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DC Code § 32-175.01 (2021)
2021 District of Columbia Code|Title 32 - Labor|Chapter 1D-ii - Workplace Rights Grant Program|§ 32-175.01. Definitions

 *NOTE: This section was created by emergency legislation with identical permanent legislation that will become effective in January, 2022.*   For the purposes of this chapter, the term: (1) "Activities" means conducting outreach to, providing worker education to, or providing legal services for eligible individuals related to employment laws. (2) "Community-based organization" means a nonprofit organization, including a legal services provider, headquartered in the District of Columbia whose purpose OAG determines is aligned with one or more purposes of the Program. (3) "Eligible individual" means an individual who works in the District. (4) "Employment laws" means workplace leave laws and: (A) Subchapter I of Chapter 10 of this title; (B) Chapter 13 of this title; (C) Subchapter I of Chapter 1 of Title 51; and (D) Federal laws that relate to or provide similar rights as the laws identified in subparagraphs (A) through (C) of this paragraph, including the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938, approved June 25, 1938 (52 Stat. 1060; 29 U.S.C. § 201 et seq.), and the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993, approved February 5, 1993 (107 Stat. 6; 29 U.S.C. § 2611 et seq.). (5) "Grantee" means a community-based organization in receipt of a Program grant issued pursuant to § 32-175.02. (6) "Legal services" means the provision of legal advice, assistance, or representation regarding an individual's rights or responsibilities related to a particular matter or more general matters. (7) "Legal services provider" means a nonprofit organization or clinical program headquartered in the District that provides legal services. (8) "Low- or moderate-income eligible individual" means an individual who works in the District and who earns an hourly wage or salary equivalent to less than 3 times the District minimum wage or who has a household income that falls at or below 400% of the federal poverty guidelines issued by the United States Department of Health and Human Services. (9) "OAG" means the Office of the Attorney General for the District of Columbia. (10) "Program" means the Workplace Rights Grant Program established pursuant to § 32-175.02. (11) "Workplace leave laws" means laws that provide for eligible individuals to take leave from their employment and protect the right to do so, and include the: (A) Subchapter III of Chapter 5 of this title; (B) Subchapter IV of Chapter 5 of this title; (C) Subchapter V of Chapter 5 of this title; and (D) Chapter 12A of this title.  (Aug. 23, 2021, D.C. Act 24-159, § 4152, 68 DCR 008602.)  Emergency Legislation  For temporary (90 days) creation of this section, see § 4152 of Fiscal Year 2022 Budget Support Emergency Act of 2021 (D.C. Act 24-159, Aug. 23, 2021, 68 DCR 008602).
DC Code § 32-175.02 (2021)
2021 District of Columbia Code|Title 32 - Labor|Chapter 1D-ii - Workplace Rights Grant Program|§ 32-175.02. Establishment of Program and issuance of grants

 *NOTE: This section was created by emergency legislation with identical permanent legislation that will become effective in January, 2022.*  (a) There is established the Workplace Rights Grant Program for the purpose of authorizing OAG to provide grants to community-based organizations to conduct activities with eligible individuals related to employment laws and to inform the OAG's work related to employment laws. (b) OAG shall administer the Program by: (1) Issuing Program grants to community-based organizations to provide: (A) Outreach and worker education; (B) Outreach and legal services; or (C) A combination of outreach, worker education, and legal services. (2) Awarding Program grants at least annually, which may include the continuation or renewal of multi-year grants, to at least 2 qualified community-based organizations; (3) Adopting policies, procedures, guidelines, and requirements for the grants, including performance measures and target outcomes; and (4) Issuing all grants pursuant to the requirements set forth in tsubchapter XII-A of Chapter 3 of Title 1. (c) OAG may: (1) Require that at least 95% of the individuals served by a Program grant in a grant year be low- or moderate-income eligible individuals or reasonably believed to be low- or moderate-income eligible individuals; and (2) Pay grants on a performance basis or a reimbursable basis. (d) Program grants shall: (1) Have a duration of at least one year and up to 3 years, subject to the availability of appropriations and contingent on satisfactory performance by a grantee during the grant's first year or, if applicable, the grant's second year; and (2) Be for not less than $100,000 per year per grant.  (Aug. 23, 2021, D.C. Act 24-159, § 4152, 68 DCR 008602.)  Emergency Legislation  For temporary (90 days) creation of this section, see § 4152 of Fiscal Year 2022 Budget Support Emergency Act of 2021 (D.C. Act 24-159, Aug. 23, 2021, 68 DCR 008602).
DC Code § 32-175.03 (2021)
2021 District of Columbia Code|Title 32 - Labor|Chapter 1D-ii - Workplace Rights Grant Program|§ 32-175.03. Grantee eligibility requirements

 *NOTE: This section was created by emergency legislation with identical permanent legislation that will become effective in January, 2022.*  (a)(1) To be eligible for a grant authorized under this chapter, a community-based organization shall: (A) Demonstrate in its application that it is well qualified to engage in the types of activities which will be funded, in whole or in part, by the grant; (B) Specify in its grant application the planned staff, schedule, format, and intended audience of the activities it plans to provide and provide a summary of the content of any worker education that will be carried out during the grant period; (C) Have the capacity to provide free legal services if applying to be a legal services provider; and (D) Include other information as required by OAG. (2)(A) In addition to the criteria specified in paragraph (1) of this subsection, to be eligible for Program grant funds, a community-based organization that is not a legal services provider shall demonstrate that it possesses at least 3 years' experience: (i) Conducting outreach to and establishing working relationships with significant numbers of eligible individuals; and (ii) Working on or assisting workers to secure rights under employment laws. (B) A community-based organization that does not satisfy the criteria in subparagraph (A)(i) of this paragraph may receive a Program grant if it applies in partnership with a community-based organization that meets the requirements of subparagraph (A)(i) and (ii) of this paragraph.  (Aug. 23, 2021, D.C. Act 24-159, § 4152, 68 DCR 008602.)  Emergency Legislation  For temporary (90 days) creation of this section, see § 4152 of Fiscal Year 2022 Budget Support Emergency Act of 2021 (D.C. Act 24-159, Aug. 23, 2021, 68 DCR 008602).
DC Code § 32-175.04 (2021)
2021 District of Columbia Code|Title 32 - Labor|Chapter 1D-ii - Workplace Rights Grant Program|§ 32-175.04. Grant uses

 *NOTE: This section was created by emergency legislation with identical permanent legislation that will become effective in January, 2022.*   *NOTE: This section was created by emergency legislation with identical permanent legislation that will become effective in January, 2022.*  (a) Grantees may conduct activities: (1) Regarding a subset of employment laws; and (2) With workers in a single occupational group; provided, that the grant application demonstrates that such occupational group experiences significant, disproportionately high, or persistent violations of employment laws or that the occupational group requires targeted assistance in order to access programs under employment laws. (b) Grantees that provide worker education shall provide, to an eligible individual or group of eligible individuals, information on the rights and responsibilities of accessing benefits under employment laws, recognizing violations of and learning how to prevent or rectify violations of employment laws, or learning how to assist others to take steps to prevent or rectify violations of employment laws.  (Aug. 23, 2021, D.C. Act 24-159, § 4152, 68 DCR 008602.)  Emergency Legislation  For temporary (90 days) creation of this section, see § 4152 of Fiscal Year 2022 Budget Support Emergency Act of 2021 (D.C. Act 24-159, Aug. 23, 2021, 68 DCR 008602).
DC Code § 32-175.05 (2021)
2021 District of Columbia Code|Title 32 - Labor|Chapter 1D-ii - Workplace Rights Grant Program|§ 32-175.05. Transparency and reporting

 *NOTE: This section was created by emergency legislation with identical permanent legislation that will become effective in January, 2022.*  (a) OAG annually shall collect the following information from grantees: (1) The number of eligible individuals served by gender, race, ethnicity, primary language, and age; (2) The number of eligible individuals served by state of residence, and for District residents, by election ward; (3) The occupational groups of eligible individuals served and the number of individuals served in each occupational group; (4) A list of the activities provided, with a descriptive summary of each activity; (5) The number of eligible individuals served in relation to each employment law or set of employment laws; (6) Performance outcomes; and (7) An evaluation of implementation challenges and recommendations for future improvements. (b) OAG annually shall provide to the Council a report that includes: (1) A list of grantees and the amount of grant funding provided to each; (2) For each grantee, the information provided to OAG pursuant to subsection (a) of this section; and (3) An overall evaluation of the Program, including implementation challenges and recommendations for future improvements. (c) OAG may not require grantees to release to OAG any personally identifying information in connection with the preparation or provision of the reports described in this section.  (Aug. 23, 2021, D.C. Act 24-159, § 4152, 68 DCR 008602.)  Emergency Legislation  For temporary (90 days) creation of this section, see § 4152 of Fiscal Year 2022 Budget Support Emergency Act of 2021 (D.C. Act 24-159, Aug. 23, 2021, 68 DCR 008602).
DC Code § 32-181.01 (2021)
2021 District of Columbia Code|Title 32 - Labor|Chapter 1E - Unemployment Insurance Information Technology Benefits and Tax System; Certain Information to be Available When American Job Centers are Closed|§ 32-181.01. Unemployment insurance modernization requirements

(a) The Department of Employment Services ("DOES") shall launch an integrated, fully modernized, and fully functioning unemployment insurance information technology benefits and tax system ("benefits system") for public use no later than September 30, 2022. (b) The benefits system shall include an internet accessible public interface that: (1) Can be accessed from all major internet browsers and used on mobile devices and personal computers; (2) Is accessible to people with disabilities in compliance with section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, approved September 26, 1973 (87 Stat. 394; 29 U.S.C. § 794), and Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, approved July 26, 1990 (104 Stat. 337; 42 U.S.C. § 12131 et seq.); and (3) Complies with subchapter II of Chapter 19 of Title 2. (c)(1) The Office of Contracting and Procurement ("OCP"), in consultation with DOES, should issue a Request for Proposals for the full modernization of the benefits system, consistent with the requirements of subsections (a) and (b) of this section, no later than October 30, 2020. (2) The OCP should award a contract for the full modernization of the benefits system no later than January 15, 2021.  (Dec. 3, 2020, D.C. Law 23-149, § 2112, 67 DCR 10493.)
DC Code § 32-181.02 (2021)
2021 District of Columbia Code|Title 32 - Labor|Chapter 1E - Unemployment Insurance Information Technology Benefits and Tax System; Certain Information to be Available When American Job Centers are Closed|§ 32-181.02. Certain information to be available when American Job Centers are closed

(a) Beginning no later than 15 days after December 3, 2020, on any day when American Job Centers are closed (excluding weekends, holidays, and staff training days), the Department of Employment Services ("DOES") shall provide the following materials at its headquarters from 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.: (1) Hard copies of unemployment insurance benefits applications, with hard copies of all instructions that are available online for completing the application; (2) Hard copies of DOES complaint forms for violations of District labor laws, including wage and hour, accrued paid sick time, and workers' compensation laws, with hard copies of all instructions that are available online for completing each form; (3) Envelopes individuals may use in submitting their applications and complaint forms, with space on the outside to identify the form being submitted; and (4) A locked box with a slot into which individuals may deposit their completed applications and complaint forms. (b) The DOES shall make the materials identified in subsection (a) of this section available in a location at its headquarters that is publicly and handicap accessible.  (Dec. 3, 2020, D.C. Law 23-149, § 2113, 67 DCR 10493.)
DC Code § 32-403 (2021)
2021 District of Columbia Code|Title 32 - Labor|Chapter 4 - Employment Services Licensing and Regulation|§ 32-403. Bonding requirements

(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 District as a surety. (b)(1) Any employment agency or employment counseling service whose average fee for job-seekers is $2,000 or more and which enters into contracts with 100 or more job-seekers per year shall file a bond in the amount of $100,000. (2) Any employment agency or employment counseling service whose average fee for job-seekers is less than $2,000 or which enters into contracts with fewer than 100 job-seekers per year shall file a bond in the amount of $50,000. (3) Each job listing service shall file a bond in the amount of $5,000. (c) Each bond shall be in favor of the District for the benefit of any job-seeker injured by the employment agency or employment counseling service or any purchaser of job lists from the job listing service when the job-seeker or purchaser is unable to recover directly from the licensee for the injury. The liability of the surety under any bond may not exceed the amount of the bond, regardless of the number or amount of claims filed. If the claims filed should exceed the amount of the bond, the surety shall pay the amount of the bond to the Mayor for distribution to claimants entitled to restitution and shall be relieved of all liability under the bond. (d) Upon commencement of any action or actions against the surety based upon the bond for an aggregate amount exceeding the amount of the bond, the Mayor may require the licensee to obtain an additional bond in an amount to be determined by the Mayor. The licensee’s failure to file the new and additional bond within 30 days from the date of the Mayor’s requirement shall constitute cause for revocation of the license. (e) Each applicant for renewal of a license to operate an employment agency, employment counseling service, or job listing service, prior to receiving the license renewal, shall file with the Mayor evidence that the bond required by this section remains in force. (f) The Mayor may accept an irrevocable letter of credit from a financial institution authorized to do business in the District, or evidence of cash deposited in an escrow account in a financial institution in the District in the name of the licensee and the District in lieu of the bond required by this section. The letter of credit or escrow account shall be in the amounts required by subsection (b) of this section.  (Mar. 13, 1985, D.C. Law 5-136, § 4, 31 DCR 5727.)  Prior Codifications 1981 Ed., § 36-1003.
DC Code § 32-406 (2021)
2021 District of Columbia Code|Title 32 - Labor|Chapter 4 - Employment Services Licensing and Regulation|§ 32-406. Requirements for operation of employer-paid personnel services

(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) Any employer-paid personnel service which uses any statistics regarding its placement rate, success rate, or other similar statistics in its advertising, promotional materials, or oral or written statements to job-seekers shall maintain records from which the Mayor can determine the accuracy of these statistics. (c) Each employer-paid personnel service shall keep detailed records of the following information on forms approved by the Mayor: (1) The names, home addresses, and telephone numbers of all job-seekers interviewed by the employer-paid personnel service; (2) The name of each employer placing a job order with the employer-paid personnel service, a description of each job order, and the identity of each job-seeker referred to the employer for each job order; (3) The identity of each employer and job-seeker for each job placement resulting from the activities performed by the employer-paid personnel service and a description of the job in which the job-seeker was placed; and (4) Any other information determined by the Mayor to be necessary to accomplish the purposes of this chapter. (d) The records required by subsections (a) through (c) of this section shall be maintained for 4 years from the date the record is made. (e) No employer-paid personnel service doing business in the District, or any person employed by or acting as an agent of that employment agency, shall: (1) Knowingly make referrals to any job for which the requirements, duties, or conditions violate federal or District law; (2) Knowingly refer any job-seeker to any establishment at which a labor dispute is in progress without informing the job-seeker of the existence of the labor dispute; (3) Advertise a job opening unless the employer-paid personnel service has on file a bona fide employer order for a job-seeker for that job opening; (4) Solicit, persuade, or induce any job-seeker to leave any job in which the employer-paid personnel service placed the job-seeker; (5) Place or attempt to place any person under the age of 18 in any employment where the employment would violate any compulsory education or child labor laws; or (6) Violate any provision of Chapter 39 of Title 28.  (Mar. 13, 1985, D.C. Law 5-136, § 7, 31 DCR 5727.)  Prior Codifications 1981 Ed., § 36-1006. Section References This section is referenced in § 28-3904 and § 32-401.
DC Code § 32-407 (2021)
2021 District of Columbia Code|Title 32 - Labor|Chapter 4 - Employment Services Licensing and Regulation|§ 32-407. Requirements for operation of job listing services

(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 which uses any statistics regarding its success rate or other similar statistics in its advertising, promotional materials, or oral or written statements to purchasers or potential purchasers of job lists shall maintain records from which the Mayor can determine the accuracy of these statistics. (c) Each job listing service shall keep detailed records on forms approved by the Mayor of the sources of information used for the preparation of job lists offered for sale. (d) The records required by subsections (a) through (c) of this section shall be maintained for 4 years from the date the record was made. (e) Each job listing service shall identify, on each job list offered for sale, its source of information for the jobs included on that list when the source of information is a publication or other public record. (f) No job listing service doing business in the District or any person employed by or acting as an agent of that job listing service shall: (1) Include on any job list offered for sale any job which the job listing service does not know to be vacant within the 15-day period immediately preceding the date the job list is offered for sale; or (2) Violate any provision of Chapter 39 of Title 28.  (Mar. 13, 1985, D.C. Law 5-136, § 8, 31 DCR 5727.)  Prior Codifications 1981 Ed., § 36-1007. Section References This section is referenced in § 28-3904.
DC Code § 32-408 (2021)
2021 District of Columbia Code|Title 32 - Labor|Chapter 4 - Employment Services Licensing and Regulation|§ 32-408. Discrimination prohibited

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, marital status, domestic partnership, personal appearance, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, family responsibilities, physical disability, matriculation, or political affiliation. For the purposes of this section, the term “domestic partnership” shall have the same meaning as provided in § 32-701(4).  (Mar. 13, 1985, D.C. Law 5-136, § 9, 31 DCR 5727; Apr. 24, 2007, D.C. Law 16-305, § 46, 53 DCR 6198; June 25, 2008, D.C. Law 17-177, § 17(b), 55 DCR 3696; Sept. 12, 2008, D.C. Law 17-231, § 29, 55 DCR 6758.)  Prior Codifications 1981 Ed., § 36-1008. Section References This section is referenced in § 32-401. Effect of Amendments D.C. Law 16-305 substituted “disability” for “handicap”. D.C. Law 17-177 substituted “sexual orientation, gender identity or expression” for “sexual orientation”. D.C. Law 17-231 substituted “marital status, domestic partnership,” for “marital status,”; and added the definition of “domestic partnership”.
DC Code § 32-409 (2021)
2021 District of Columbia Code|Title 32 - Labor|Chapter 4 - Employment Services Licensing and Regulation|§ 32-409. Protection of privacy

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 Mayor or his or her duly authorized representative for the purpose of conducting an investigation pursuant to § 32-410.  (Mar. 13, 1985, D.C. Law 5-136, § 10, 31 DCR 5727.)  Prior Codifications 1981 Ed., § 36-1009.
DC Code § 32-410 (2021)
2021 District of Columbia Code|Title 32 - Labor|Chapter 4 - Employment Services Licensing and Regulation|§ 32-410. Investigations

(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 all books and records of the employment agencies, employment counseling services, employer-paid personnel services, and job listing services to determine compliance with the provisions of this chapter and rules and regulations issued by the Mayor pursuant to this chapter. (b) The Mayor may further investigate all matters which may aid in the enforcement of this chapter.  (Mar. 13, 1985, D.C. Law 5-136, § 11, 31 DCR 5727.)  Prior Codifications 1981 Ed., § 36-1010. Section References This section is referenced in § 32-409.