(1) An employer may require that paid leave under § 32-131.02(b) for 3 or more consecutive days be supported by reasonable certification. (2) Reasonable certification may include: (A) A signed document from a health care provider, as defined in § 32-501(5), affirming the illne…

(a) An employer with a paid leave policy providing paid leave options, such as a paid time-off program or universal leave policy, shall not be required to modify such policy if the policy offers an employee the option, at the employee’s discretion, to accrue and use leave under t…

(a) This chapter shall not diminish the obligation of an employer to comply with any contract, collective bargaining agreement, or any employment benefit program or plan that provides greater paid leave rights to employees than the rights established under this chapter. (b) The p…

This chapter shall not prevent an employer from the adoption or retention of a paid leave policy more generous than the one required by this chapter.

(a) A person shall not interfere with, restrain, or deny the exercise of, or the attempt to exercise, any right provided by this chapter. (b) An employer shall not discharge or discriminate in any manner against an employee because the employee: (1) Opposes any practice by an emp…

(a) The Mayor shall prescribe, and the Mayor shall provide to employers, 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 …

This chapter shall be administered by the Department of Employment Services.

All civil or administrative complaints brought under this chapter shall be filed within 3 years of the event or final instance of a series of events on which the complaint is based, except the 3-year period shall be tolled for the duration of any period during which the employer …

(a) Employers shall retain records documenting hours worked by employees and paid leave taken by employees for a period of 3 years, and shall allow the Mayor and the Office of the District of Columbia Auditor access to the records, with appropriate notice and at a mutually agreea…

This chapter shall not: (1) Supersede any provision of law or contract that provides greater employee paid leave rights than the rights established under this chapter; or (2) Modify or affect any federal or District law prohibiting discrimination on the basis of race, color, reli…

(a)(1) An employee or similarly situated employees injured by a violation of this chapter shall be entitled to maintain a civil action or an administrative action. (2) When an administrative complaint is filed against any employer or other person alleged to have violated this cha…

The Mayor, pursuant to subchapter I of Chapter 5 of Title 2, may issue rules to implement the provisions of this chapter. If rules are promulgated, the Mayor shall submit the proposed rules to the Council for a 30-day period of review, excluding Saturdays, Sundays, legal holidays…

The Mayor shall exempt, by rule, businesses that can prove hardship as a result of this chapter. The Mayor shall submit the proposed hardship exemption rules to the Council for a 45-day period of review, excluding Saturdays, Sunday, legal holidays, and days of Council recess. If …

The District of Columbia Auditor shall prepare and submit to the Mayor and Council, annually, a report of this chapter’s economic impact on the private sector. Among other things, the District of Columbia Auditor shall audit a sample of District businesses to determine: (1) The c…

(a) The Department of Employment Services shall develop and implement a multilingual outreach program to inform employees of the availability of paid leave under this chapter. (b) The program shall include the distribution of notices and other written materials in English and in …

(a) This chapter shall apply 6 months after May 13, 2008. (b) In the case of a collective bargaining agreement in effect on the effective date set forth in subsection (a) of this section, this chapter shall apply on the earlier of the date of the termination of the agreement or t…

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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 …

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…

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…

(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. (…

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.

(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 …

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…

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…

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,…

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…

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…

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…

(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-…

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…

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…

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…

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 …

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…

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, …

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

(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 …

(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…

(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…