Source: http://dccode.elaws.us/code?no=2-219.03
Timestamp: 2019-11-21 03:00:22
Document Index: 79433283

Matched Legal Cases: ['§ 2', '§ 2', '§ 2', '§ 2', '§ 3141', '§ 1', '§ 2', '§ 2', '§ 2']

§ 2-219.03. Employment agreements required.
(1) Give first preference to unemployed District residents pursuant to § 2- 219.01(6)(A); and
(2) Give second preference to unemployed District residents pursuant to § 2- 219.01(6)(B).
(viii) Total number of all employees hired for the reporting period and the cumulative total number of employees hired, including each employee's:
(iii) A retail or commercial tenant that is a beneficiary as defined under § 2-219.01(1)(C) and is covered by this paragraph shall be subject to the hiring and reporting requirements set forth in this paragraph for 5 years following the commencement of the tenant's initial lease date.
(F)(i) Bids and proposals responding to a solicitation for a government-assisted project or contract covered by this paragraph shall include an initial employment plan outlining the bidder or offeror's strategy to meet the local hiring requirements as part of its response to the solicitation. These plans shall be evaluated and scored by the Mayor based on the criteria listed in sub-sub-subparagraphs (I), (II), and (III) of this sub-subparagraph. The evaluation shall be worth 10% of the overall score of the bid or proposal. The employment plan shall include the following:
(I) Descriptions of the health and retirement benefits provided to employees who worked on any of the bidder or offeror's past 3 completed projects or contracts;
(II) A description of the bidder or offeror's efforts to provide District residents with ongoing employment and training opportunities after they complete work on the job for which they were initially hired; and
(III) A disclosure of past compliance with the Workforce Act and the Davis-Bacon Act of 1931, approved March 3, 1931 (46 Stat. 1494; 40 U.S.C. § 3141 et seq.) ("Davis-Bacon Act"), where applicable, on projects or contracts completed within the last 2 years.
(XIV) A disclosure of past compliance with the Workforce Act and the Davis-Bacon Act, where applicable, and the bidder or offeror's general District-resident hiring practices on projects or contracts completed within the last 2 years.
(G) For the purpose of calculating hours worked by District residents, beneficiaries covered by this paragraph may receive double credit for hours worked by District residents who are certified by the Department of Employment Services as hard to employ as long as they include the resident's hard-to-employ certification as part of the monthly reporting. No more than 15% of the total hours worked by District residents may be comprised of double-credit hours.
(H) For the purpose of calculating hours worked by District residents, beneficiaries covered by this paragraph may count any hours worked by District residents on other completed projects or contracts subject to and in excess of the Workforce Act's hiring requirements that are certified by the Mayor.
(B)(i) Bids and proposals responding to a solicitation for a government-assisted project or contract covered by this paragraph shall include an initial employment plan outlining the bidder or offeror's strategy to meet the local hiring requirements as part of its response to the solicitation. These plans shall be evaluated and scored by the Mayor based on the criteria listed in sub-sub-subparagraphs (I), (II), and (III) of this sub-subparagraph. The evaluation shall be worth 10% of the overall score of the bid or proposal. The employment plan shall include the following:
(II) A description of the bidder or offeror's efforts to provide District residents with ongoing employment, training, and career advancement opportunities; and
(IX) A strategy to hire graduates of District of Columbia Public Schools, District of Columbia public charter schools, and community-based job training providers, and hard-to- employ residents; and
(X) A disclosure of past compliance with the Workforce Act, where applicable, and the bidder or offeror's general District hiring practices on projects or contracts completed within the past 2 years.
(C) For the purpose of calculating hours worked and full-time and part-time salaried positions filled by District residents, beneficiaries covered by this paragraph may receive double credit for hours worked and for full-time and part-time salaried positions filled by District residents who are certified by the Department of Employment Services as hard to employ as long as they include the resident's hard-to-employ certification as part of the monthly reporting. No more than 15% of the total hours worked and full-time and part-time salaried positions filled by hard-to-employ District residents may be comprised of double-credit hours or double-credit full-time and part-time salaried positions.
(D) For the purpose of calculating hours worked and full-time and part-time salaried positions filled by District residents, beneficiaries covered by this paragraph may count any hours worked and full-time and part-time salaried positions filled by District residents on other completed projects or contracts subject to and in excess of the Workforce Act's hiring requirements that are certified by the Mayor.
(i) The Department of Employment Services has certified that a good- faith effort to comply has been demonstrated by the beneficiary;
1981 Ed., § 1-1163.
D.C. Law 15-295 rewrote subsec. (f) which had reads follows:
"(f) Nonprofit organizations shall be exempt from subsection (e) of this section."
D.C. Law 19-84, in subsec. (a), substituted "government-assisted project or contract" for "government-assisted project"; rewrote subsecs. (c) and (e); and repealed subsec. (d). Prior to amendment or repeal, subsecs. (c), (d), and (e) read as follows:
"(c) The Chief Procurement Officer and each District Contracting Officer shall transmit each employment agreement to the Department of Employment Services.
"(d) Each beneficiary shall submit to the Department of Employment Services, every month following the execution of the contract, a contract compliance report for the project that includes the:
"(1) Number of employees needed;
"(2) Number of current employees transferred;
"(3) Number of new job openings created;
"(4) Number of job openings listed with the Department of Employment Services;
"(5) Total number of all District residents hired for the reporting period and the cumulative total number of District residents hired; and
"(6) Total number of all employees hired for the reporting period and the cumulative total number of employees hired, including:
"(B) Social security number;
"(C) Job title;
"(D) Hire date;
"(E) Residence; and
"(F) Referral source for all new hires.
"(e)(1) The Chief Procurement Officer and each District Contracting Officer shall include in each government-assisted project, totalling $100,000 or more, the provision that 51% of the new employees hired for the project shall be District residents.
"(2) With the submission of the final request for payment from the District, the beneficiary shall:
"(A) Document in a report to the Contracting Officer its compliance with paragraph (1) of this subsection; or
"(B) Submit a request to the Contracting Officer for a waiver of compliance with paragraph (1) of this subsection and include the following documentation:
"(i) Material supporting a good faith effort to comply;
"(ii) Referrals provided by the Department of Employment Services and other referral sources; and
"(iii) Advertisement of job openings listed with the Department of Employment Services and other referral sources.
"(3) The Contracting Officer may waive the provisions of paragraph (1) of this subsection if the Contracting Officer finds that:
"(A) A good faith effort to comply is demonstrated by the beneficiary;
"(B) The beneficiary is located outside the Washington Standard Metropolitan Statistical Area and none of the contract work is performed inside the Washington Standard Metropolitan Statistical Area;
"(C) The beneficiary enters into a special workforce development training or placement arrangement with the Department of Employment Services; or
"(D) The Department of Employment Services certifies that there are insufficient numbers of District residents in the labor market possessing the skills required by the positions created as a result of the contract.
"(4) Willful breach of the employment agreement, or failure to submit the contract compliance report pursuant to paragraph (2) of this subsection, or deliberate submission of falsified data, may be enforced by the Contracting Officer through the imposition of penalties, including monetary fines of 5% of the total amount of the direct and indirect labor costs of the contract. The payment shall be remitted to the Department of Employment Services for job training programs, subject to appropriations by Congress.
"(5) The beneficiary may appeal any decision of the Contracting Officer pursuant to paragraph (4) of this subsection to the Contract Appeals Board as provided in the contract.
"(6) The provisions of this subsection shall not apply to government-assisted projects entered into prior to September 6, 2001."
For legislative history of D.C. Law 5-93, see Historical and Statutory Notes following § 2-219.01.
For legislative history of D.C. Law 9-210, see Historical and Statutory Notes following § 2-219.01.
Law 14-24, the "51 Percent District Residents New Hires Amendment Act of 2001", was introduced in Council and assigned Bill No. 14-27, which was referred to the Committee on Public Service. The Bill was adopted on first and second readings on April 3, 2001, and May 1, 2001, respectively. Approved without the signature of the Mayor on May 24, 2001, it was assigned Act No. 14-74 and transmitted to both Houses of Congress for its review. D.C. Law 14-24 became effective on September 6, 2001.
Law 15-295, the "Apprenticeship Requirements Amendment Act of 2004", was introduced in Council and assigned Bill No. 15-884, which was referred to the Committee on Public Services. The Bill was adopted on first and second readings on November 9, 2004, and December 7, 2004, respectively. Signed by the Mayor on December 29, 2004, it was assigned Act No. 15-691 and transmitted to both Houses of Congress for its review. D.C. Law 15-295 became effective on April 8, 2005.
For history of Law 19-84, see notes under § 2-219.01
Delegation of authority pursuant to Law 5-93, see Mayor's Order 86-66, April 22, 1986.