Title 51 — Social Security.

As used in this subchapter, unless the context indicates otherwise: (a)(1) The term “employer” means every individual and type of organization for whom services are performed in employment. (2)(A) “Employment” means: (i) Any service performed prior to January 1, 1978, which was e…

(a) There is hereby established the District Unemployment Fund, as a special deposit in the Treasury of the United States, into which shall be paid all contributions received or collected pursuant to this subchapter and from which shall be paid all benefits and refunds provided f…

(a) Each employer who employs 1 or more individuals in any employment shall for each month, beginning with the month of January 1936, and ending December 31, 1939, pay contributions equal to the following percentages of the total wages payable (regardless of the time of payment) …

(a) The contributions required by § 51-103, or payment in lieu of contributions under § 51-103(h), shall be paid to and collected by the Director, and shall, immediately upon collection, be deposited in the Clearing Account of the Fund. All moneys so required to be paid to and co…

Any nonresident employer, for whom services constituting employment subject to this subchapter are performed, shall be deemed to have appointed the Director of the Department of Transportation of the District of Columbia as his true and lawful attorney upon whom may be served all…

(a) All moneys received in the District Unemployment Fund from sources other than the Unemployment Trust Fund, except as provided in § 51-105(i) and § 51-101(2)(E)(iv), shall be immediately paid over to the Secretary of the Treasury to the credit of the Unemployment Trust Fund, t…

(a) On and after January 1, 1938, benefits shall become payable from the Benefit Account of the District Unemployment Fund. All benefits shall be paid through employment offices. (b)(1) An individual’s “weekly benefit amount” shall be an amount equal to one twenty-sixth (computed…

Moneys shall be requisitioned from the District of Columbia account in the Unemployment Trust Fund solely for the payment of benefits and refunds as provided under §§ 51-104(i) and 51-101(2)(E)(iv) in accordance with regulations prescribed by the Director. The Director shall from…

An unemployed individual shall be eligible to receive benefits with respect to any week only if it has been found by the Director: (1) That he has made a claim for benefits with respect to such week; (2) That he has during his base period been paid wages for employment by employe…

(a) An individual who is receiving benefits pursuant to § 51-109 or has exhausted his or her regular benefits so long as the benefit year on that claim has not expired and who is enrolled in an Educational Stepladder program certificate course shall be eligible for an extension o…

(a) For weeks commencing after March 15, 1983, any individual who left his most recent work voluntarily without good cause connected with the work, as determined under duly prescribed regulations, shall not be eligible for benefits until he has been employed in each of 10 subsequ…

(a) Claims for benefits shall be made in accordance with such regulations as the Director may prescribe. Each employer shall post and maintain in places readily accessible to individuals in his service printed statements concerning such regulations or such other matters as the Di…

Any person aggrieved by the decision of the Director may seek review of such decision in the District of Columbia Court of Appeals in accordance with the District of Columbia Administrative Procedure Act.

(a) The Director is hereby authorized and directed to administer the provisions of this subchapter. The Director is further authorized to employ such officers, examiners, accountants, attorneys, experts, agents, and other persons, and to make such expenditures as may be necessary…

(a) All moneys received by the Director from the United States under title III of the Social Security Act or from other sources for administering this subchapter shall, immediately upon such receipt, be deposited in the Treasury of the United States as a special deposit to be use…

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(a) The Director is hereby authorized to enter into reciprocal arrangements with appropriate and duly authorized agencies of other states or of the federal government, or both, whereby services performed by an individual for a single employing unit for which services are customar…

(a) Every employing unit, whether or not liable to pay contributions under § 51-103, shall keep such true and accurate work records with respect to all individuals employed by it as the Director may prescribe. Such records shall be open to inspection by the Director and shall be …

(a) No agreement by any individual to waive any of his rights under this subchapter or to pay any part of the contribution payable by his employer with respect to his or any other individual’s employment, shall be valid; nor shall any employer make, require, or permit any deducti…

(a) Whoever makes a false statement or representation knowing it to be false, or knowingly fails to disclose a material fact, to obtain or increase any benefit or other payment provided for in this subchapter or under an employment security law of any other state, of the federal …

The amount of all fines collected pursuant to the provisions of this subchapter shall be turned over to the Director and by the Director paid into the District Unemployment Fund.

(a) On the request of the Director the United States Attorney for the District of Columbia shall represent the Director in any action in court arising under this subchapter, or in connection with the administration and enforcement of its provisions, or the rules and regulations a…

All audits herein prescribed shall be made by the Office of the Inspector General in the same manner as are all other audits of the District.

All rights, privileges, or immunities conferred by this subchapter or by acts done pursuant thereto shall exist subject to the power of Congress to amend or repeal this subchapter at any time.

If any provisions of this subchapter, or the application thereof to any person or circumstances, is held invalid, the remainder of the subchapter, and the application of such provision to other persons or circumstances, shall not be affected thereby.

This subchapter shall take effect as of 12:01 antemeridian on the first day of the next succeeding calendar quarter following August 28, 1935.

This subchapter may be cited as the “District of Columbia Unemployment Compensation Act.”

(a) Wherever this subchapter prescribes the performance of a duty by any official or agency of the District of Columbia, such duty shall be performed by the Mayor of the District of Columbia or such officer, employee, or agency as the Mayor may delegate to perform the duty for hi…

(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this subchapter, no otherwise eligible individual shall be denied benefits for any week because the individual was separated from employment by discharge or voluntary or involuntary resignation due to domestic violence against the indivi…

A claimant may be eligible to receive benefits for separation from employment due to domestic violence provided that one of the following is submitted to support the claim of domestic violence: (1) A police report or record; (2) A governmental agency or court record, such as a co…

Benefits paid pursuant to this part shall not be charged to the experience rating accounts of employers, except that this section shall not apply to employers who have elected to make payments in lieu of contributions under § 51-103(f) and (h).

(a) Within 180 days of June 19, 2004, and pursuant to § 51-113, the Director shall institute a program for the training and development of employees who have been designated by the Director to make the initial determination whether benefits may be payable to a claimant. The train…

The Director shall each year submit to the Mayor, for inclusion in the Mayor’s report to the Council, as required by § 51-113(c), the number of individuals who received benefits for separation from employment due to domestic violence.

The release of information pertaining to a domestic violence claimant, in addition to the requirements of § 51-113, shall require that: (1) The Director notify the claimant prior to the release of any information; (2) The Director shall take reasonable actions to prevent the unne…

Appropriations for the District of Columbia shall be available for payment by the District of Columbia of its contributions as an employer, in accordance with the provisions of subchapter I of this chapter.

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For the purposes of this subchapter, the term: (1) “Affected unit” means an employer or its specified department, shift, or other unit of 2 or more employees that is designated by the employer to participate in a shared work plan. (2) “Director” means the Director of the Departme…

The Director shall establish a shared work unemployment compensation program as provided by this subchapter. The Director may adopt rules and establish procedures necessary to administer the shared work unemployment compensation program.

An employer who wishes to participate in the shared work unemployment compensation program shall submit a written shared work plan to the Director for the Director’s approval. As a condition for approval, a participating employer shall agree to furnish the Director with reports r…

(a) The Director may approve a shared work plan if: (1) The shared work plan applies to and identifies a specific affected unit; (2) The employer has at least 2 employees; (3) The employees in the affected unit are identified by name and social security number; (4) The shared wor…

(a) A shared work plan shall be effective on the date that it is approved by the Director, except that, for good cause shown, a shared work plan may be made effective retroactive to any time within a period of 14 days prior to the date the plan is approved by the Director. The sh…

An employer may modify a shared work plan created pursuant to this subchapter to meet changed conditions if the modification does not substantially modify the basic provisions of the shared work plan as approved by the Director. The employer shall report the changes made to the s…

(a) For the purposes of this subchapter, and notwithstanding any other provisions of the employment security law, an individual shall be deemed to be unemployed and eligible for shared work benefits in any week in which the individual, as an employee in an affected unit, works fo…

(a) The Director shall pay an individual who is eligible for shared work benefits under this subchapter a weekly shared work benefit amount equal to the individual’s regular weekly benefit amount for a period of total unemployment multiplied by the nearest full percentage of redu…