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DC Code § 32-1452 (2021)
2021 District of Columbia Code|Title 32 - Labor|Chapter 14A - Wage Transparency|§ 32-1452. Prohibited actions of employer

An employer shall not: (1) Require, as a condition of employment, that an employee refrain from inquiring about, disclosing, comparing, or otherwise discussing the employees wages or the wages of another employee; (2) Discharge, discipline, interfere with, or otherwise retaliate against an employee who inquires about, discloses, compares, or otherwise discusses the employee’s wages or the wages of another employee or is believed by the employer to have done so; or (3) Prohibit or attempt to prohibit an employee from lodging a complaint, or testifying, assisting, or participating in an investigation or proceeding, related to a violation of this chapter.  (Mar. 11, 2015, D.C. Law 20-219, § 3, 62 DCR 9.)
DC Code § 32-1453 (2021)
2021 District of Columbia Code|Title 32 - Labor|Chapter 14A - Wage Transparency|§ 32-1453. Exceptions

(a) An employer may prohibit an employee with regular access to information regarding the wages of other employees in the course of the employees work, such as a human resources employee, from sharing such information, unless the disclosure is in furtherance of or response to an investigation, action, or hearing, or there is a legal obligation for the employer to furnish the information. (b) Nothing in this chapter shall require: (1) An employer to disclose the wages of an employee in response to an inquiry by another employee; or (2) An employee to disclose his or her wages in response to an inquiry by another employee.  (Mar. 11, 2015, D.C. Law 20-219, § 4, 62 DCR 9.)
DC Code § 32-1454 (2021)
2021 District of Columbia Code|Title 32 - Labor|Chapter 14A - Wage Transparency|§ 32-1454. Provisions of law may not be waived

No provision of this chapter shall in any way be contravened or set aside by private agreement.  (Mar. 11, 2015, D.C. Law 20-219, § 5, 62 DCR 9.)
DC Code § 32-1455 (2021)
2021 District of Columbia Code|Title 32 - Labor|Chapter 14A - Wage Transparency|§ 32-1455. Enforcement

(a) If an employer fails to comply with the provisions of this chapter, the Mayor shall assess a civil fine of $1,000 for the first violation, $5,000 for the second violation, and $20,000 for each subsequent violation. (b) Adjudication for a violation of this chapter shall be pursuant to Chapter 18 of Title 2[§ 2-1801.01 et seq.]. (c) Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to create a private right of action.  (Mar. 11, 2015, D.C. Law 20-219, § 6, 62 DCR 9.)
DC Code § 32-1456 (2021)
2021 District of Columbia Code|Title 32 - Labor|Chapter 14A - Wage Transparency|§ 32-1456. Rules

The Mayor, pursuant to subchapter I of Chapter 5 of Title 2 [§ 2-501 et seq.], may issue rules to implement the provisions of this chapter.  (Mar. 11, 2015, D.C. Law 20-219, § 7, 62 DCR 9.)
DC Code § 32-1457 (2021)
2021 District of Columbia Code|Title 32 - Labor|Chapter 14A - Wage Transparency|§ 32-1457. Applicability

This chapter shall not apply to an employment contract entered into before March 11, 2015; provided, that upon renewal of such a contract, this chapter shall apply.  (Mar. 11, 2015, D.C. Law 20-219, § 8, 62 DCR 9.)
DC Code § 32-1502 (2021)
2021 District of Columbia Code|Title 32 - Labor|Chapter 15 - Workers’ Compensation|§ 32-1502. Administration; annual report to Council

(a) The Mayor shall administer the provisions of this chapter, and shall make such rules and regulations, appoint and fix the compensation of such personnel, and make such expenditures as may be necessary. All expenditures of the Mayor in the administration of this chapter shall be allowed and paid as provided in § 32-1541 upon the presentation of itemized vouchers therefor approved by the Mayor. (b) The Mayor shall report annually to the Council by February 1st of each year on the status, from the previous fiscal year, of the workers’ compensation program. The report shall include the following: (1) The total number of cases, the total number of lost time cases, the number of medical only cases, the number of cases where no compensation was paid, the number of cases that are more than 500 weeks, the number of permanent partial disability scheduled cases, the number of permanent partial disability nonscheduled cases, the number of permanent total disability cases, the number of temporary total disability cases, the total number of lost time cases, the number of medical only cases, the number of cases in which claimant was represented by an attorney, cumulative total attorney fees paid, the number of cases controverted, the number of controverted cases decided in favor of employer and decided in favor of claimant, the growth in the assigned risk plan, the number of cases in and the future liability of the special fund; and (2) The percentage of the total number of cases each year that are: more than 500 weeks; permanent partial disability; permanent partial disability nonscheduled; permanent total disability; and temporary total disability.  (July 1, 1980, D.C. Law 3-77, § 3, 27 DCR 2503; Apr. 16, 1999, D.C. Law 12-229, § 2(b), 46 DCR 891.)  Prior Codifications 1981 Ed., § 36-302. Editor's Notes Workers’ Compensation Equity Amendment Act Rulemaking Approval Resolution of 1995: Pursuant to Proposed Resolution 11-177, deemed approved October 11, 1995, Council approved proposed rules to implement the Workers’ Compensation Equity Amendment Act of 1990.
DC Code § 32-1504 (2021)
2021 District of Columbia Code|Title 32 - Labor|Chapter 15 - Workers’ Compensation|§ 32-1504. Exclusiveness of liability and remedy

(a) The liability of an employer prescribed in § 32-1503 shall be exclusive and in place of all liability of such employer to the employee, his legal representative, spouse or domestic partner, parents, dependents, next of kin, and anyone otherwise entitled to recover damages from such employer at law on account of such injury or death. (b) The compensation to which an employee is entitled under this chapter shall constitute the employee’s exclusive remedy against the employer, or any collective-bargaining agent of the employer’s employees and any employee, officer, director, or agent of such employer, insurer, or collective-bargaining agent (while acting within the scope of his employment) for any illness, injury, or death arising out of and in the course of his employment; provided, that if an employer fails to secure payment of compensation as required by this chapter, an injured employee, or his legal representative in case death results from the injury, may elect to claim compensation under this chapter, or to maintain an action at law for damages on account of such injury or death. In such action the defendant may not plead as a defense that injury was caused by the negligence of a fellow servant, nor that the employee assumed the risk of his employment, nor that the injury was due to the contributory negligence of the employee. (c) The furnishing of, or failure to furnish, insurance consultation services related to, in connection with or incidental to an applicable policy of insurance shall not subject the insurer, its agent or employees undertaking to perform such services to liability for damages from injury, death or loss occurring as a result of any act of omission in the course of such services. (d) This section shall not apply: (1) If the injury, loss or death occurred during the actual performance of consultation services and was caused by the active negligence of the carrier, its agent or employees which was the proximate cause of the injury, death or loss; or (2) To any consultation services required to be performed under the provisions of a written service contract not incidental to an applicable policy of insurance.  (July 1, 1980, D.C. Law 3-77, § 5, 27 DCR 2503; Sept. 12, 2008, D.C. Law 17-231, § 31(b), 55 DCR 6758.)  Prior Codifications 1981 Ed., § 36-304. Section References This section is referenced in § 32-1535. Effect of Amendments D.C. Law 17-231, in subsec. (a), substituted “spouse or domestic partner,” for “husband or wife,”.
DC Code § 32-1506 (2021)
2021 District of Columbia Code|Title 32 - Labor|Chapter 15 - Workers’ Compensation|§ 32-1506. Supplemental allowance

(a) When the average weekly wage has changed as provided for in § 32-1505, any person who has a total and permanent disability or any surviving spouse or domestic partner who is receiving payments for income benefits under this chapter in amounts per week less than the new maximum for total disability or death shall receive weekly from the carrier, without application, an additional supplemental allowance calculated by the Mayor in accordance with the provisions of subsections (b) and (c) of this section; provided, that such allowance shall not commence to accrue and be payable until the average weekly wage exceeds $396.78. The Mayor shall notify the carrier of the amount of such additional supplemental allowance. (b) In any case where a person with a total disability, or surviving spouse or domestic partner is receiving the maximum weekly income benefit applicable at the time such award was made under this chapter, the supplemental allowance shall be an amount which, when added to such award, will equal the new maximum weekly benefit. (c) In any case where a person with a total disability, or a surviving spouse or domestic partner is receiving less than the maximum weekly income benefit rate applicable at the time such award was made under this chapter, the supplemental allowance shall be an amount equal to the difference between the amount the claimant is presently receiving and a percentage of the new maximum determined by multiplying it by a fraction, the numerator of which is his present award and the denominator of which is the maximum weekly rate applicable at the time such award was made. (d) No supplemental allowance referred to in subsections (b) and (c) of this section shall exceed 5% of the maximum weekly benefit received the preceding benefit year.  (July 1, 1980, D.C. Law 3-77, § 7, 27 DCR 2503; Apr. 24, 2007, D.C. Law 16-305, § 48(a), 53 DCR 6198; Sept. 12, 2008, D.C. Law 17-231, § 31(c), 55 DCR 6758.)  Prior Codifications 1981 Ed., § 36-306. Effect of Amendments D.C. Law 16-305, in subsec. (a), substituted “a total and permanent disability” for “been totally and continuously disabled”; and in subsecs. (b) and (c), substituted “person with a total disability” for “totally disabled person”. D.C. Law 17-231 substituted “surviving spouse or domestic partner” for “widow or widower”.
DC Code § 32-1510 (2021)
2021 District of Columbia Code|Title 32 - Labor|Chapter 15 - Workers’ Compensation|§ 32-1510. Occupational disease

In case of pneumoconiosis, such as silicosis and asbestosis, radiation diseases, and any other generally recognized occupational disease, liability for compensation rests with the employer of the last known exposure.  (July 1, 1980, D.C. Law 3-77, § 11, 27 DCR 2503.)  Prior Codifications 1981 Ed., § 36-310.
DC Code § 32-1511 (2021)
2021 District of Columbia Code|Title 32 - Labor|Chapter 15 - Workers’ Compensation|§ 32-1511. Determination of average weekly wage

(a) Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, the average weekly wage of the injured employee at the time of the injury shall be taken as the basis upon which to compute compensation and shall be determined as follows: (1) If at the time of the injury the wages are fixed by the week, the amount so fixed shall be the average weekly wage; (2) If at the time of the injury the wages are fixed by the month, the average weekly wage shall be the monthly wage so fixed multiplied by 12 and divided by 52; (3) If at the time of the injury the wages are fixed by the year, the average weekly wage shall be the yearly wage so fixed divided by 52; (4) If at the time of injury wages are fixed by the day, hour, or by the output of the employee, the average weekly wage shall be computed by dividing by 26 the total wages the employee earned in the employ of the employer in the 26 consecutive calendar weeks immediately preceding the injury. If the employee has been in the employ of the employer less than 26 weeks, the total wages referred to in paragraph (3) of this subsection shall be the amount the employee would have earned had the employee been employed by the employer for the full 26 calendar weeks immediately preceding the injury and had worked, when work was available to other employees, in a similar occupation; or (5) If it be established that the employee, when injured, was a minor or a student as defined in § 32-1501(18) and that under normal conditions his wages should be expected to increase during the period of disability, whether such disability be temporary, partial, or permanent in character, the fact shall be considered in arriving at his average weekly wage. (6) If the injured employee has not worked in this employment during substantially the whole of the period, the employee’s average weekly wage shall consist of 130 times the average daily wage or salary, divided by 26 weeks, which an employee of the same class working substantially the whole of the immediately preceding period in the same or similar employment, in the same or a similar neighboring place, shall have earned in the employment during the days when so employed. (b) The terms “average weekly wage” and “total wages” as used in this section shall include reasonable value for board and lodging received from the employer plus gratuities declared for tax purposes by the employee.  (July 1, 1980, D.C. Law 3-77, § 12, 27 DCR 2503; Apr. 16, 1999, D.C. Law 12-229, § 2(f), 46 DCR 891; Oct. 14, 1999, D.C. Law 13-49, § 12(c), 46 DCR 5153.)  Prior Codifications 1981 Ed., § 36-311. Effect of Amendments D.C. Law 13-49 in subsec. (a)(6) inserted the phrase “divided by 26 weeks,” after the phrase “salary,”.
DC Code § 32-1512 (2021)
2021 District of Columbia Code|Title 32 - Labor|Chapter 15 - Workers’ Compensation|§ 32-1512. Guardian for minor or incompetent

The Mayor may require the appointment by a court of competent jurisdiction, for any person who is mentally incompetent or a minor, of a guardian or other representative to receive compensation payable to such person under this chapter and to exercise the powers granted to or to perform the duties required of such person under this chapter.  (July 1, 1980, D.C. Law 3-77, § 13, 27 DCR 2503.)  Prior Codifications 1981 Ed., § 36-312.
DC Code § 32-1513 (2021)
2021 District of Columbia Code|Title 32 - Labor|Chapter 15 - Workers’ Compensation|§ 32-1513. Notice of injury or death

(a) Notice of any injury or death in respect of which compensation is payable under this chapter shall be given within 30 days after the date of such injury or death, or 30 days after the employee or beneficiary is aware or in the exercise of reasonable diligence should have been aware of a relationship between the injury or death and the employment. Such notice shall be given to the Mayor and to the employer. (b) Such notice shall be in writing, shall contain the name and address of the employee and a statement of the time, place, nature, and cause of the injury or death, and shall be signed by the employee or by some person on his behalf, or, in case of death, by any person claiming to be entitled to compensation for such death or by a person on his behalf. (c) Notice shall be given to the Mayor by delivering it to him or sending it by mail to him, and to the employer by delivering to him or by sending it by mail addressed to him at his last known place of business. If the employer is a partnership, such notice may be given to any partner, or, if a corporation, such notice may be given to any agent or officer thereof upon whom legal process may be served or who is in charge of the business in the place where the injury occurred. (d) Failure to give such notice shall not bar any claim under this chapter: (1) If the employer (or his agent in charge of the business in the place where the injury occurred) or the carrier had knowledge of the injury or death and its relationship to the employment and the Mayor determines that the employer or carrier has not been prejudiced by failure to give such notice; or (2) If the Mayor excuses such failure on the ground that for some satisfactory reason such notice could not be given; or unless objection to such failure is raised before the Mayor at the 1st hearing of a claim for compensation in respect of such injury or death.  (July 1, 1980, D.C. Law 3-77, § 14, 27 DCR 2503.)  Prior Codifications 1981 Ed., § 36-313. Section References This section is referenced in § 32-1538.
DC Code § 32-1514 (2021)
2021 District of Columbia Code|Title 32 - Labor|Chapter 15 - Workers’ Compensation|§ 32-1514. Time for filing claims

(a) Except as otherwise provided in this section, the right to compensation for disability or death under this chapter shall be barred unless a claim therefor is filed within 1 year after the injury or death. If payment of compensation has been made without an award on account of such injury or death, a claim may be filed within 1 year after the date of the last payment. Such claim shall be filed with the Mayor. The time for filing a claim shall not begin to run until the employee or beneficiary is aware, or by the exercise of reasonable diligence should have been aware, of the relationship between the injury or death and the employment. Once a claim has been filed with the Mayor, no further written claims are necessary. (b) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (a) of this section, failure to file a claim within the period prescribed in such subsection shall not be a bar to such right unless objection to such failure is made at the 1st hearing of such claim in which all parties in interest are given reasonable notice and opportunity to be heard. (c) If a person who is entitled to compensation under this chapter is mentally incompetent or a minor, the provisions of subsection (a) of this section shall not be applicable so long as such person has no guardian or other authorized representative, but shall be applicable in the case of a person who is mentally incompetent or a minor from the date of appointment of such guardian or other representative, or in the case of a minor, if no guardian is appointed before he becomes of age, from the date he becomes of age. (d) Where recovery is denied to any person, in a suit brought at law to recover damages in respect of injury or death, on the ground that such a person was an employee and that the defendant was an employer within the meaning of this chapter and that such employer had secured compensation to such employee under this chapter, the limitation of time prescribed in subsection (a) of this section shall begin to run only from the date of termination of such suit.  (July 1, 1980, D.C. Law 3-77, § 15, 27 DCR 2503.)  Prior Codifications 1981 Ed., § 36-314. Section References This section is referenced in § 32-1520 and § 32-1532.
DC Code § 32-1516 (2021)
2021 District of Columbia Code|Title 32 - Labor|Chapter 15 - Workers’ Compensation|§ 32-1516. Invalid agreements

(a) No agreement by an employee to pay any portion of premium paid by his employer to a carrier or to contribute to a benefit fund or department maintained by such employer for the purpose of providing compensation or medical services and supplies as required by this chapter shall be valid, and any employer who makes a deduction for such purpose or any employee entitled to the benefits of this chapter shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine of not more than $1,000. (b) No agreement by an employee to waive his right to compensation under this chapter shall be valid.  (July 1, 1980, D.C. Law 3-77, § 17, 27 DCR 2503.)  Prior Codifications 1981 Ed., § 36-316. Section References This section is referenced in § 32-1508.
DC Code § 32-1517 (2021)
2021 District of Columbia Code|Title 32 - Labor|Chapter 15 - Workers’ Compensation|§ 32-1517. Assignment of compensation; exemption from claims of creditors

No assignment, release, or commutation of compensation or benefits due or payable under this chapter, except as provided by this chapter, shall be valid, and such compensation and benefits shall be exempt from all claims or creditors and from levy, execution, and attachment or other remedy for recovery or collection of a debt, which exemption may not be waived.  (July 1, 1980, D.C. Law 3-77, § 18, 27 DCR 2503.)  Prior Codifications 1981 Ed., § 36-317. Section References This section is referenced in § 32-1508.
DC Code § 32-1518 (2021)
2021 District of Columbia Code|Title 32 - Labor|Chapter 15 - Workers’ Compensation|§ 32-1518. Compensation as lien against assets

Any person entitled to compensation under the provisions of this chapter shall have a lien against the assets of the carrier or employer for such compensation without limit of amount, and shall, upon insolvency, bankruptcy, or reorganization in bankruptcy proceedings of the carrier or employer, or both, be entitled to preference and priority in the distribution of the assets of such carrier or employer, or both.  (July 1, 1980, D.C. Law 3-77, § 19, 27 DCR 2503.)  Prior Codifications 1981 Ed., § 36-318. Section References This section is referenced in § 32-1519.
DC Code § 32-1519 (2021)
2021 District of Columbia Code|Title 32 - Labor|Chapter 15 - Workers’ Compensation|§ 32-1519. Collection of defaulted payments

(a) In case of default by the employer in the payment of compensation due under any award of compensation for a period of 30 days after the compensation is due and payable, the person to whom such compensation is payable may, within 2 years after such default, make application to the Mayor for a supplementary order declaring the amount of the default. After investigation, notice and hearing, as provided in § 32-1520, the Mayor shall make a supplementary order, declaring the amount of the default, which shall be filed in the same manner as the compensation order. In case the payment in default is an installment of the award the Mayor may, in his discretion, declare the whole of the award as the amount in default. The applicant may file a certified copy of such supplementary order with the Clerk of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia. Such supplementary order of the Mayor shall be final, and the Court shall, upon the filing of the copy, enter judgment for the amount declared in default by the supplementary order. No fee shall be required for filing the supplementary order nor for entry of judgment thereon, and the applicant shall not be liable for costs in a proceeding for review of the judgment unless the Court shall otherwise direct. The Court shall modify such judgment to conform to any later compensation order upon presentation of a certified copy thereof to the Court. (b) In cases where judgment cannot be satisfied by reason of the employer’s insolvency or other circumstances precluding payment, the Mayor may, in his discretion, and to the extent he shall determine advisable after consideration of current commitments payable from the special fund established in § 32-1540, make payment from such fund upon any award made under this chapter, and, in addition, provide any necessary medical, surgical, and other treatment required by § 32-1507 in any case of disability where there has been a default in furnishing medical treatment by reason of the insolvency of the employer. Such an employer shall be liable for payment into such fund of the amounts paid therefrom by the Mayor under this subsection; and for the purposes of enforcing this liability, the Mayor for the benefit of the fund shall be subrogated to all the rights of the person receiving such payment or benefits, including the right of lien and priority provided for by § 32-1518 as against the employer and may by a proceeding in the name of the Mayor under § 32-1520 or under § 32-1522(c), or both, seek to recover the amount of the default or so much thereof as in the judgment of the Mayor is possible, or the Mayor may settle and compromise any such claim.  (July 1, 1980, D.C. Law 3-77, § 20, 27 DCR 2503.)  Prior Codifications 1981 Ed., § 36-319. Section References This section is referenced in § 32-1540.