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2023 District of Columbia Code › Title 32 - Labor › Chapter 6 - Government Pay Equity and Training › § 32–606. Application

§ 32–606. Application.
Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to limit any of the rights or remedies provided under 42 U.S.C. § 2000e et seq., 29 U.S.C. § 206(d) , Chapter 14 of Title 2, or any other provisions of law relating to discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, or national origin.
(Feb. 24, 1987, D.C. Law 6-162, § 7, 33 DCR 6684.)
Prior Codifications
1981 Ed., § 36-1106.
2023 District of Columbia Code › Title 32 - Labor › Chapter 6 - Government Pay Equity and Training › § 32–607. Final report

§ 32–607. Final report.
Within 180 days after receipt of the consultant’s findings, the Commission shall simultaneously submit to the Council, to the Mayor, and to the Chairman of the Committee on Government Operations its final report that shall consist of the consultant’s findings, and any written comments of individual Commission members. In the final report the Commission shall also:
(1) Specify a plan including a timetable to carry out each of the consultant’s recommendations, or, in the event that the Commission does not specify a plan to carry out 1 or more of the recommendations, give reasons for not specifying a plan;
(2) Collect and evaluate research findings with respect to training technology and effectiveness;
(3) Identify functional areas where new or expanded training activities and apprenticeship opportunities are needed, specifically for the purpose of providing new opportunities for any groups that are found to be discriminated against based upon the findings of the consultant’s study;
(4) Identify methods of improving the interagency coordination of training programs and resources and recruitment to encourage upward mobility in gender and race-dominated career areas;
(5) Advise the Council and the Mayor on means of strengthening programs for training generally in the District;
(6) Analyze and evaluate the skill level, criteria, and proficiency requirements for determining an employee’s eligibility for training and career advancement as a result of successful completion of training; and
(7) Submit to the Council estimates of any funds necessary within each bargaining unit or pay plan for the elimination of any discriminatory wage differentials that may be found to exist for position classifications on the list established pursuant to § 32-604(a)(4).
(Feb. 24, 1987, D.C. Law 6-162, § 8, 33 DCR 6684.)
Prior Codifications
1981 Ed., § 36-1107.
Section References
This section is referenced in § 32-604 and § 32-605.
2023 District of Columbia Code › Title 32 - Labor › Chapter 6 - Government Pay Equity and Training › § 32–608. Mayor’s recommendations on review of final report

§ 32–608. Mayor’s recommendations on review of final report.
The Mayor shall review the conclusions and recommendations of the final report and, within a period not to exceed 60 days, shall transmit to the Council his conclusions accompanied by any recommendations, modifications, and reasons thereof. The Council shall consider this transmittal and shall, within a period not to exceed 180 days, develop legislation, if necessary, to implement all or parts of the Commission’s final report and the Mayor’s recommendations.
(Feb. 24, 1987, D.C. Law 6-162, § 9, 33 DCR 6684.)
Prior Codifications
1981 Ed., § 36-1108.
2023 District of Columbia Code › Title 32 - Labor › Chapter 6 - Government Pay Equity and Training › § 32–609. Funding

§ 32–609. Funding.
There is authorized out of the revenues available to the District sums necessary to carry out the purposes of this chapter. The authorized amount shall not exceed $200,000.
(Feb. 24, 1987, D.C. Law 6-162, § 10, 33 DCR 6684.)
Prior Codifications
1981 Ed., § 36-1109.
2023 District of Columbia Code › Title 32 - Labor › Chapter 7 - Health Care Benefits Expansion › § 32–703. Enforcement by civil action

§ 32–703. Enforcement by civil action.
Any person or employer may bring a civil action in any court of competent jurisdiction against the appropriate domestic partner(s) to recover damages as a result of:
(1) A false statement in a declaration of domestic partnership or a false assertion of family membership; or
(2) A failure to notify the Mayor or the employer of a change in the status of the domestic partnership or family membership.
(June 11, 1992, D.C. Law 9-114, § 4, 39 DCR 2861.)
Prior Codifications
1981 Ed., § 36-1403.
2023 District of Columbia Code › Title 32 - Labor › Chapter 7 - Health Care Benefits Expansion › § 32–704. Domestic partnership benefits

§ 32–704. Domestic partnership benefits.
All health care facilities, including hospitals, convalescent facilities, or other long term care facilities, shall allow a patient’s family member as defined in § 32-701(7) to visit the patient.
(June 11, 1992, D.C. Law 9-114, § 5, 39 DCR 2861.)
Prior Codifications
1981 Ed., § 36-1404.
Section References
This section is referenced in § 32-702.
2023 District of Columbia Code › Title 32 - Labor › Chapter 7 - Health Care Benefits Expansion › § 32–705. District government employees — Domestic partnership and family member benefits

§ 32–705. District government employees — Domestic partnership and family member benefits.
(a) A District government employee shall be granted sick leave when needed to care for a family member as defined in § 32-701(7), subject to the same guidelines and restrictions in § 32-502.
(b) A District government employee shall be granted sick leave to care for a minor child of either domestic partner or to care for the employee’s domestic partner who is on maternity or paternity leave, subject to the same guidelines and restrictions in § 32-502.
(c) A District government employee shall be granted funeral leave or annual leave when needed to make arrangements for or attend a funeral or memorial service for a family member as defined in § 32-701(7), subject to the same guidelines and restrictions in § 1-612.03(n).
(d) A District government employee who is adopting or whose domestic partner is adopting a child shall be granted annual leave or leave without pay to make necessary family arrangements, subject to the same guidelines and restrictions in § 32-502.
(June 11, 1992, D.C. Law 9-114, § 6, 39 DCR 2861.)
Prior Codifications
1981 Ed., § 36-1405.
Section References
This section is referenced in § 32-702.
2023 District of Columbia Code › Title 32 - Labor › Chapter 7 - Health Care Benefits Expansion › § 32–706. Optional self-financed coverage: District of Columbia Employees Health Benefits Program

§ 32–706. Optional self-financed coverage: District of Columbia Employees Health Benefits Program.
District government employees enrolled in the District of Columbia Employees Health Benefits Program shall be allowed to purchase family health insurance coverage that would cover the employee’s family members as defined in § 32-701(7) in accordance with §§ 1-621.05, 1-621.06, and 1-621.07(a), (c), and (d). A domestic partner shall not simultaneously be enrolled for individual and family member coverage. The employee shall pay 25% of the cost of family health insurance coverage for the domestic partner or family members as defined in § 32-701(7), and the District government shall pay the remaining 75%.
(June 11, 1992, D.C. Law 9-114, § 7, 39 DCR 2861; April 4, 2006, D.C. Law 16-82, 53 DCR 1057.)
Prior Codifications
1981 Ed., § 36-1406.
Section References
This section is referenced in § 32-702.
Effect of Amendments
D.C. Law 16-82 rewrote the section which had read as follows: “District government employees enrolled in the District of Columbia Employees Health Benefits Program shall be allowed to purchase family health insurance coverage that would cover the employee’s family members as defined in § 32-701(7) in accordance with §§ 1-621.05, 1-621.06, and 1-621.07(a), (c), and (d). A domestic partner shall not simultaneously be enrolled for individual and family member coverage. The employee shall assume the total additional cost of the family health insurance coverage for the domestic partner or family members as defined in § 32-701(7).”
Editor's Notes
Section 7066 of D.C. Law 17-219 repealed section 3 of D.C. Law 16-82.
2023 District of Columbia Code › Title 32 - Labor › Chapter 7 - Health Care Benefits Expansion › § 32–708. Recordkeeping requirements

§ 32–708. Recordkeeping requirements.
(a) The Mayor shall maintain adequate records of declarations of domestic partnership, termination statements, and amendments to declarations of domestic partnership and termination statements.
(b) The Mayor shall report annually to the Council on the number of domestic partnerships declared and terminated, including those terminated under § 32-702 (d)(5).
(June 11, 1992, D.C. Law 9-114, § 9, 39 DCR 2861; Apr. 9, 2016, D.C. Law 21-105, § 3(c), 63 DCR 217.)
Prior Codifications
1981 Ed., § 36-1407.
Section References
This section is referenced in § 32-702.
2023 District of Columbia Code › Title 32 - Labor › Chapter 7 - Health Care Benefits Expansion › § 32–709. Rulemaking

§ 32–709. Rulemaking.
(a) The Mayor shall, pursuant to subchapter I of Chapter 5 of Title 2, issue rules to implement the provisions of this chapter.
(b) The proposed rules shall be submitted to the Council for a 45-day period of review, excluding Saturdays, Sundays, legal holidays and days of Council recess. If the Council does not approve or disapprove the proposed rules, in whole or in part, by resolution within this 45-day period, the proposed rules shall be deemed approved. Nothing in this section shall affect any requirements imposed upon the Mayor by subchapter I of Chapter 5 of Title 2.
(June 11, 1992, D.C. Law 9-114, § 10, 39 DCR 2861.)
Resolutions
Resolution 14-459, the “Domestic Partnership Registration Procedures and Fees Approval Resolution of 2002”, was approved effective June 14, 2002.
Resolution 16-920, the “Domestic Partnership Health Care Benefits Expansion Amendment Rulemaking Approval Resolution of 2006”, was approved effective November 25, 2006.
Resolution 18-404, the “Domestic Partnership Certified List of Jurisdictions Approval Resolution of 2010”, was approved effective March 2, 2010.
2023 District of Columbia Code › Title 32 - Labor › Chapter 7 - Health Care Benefits Expansion › § 32–710. Effect on existing rights and benefits

§ 32–710. Effect on existing rights and benefits.
(a) Nothing in this chapter shall supersede any provision of law that provides more generous rights or benefits than the domestic partnership or family membership rights and benefits provided pursuant to this chapter.
(b) Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to discourage an employer from providing more generous rights or benefits than the domestic partnership or family membership rights or benefits provided pursuant to this chapter.
(c) Nothing in this chapter shall diminish an employer’s obligation to comply with a collective bargaining agreement or an employment benefits program or plan that provides more generous rights or benefits than the domestic partnership or family membership rights or benefits provided pursuant to this chapter.
(d) The domestic partnership or family membership rights or benefits provided pursuant to this chapter shall not be diminished by a collective bargaining agreement or an employment benefit program or plan, except that this chapter shall not supersede any clause on domestic partnership or family membership rights or benefits in a collective bargaining agreement in force on June 11, 1992, excluding any extension or renewal after such date, that the collective bargaining agreement is in effect.
(e) No provision of this chapter shall exempt or relieve, or be construed to exempt or relieve, any person from any duty, liability, penalty, or obligation to provide relief under Chapter 14 of Title 2.
(f) This chapter provides registration and other mechanisms to reduce discrimination prohibited under Chapter 14 of Title 2.
(June 11, 1992, D.C. Law 9-114, § 12, 39 DCR 2861.)
Prior Codifications
1981 Ed., § 36-1408.
Emergency Legislation
For temporary (90 day) amendment of section, see § 2 of Impacted Resident Economic Assistance Emergency Act of 2001 (D.C. Act 14-165, November 6, 2001, 48 DCR 10413).
Temporary Legislation
For temporary (225 day) additions, see §§ 2 to 6 of Impacted Resident Economic Assistance Temporary Act of 2001 (D.C. Law 14-72, February 27, 2002, law notification 49 DCR 2282).
2023 District of Columbia Code › Title 32 - Labor › Chapter 7A - Health Coverage Continuation › § 32–731. Definitions

§ 32–731. Definitions.
For the purposes of this chapter, the term:
(1) “Commissioner” means the Commissioner of the Department of Insurance, Securities, and Banking.
(2) “Covered individual” means a person whose coverage under an employer’s health benefits plan is continued under this chapter.
(3) “Health benefits plan” means any accident and health insurance policy or certificate, hospital and medical services corporation contract, health maintenance organization subscriber contract, plan provided by a multiple employer welfare arrangement, or plan provided by another benefit arrangement. The term “health benefit plan” does not mean accident only, credit, or disability insurance; coverage of Medicare services or federal employee health plans, pursuant to contracts with the United States government; Medicare supplemental or long-term care insurance; dental only or vision only insurance; specified disease insurance; hospital confinement indemnity coverage; limited benefit health coverage; coverage issued as a supplement to liability insurance, insurance arising out of a worker’s compensation or similar law; automobile medical payment insurance; medical expense and loss of income benefits; or insurance under which benefits are payable with or without regard to fault and that is statutorily required to be contained in any liability insurance policy or equivalent self-insurance.
(4) “Health insurer” means any person that provides one or more health benefit plans or insurance in the District of Columbia, including an insurer, a hospital and medical services corporation, a fraternal benefit society, a health maintenance organization, a multiple employer welfare arrangement, or any other person providing a plan of health insurance subject to the authority of the Commissioner.
(June 25, 2002, D.C. Law 14-149, § 2, 49 DCR 4233; June 11, 2004, D.C. Law 15-166, § 4(ii), 51 DCR 2817.)
Effect of Amendments
D.C. Law 15-166, in par. (1), substituted “Commissioner of the Department of Insurance, Securities, and Banking” for “Commissioner of the Department of Insurance and Securities Regulation”.
Emergency Legislation
For temporary (90 day) addition of §§ 32-731 to 32-734, see §§ 2 to 5 of Continuation of Health Coverage Emergency Act of 2001 (D.C. Act 14-214, December 17, 2001, 49 DCR 377).
For temporary (90 day) addition of §§ 32-731 to 32-734, see § 2 of Continuation of Health Coverage Congressional Review Emergency Act of 2002 (D.C. Act 14-304, March 25, 2002, 49 DCR 3399).
For temporary (90 day) amendment of section, see § 4(ii) of Consolidation of Financial Services Emergency Amendment Act of 2004 (D.C. Act 15-381, February 27, 2004, 51 DCR 2653).
Temporary Legislation
For temporary (225 day) addition, see § 2 of Continuation of Health Coverage Temporary Act of 2002 (D.C. Law 14-108, April 13, 2002, law notification 49 DCR 4056).
2023 District of Columbia Code › Title 32 - Labor › Chapter 7A - Health Coverage Continuation › § 32–733. Regulations

§ 32–733. Regulations.
The Commissioner may issue rules and regulations necessary to implement the provisions of this chapter.
(June 25, 2002, D.C. Law 14-149, § 4, 49 DCR 4233.)
Temporary Legislation
For temporary (225 day) addition, see § 4 of Continuation of Health Coverage Temporary Act of 2002 (D.C. Law 14-108, April 13, 2002, law notification 49 DCR 4056).
2023 District of Columbia Code › Title 32 - Labor › Chapter 7A - Health Coverage Continuation › § 32–734. Applicability

§ 32–734. Applicability.
This chapter shall apply to contracts issued or renewed by health insurers on or after January 16, 2002.
(June 25, 2002, D.C. Law 14-149, § 5, 49 DCR 4233.)
Temporary Legislation
For temporary (225 day) addition, see § 5 of Continuation of Health Coverage Temporary Act of 2002 (D.C. Law 14-108, April 13, 2002, law notification 49 DCR 4056).
2023 District of Columbia Code › Title 32 - Labor › Chapter 7B - Job Opportunity Bank › § 32–751. Definitions

§ 32–751. Definitions.
For purposes of this chapter, the term:
(1) “Director” means the Director of the Department of Employment Services.
(2) “Grantee” means any person or entity that receives a grant from the District to provide workforce development services.
(3) “Job skills-deficient resident” means an individual resident of the District whose employment opportunities are restricted by deficiencies in education, work experience, work training, work skills, or the loss of certain occupations or industries from the economy of the District or the Washington Metropolitan Area and whose job skills deficiencies and residence is determined and certified by the Director.
(4) “Low-income District resident” means an individual resident of the District whose personal or family income in the previous 6 months on an annualized basis does not exceed 200% of the lower living standard income level and whose income and residence is certified by the Director.
(5) “Workforce Investment Council” means the body created pursuant to § 32-1603.
(June 8, 2006, D.C. Law 16-118, § 202, 53 DCR 2602.)
2023 District of Columbia Code › Title 32 - Labor › Chapter 7B - Job Opportunity Bank › § 32–752. Establishment and administration of the Job Opportunity Bank

§ 32–752. Establishment and administration of the Job Opportunity Bank.
(a) There is established a Job Opportunity Bank for the purpose of providing grants and other forms of financial assistance to increase job opportunities for low-income District residents to upgrade their job skills and provide customized skills training for new and incumbent workers employed by District employers.
(b) The Job Opportunity Bank shall be subject to the general policy guidance and direction of the Workforce Investment Council.
(c) The Workforce Investment Council shall serve in an advisory capacity to the Mayor and the Director in matters pertaining to the operation and administration of the Job Opportunity Bank.
(d) The Job Opportunity Bank shall be funded by annual appropriations.
(e) The funds shall be administered by the Deputy Mayor for Planning and Economic Development.
(f) The Deputy Mayor for Planning and Economic Development may fund applications for grants or other assistance as may be recommended by the Director under the provisions of this chapter.
(June 8, 2006, D.C. Law 16-118, § 203, 53 DCR 2602; Mar. 2, 2007, D.C. Law 16-192, § 2192, 53 DCR 6899; Mar. 25, 2009, D.C. Law 17-353, § 318(b), 56 DCR 1117.)
Section References
This section is referenced in § 1-328.05.
Effect of Amendments
D.C. Law 16-192 rewrote subsecs. (e) and (f).
D.C. Law 17-353, in subsec. (f), substituted “The” for “Subject to the availability of funds, the”.
Emergency Legislation
For temporary (90 day) amendment of section, see § 2192 of Fiscal Year 2007 Budget Support Emergency Act of 2006 (D.C. Act 16-477, August 8, 2006, 53 DCR 7068).
For temporary (90 day) amendment of section, see § 2192 of Fiscal Year 2007 Budget Support Congressional Review Emergency Act of 2006 (D.C. Act 16-499, October 23, 2006, 53 DCR 8845).
For temporary (90 day) amendment of section, see § 2192 of Fiscal Year 2007 Budget Support Congressional Review Emergency Act of 2007 (D.C. Act 17-1, January 16, 2007, 54 DCR 1165).
Short Title
Short title: Section 2191 of D.C. Law 16-192 provided that subtitle P of title II of the act may be cited as the “Job Opportunity Fund Clarification Act of 2006”.
2023 District of Columbia Code › Title 32 - Labor › Chapter 7B - Job Opportunity Bank › § 32–753. Eligibility for grants

§ 32–753. Eligibility for grants.
The following individuals and groups shall be eligible to receive grants or other assistance from the Job Opportunity Bank:
(1) Low-income District residents;
(2) Job skills-deficient residents;
(3) District businesses, business coalitions, or nonprofit organizations partnered with District businesses or business coalitions seeking to hire low-income District residents or job skills-deficient residents and develop a workforce from those individuals; or
(4) District businesses, business coalitions, or nonprofit organizations partnered with District businesses or business coalitions seeking to upgrade the skills of their current workforce, composed of at least 51% District residents, in order to maintain the employment of the current workforce.
(June 8, 2006, D.C. Law 16-118, § 204, 53 DCR 2602.)
2023 District of Columbia Code › Title 32 - Labor › Chapter 7B - Job Opportunity Bank › § 32–754. Grant applications and priorities

§ 32–754. Grant applications and priorities.
(a) Grant applications shall be made at the time and in the manner designated by the Director.
(b) Grant applications shall include a detailed budget, cost benefit analysis, identifiable performance benchmarks, and a general description of the employment benefits to be derived by the recipient.
(c) The Director shall accept simplified grant applications from District residents seeking basic employment or job training skills.
(d) Grant applications made by District businesses, business coalitions and partnered-nonprofit organizations shall also include a proposed workforce development program model demonstrating an effective approach to increasing the employability of program participants or the retention of their current workforce and which is directly linked to existing or anticipated employment opportunities. Applications made pursuant to this subsection may be utilized to significantly enhance the skill levels and career opportunities of current employees who are residents of the District.
(e) In evaluating grant applications for decisions as to funding, the Director shall give priority to those applications which the Director determines best serve low-income District residents or job skills-deficient residents in the following categories:
(1) Youths between 18 and 21 years of age;
(2) Recipients of Temporary Assistance to Needy Families;
(3) Dislocated workers;
(4) Ex-offenders;
(5) Veterans; and
(6) District residents deficient in job skills.
(f) In determining whether to fund grant applications, the Director shall consider, in addition to the criteria set forth in subsections (d) and (e) of this section, the following:
(1) The amount of funds available in the Job Opportunity Bank;
(2) Available and reliable information concerning the current and future labor market;
(3) Non-duplication of funding available through section 112 of the Workforce Investment Act of 1998, approved August 7, 1998 (112 Stat. 936; 29 U.S.C. § 2822) and other federal, state, or local job development and job training programs; and
(4) Any prior experience of the applicant with job training or workforce development programs.
(June 8, 2006, D.C. Law 16-118, § 205, 53 DCR 2602.)
2023 District of Columbia Code › Title 32 - Labor › Chapter 7B - Job Opportunity Bank › § 32–755. Grant agreements

§ 32–755. Grant agreements.
Each grantee shall, as a condition for the receipt of funds from the Job Opportunity Bank, enter into a grant agreement with the Director, the form and contents of which shall be specified by the Director, which shall at least contain the following:
(1) The name, address, and telephone number of any individual grant recipient;
(2) The name, address, telephone number, and identity of the corporate officers, principal owners, and registered agent of any incorporated grantee; and
(3) Acknowledgment by the recipient of the right of the Director to:
(A) Monitor expenditure of funds;
(B) Require reports from recipients regarding expenditures, progress, or performance in meeting identified benchmarks, and any other financial or operational information deemed necessary by the Director,
(C) Inspect the recipient’s records to obtain the identified information; and
(D) Acknowledgment by the recipient that the Director may curtail or cancel payment of funds from the Job Opportunity Bank if the recipient does not comply with the requirements of this section.
(June 8, 2006, D.C. Law 16-118, § 206, 53 DCR 2602.)
2023 District of Columbia Code › Title 32 - Labor › Chapter 7B - Job Opportunity Bank › § 32–756. Grantee performance evaluation

§ 32–756. Grantee performance evaluation.
(a) The Director shall monitor and evaluate the performance of grantees. The Director may terminate or modify grant agreements if the Director determines that a grantee’s performance is not in accordance with the grant. Grantees that have their grants cancelled or modified may appeal the Director’s action pursuant to § 2-510.
(b) The Mayor shall issue rules to implement this chapter. The rules shall be issued within 120 days of June 8, 2006.
(June 8, 2006, D.C. Law 16-118, § 207, 53 DCR 2602.)
Cross References
Occupational safety and health, planning, repeal of this subchapter, see § 32-1124.
2023 District of Columbia Code › Title 32 - Labor › Chapter 7C - Job Training and Adult Education Programs Quarterly Reports › § 32–772. Department of Employment Services annual report on year-round youth programs

§ 32–772. Department of Employment Services annual report on year-round youth programs.
(a) Starting December 15, 2020, and annually thereafter, the Department of Employment Services ("Department") shall publish on its website and submit to the Council a report on the operations of its year-round youth programs, including:
(1) The In-School Youth Program;
(2) The Out-of-School Youth Program;
(3) The Marion Barry Youth Leadership Institute;
(4) Pathways for Young Adults Program;
(5) Youth Earn and Learn Program;
(6) The High School Internship Program;
(7) In-School Youth Innovation Grants; and
(8) In-school DCHR internship program.
(b) The report shall include the following information for each program from the previous fiscal year:
(1) The number of participants newly enrolled;
(2) The total number of participants, disaggregated by ward, grade, school, age, and, if known, at-risk status;
(3) Each program's total expenditures, disaggregated by fund type (federal, local, intra-District, or special purpose revenue funds); and
(4) The names of any vendors, grantees, host employers (including public schools and public charter schools for the High School Internship Program), host sites, or other organizations providing services to youth.
(c) The Department may withhold from the report required pursuant to subsection (b) of this section any information precluded from release by federal law, rule, or policy; provided, that, if at a later time, such information may be released, the Department shall supplement the next annual report following the date on which the information may be shared with the withheld information.
(d) For the purposes of this section, the term "at-risk" means a public school, public charter school, private school, or homeschool student who is identified as one or more of the following:
(1) Homeless;
(2) In the District's foster care system;
(3) Qualifies for the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families program or the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program; or
(4) A high school student that is one year older, or more, than the expected age for the grade in which the student is enrolled.
(Sept. 20, 2012, D.C. Law 19-168, § 2083; as added Dec. 3, 2020, D.C. Law 23-149, § 2103, 67 DCR 10493.)
2023 District of Columbia Code › Title 32 - Labor › Chapter 8 - Industrial Safety › Subchapter I - General › § 32–801. Purpose of subchapter

§ 32–801. Purpose of subchapter.
The purpose of this subchapter is to foster, promote, and develop the safety of wage earners of the District of Columbia in relation to their working conditions.
(Sept. 19, 1918, ch. 174, title II, § 1; Oct. 14, 1941, 55 Stat. 738, ch. 438,§ 3.)
Prior Codifications
1981 Ed., § 36-221.
1973 Ed., § 36-431.
1981 Ed., § 36-1206.
Applicability
Section 26 (a) of D.C. Law 7-186 (§ 32-1124(a)) provided that §§ 32-1102, 32-1103, 32-1105 to 32-1123, and the repeal of Chapter 8 of Title 32 shall apply 2 years after approval of the plan by the Secretary. That condition has not been met.
2023 District of Columbia Code › Title 32 - Labor › Chapter 8 - Industrial Safety › Subchapter I - General › § 32–802. Definitions

§ 32–802. Definitions.
When used in this subchapter, the following words shall have the following meanings, unless the context clearly requires otherwise:
(1) “Employer” includes every person, firm, corporation, partnership, stock association, agent, manager, representative, or foreman, or other persons having control or custody of any place of employment or of any employee. It shall not include the District of Columbia, its agencies or instrumentalities, or any employee thereof acting within the scope of the employee's official duties, or the United States or any instrumentality thereof.
(2) “Board” means the Minimum Wage and Industrial Safety Board.
(3) “Safe” and “safety” as applied to an employment, a device, or a place of employment, including facilities of sanitation and hygiene, mean such freedom from danger to life or health of employees as circumstances reasonably permit, and shall not be given restrictive interpretation so as to exclude any mitigation or prevention of a specific danger.
(4) “Place of employment” means any place where employment is carried on; provided, however, that such term shall not include the premises of any federal or District of Columbia establishment, except to include any and all work of whatever nature being performed by an independent contractor for the United States government or any instrumentality thereof, or the District of Columbia or any instrumentality thereof.
(Sept. 19, 1918, ch. 174, title II, § 2; Oct. 14, 1941, 55 Stat. 738, ch. 438,§ 3; Jan. 5, 1971, 84 Stat. 1936, Pub. L. 91-650, title V, § 501(1); Dec. 20, 2023, D.C. Law 25-91, § 2, 70 DCR 14506.)
Prior Codifications
1981 Ed., § 36-222.
1973 Ed., § 36-432.
References in Text
The Minimum Wage and Industrial Safety Board, referred to in paragraph (2) of this section, was replaced by the District of Columbia Occupational Safety and Health Board, pursuant to D.C. Law 7-186, §§ 6 and 25, codified at § 32-1105 and providing for the repeal of §§ 32-801 to 32-812.
Editor's Notes
Repeal of chapter: See Historical and Statutory Notes following § 32-801.
2023 District of Columbia Code › Title 32 - Labor › Chapter 8 - Industrial Safety › Subchapter I - General › § 32–803. Additional duties of Board under this subchapter

§ 32–803. Additional duties of Board under this subchapter.
The Board, in addition to its duties defined in subchapter I of Chapter 10 of this title shall administer the provisions of this subchapter and shall have power to make such inspections and investigations as it may deem necessary; collect and compile statistical information; require employers to keep their places of employment reasonably safe; require employers to keep such records as it may deem advisable and to furnish the Board with complete, detailed reports relative to all accidents. The Council of the District of Columbia shall have power to determine and fix reasonable standards of safety in employment, places of employment, in the use of devices and safeguards, and in the use of practices, means, methods, operations, and processes of employment; promulgate general rules and regulations based upon such standards and fix the minimum safety requirements which shall be complied with by employers within the purview of this subchapter. To promote the safety of persons employed in existing buildings or other existing structures, such rules, regulations, and standards may require, without limitation, changes in the permanent or temporary features of such buildings or other structures.
(Sept. 19, 1918, ch. 174, title II, § 3; Oct. 14, 1941, 55 Stat. 738, ch. 438,§ 3; Jan. 5, 1971, 84 Stat. 1936, Pub. L. 91-650, title V, § 501(2).)
Prior Codifications
1981 Ed., § 36-223.
1973 Ed., § 36-433.
Editor's Notes
Repeal of chapter: See Historical and Statutory Notes following § 32-801.
Change in Government
This section originated at a time when local government powers were delegated to a Board of Commissioners of the District of Columbia (see Acts Relating to the Establishment of the District of Columbia and its Various Forms of Governmental Organization in Volume 1). Section 402 (283) of Reorganization Plan No. 3 of 1967 (see Reorganization Plans in Volume 1) transferred all of the functions of the Board of Commissioners under this section to the District of Columbia Council, subject to the right of the Commissioner as provided in § 406 of the Plan. The District of Columbia Self-Government and Governmental Reorganization Act, 87 Stat. 818, § 711 ( D.C. Code, § 1-207.11), abolished the District of Columbia Council and the Office of Commissioner of the District of Columbia. These branches of government were replaced by the Council of the District of Columbia and the Office of Mayor of the District of Columbia, respectively. Accordingly, and also pursuant to § 714(a) of such Act ( D.C. Code, § 1-207.14(a)), appropriate changes in terminology were made in this section.
2023 District of Columbia Code › Title 32 - Labor › Chapter 8 - Industrial Safety › Subchapter I - General › § 32–804. Council to make rules and regulations; public hearing

§ 32–804. Council to make rules and regulations; public hearing.
Before any rules or regulations of the Council of the District of Columbia shall become effective a public hearing shall be held by the Council for the purpose of investigating reasonable standards of safety in employment, places of employment, in the use of devices and safeguards, and in the use of practices, means, methods, operations, and processes of employment, and any person interested in the matter being investigated may appear and testify. If, after investigation, the Council is of the opinion that minimum standards of safety requirements are necessary to protect or safeguard the lives or health of employees covered by this subchapter, it may adopt and promulgate such rules and regulations as it may deem advisable, which shall become effective 30 days after publication of notice at least once in a newspaper of general circulation in the District of Columbia that they have been adopted and copies are available to the public at the Office of the Mayor of the District of Columbia.
(Sept. 19, 1918, ch. 174, title II, § 4; Oct. 14, 1941, 55 Stat. 738, ch. 438,§ 4; June 14, 1944, 58 Stat. 279, ch. 258.)
Prior Codifications
1981 Ed., § 36-224.
1973 Ed., § 36-434.
Editor's Notes
Repeal of subchapter: See Historical and Statutory Notes following § 36-221.
Change in Government
This section originated at a time when local government powers were delegated to a Board of Commissioners of the District of Columbia (see Acts Relating to the Establishment of the District of Columbia and its Various Forms of Governmental Organization in Volume 1). Section 402 (284) of Reorganization Plan No. 3 of 1967 (see Reorganization Plans in Volume 1) transferred all of the functions of the Board of Commissioners under this section to the District of Columbia Council, subject to the right of the Commissioner as provided in § 406 of the Plan. The District of Columbia Self-Government and Governmental Reorganization Act, 87 Stat. 818, § 711 ( D.C. Code, § 1-211), abolished the District of Columbia Council and the Office of Commissioner of the District of Columbia. These branches of government were replaced by the Council of the District of Columbia and the Office of Mayor of the District of Columbia, respectively. Accordingly, and also pursuant to § 714(a) of such Act ( D.C. Code, § 1-213(a)), appropriate changes in terminology were made in this section.
2023 District of Columbia Code › Title 32 - Labor › Chapter 8 - Industrial Safety › Subchapter I - General › § 32–805. Board authorized to take testimony and issue subpoenas

§ 32–805. Board authorized to take testimony and issue subpoenas.
Any member of the Board shall have power to administer oaths and the Board may require by subpoena the attendance and testimony of witnesses, the production of all books, registers, and other evidence relative to any matters under investigation, at any public hearing, or at any session or any conference held by the Board. In case of disobedience to a subpoena the Board may invoke the Superior Court of the District of Columbia in requiring the attendance and testimony of witnesses and the production of documentary evidence. In the case of contumacy or refusal to obey a subpoena, the Court may issue an order requiring appearance before the Board, the production of documentary evidence and the giving of evidence touching the matter in question, and any failure to obey such order of the Court may be punished by such Court as a contempt thereof.
(Sept. 19, 1918, ch. 174, title II, § 5; Oct. 14, 1941, 55 Stat. 738, ch. 438,§ 3; June 25, 1948, 62 Stat. 991, ch. 646, § 32(b); May 24, 1949, 63 Stat. 107, ch. 139, § 127; July 29, 1970, 84 Stat. 572, Pub. L. 91-358, title I,§ 155(c)(38).)
Prior Codifications
1981 Ed., § 36-225.
1973 Ed., § 36-435.
Editor's Notes
Repeal of chapter: See Historical and Statutory Notes following § 32-801.
2023 District of Columbia Code › Title 32 - Labor › Chapter 8 - Industrial Safety › Subchapter I - General › § 32–806. Variations from rules or regulations; public hearing

§ 32–806. Variations from rules or regulations; public hearing.
The Board may, upon written application of any employer affected by such rule or regulation, permit variations from any provisions thereof if it shall find that the application of such provision would result in unnecessary hardship or practical difficulty, and notwithstanding such variance, that the protection afforded by such rule or regulation will be provided. The Board may grant a hearing open to the public on such application upon request of the applicant or other interested party or parties, or on its own initiative. The Board’s decision thereon shall be subject to review by the District of Columbia Court of Appeals upon petition of the applicant or other affected party or parties. The Board shall keep a properly indexed record of all variations permitted from any rule or regulation, which shall be open to public inspection.
(Sept. 19, 1918, ch. 174, title II, § 6; Oct. 14, 1941, 55 Stat. 738, ch. 438,§ 3; Jan. 5, 1971, 84 Stat. 1936, Pub. L. 91-650, title V, § 501(3).)
Prior Codifications
1981 Ed., § 36-226.
1973 Ed., § 36-436.
Editor's Notes
Repeal of chapter: See Historical and Statutory Notes following § 32-801.
2023 District of Columbia Code › Title 32 - Labor › Chapter 8 - Industrial Safety › Subchapter I - General › § 32–807. Director of Industrial Safety

§ 32–807. Director of Industrial Safety.
The Board is hereby authorized to employ a Director of Industrial Safety, who shall not be a member of the Board. The Director shall perform such duties as may be prescribed by the Board in administering the provisions of this subchapter.
(Sept. 19, 1918, ch. 174, title II, § 7; Oct. 14, 1941, 55 Stat. 738, ch. 438,§ 3; Oct. 28, 1949, 63 Stat. 972, ch. 782, title XI, § 1106(a); Mar. 3, 1979, D.C. Law 2-139, § 3205(k), 25 DCR 5740.)
Prior Codifications
1981 Ed., § 36-227.
1973 Ed., § 36-437.
Section References
This section is referenced in § 1-636.02.
Cross References
Effective date provisions, see § 1-636.02.
Editor's Notes
Repeal of chapter: See Historical and Statutory Notes following § 32-801.
2023 District of Columbia Code › Title 32 - Labor › Chapter 8 - Industrial Safety › Subchapter I - General › § 32–808. Employer to furnish safe place of employment, information required by Board, report of employees’ injury or death, and record of employees

§ 32–808. Employer to furnish safe place of employment, information required by Board, report of employees’ injury or death, and record of employees.
(a) Every employer shall furnish a place of employment which shall be reasonably safe for employees, shall furnish and use safety devices and safeguards, and shall adopt and use practices, means, methods, operations, and processes which are reasonably safe and adequate to render such employment and place of employment reasonably safe.
(b) Every employer shall furnish to the Board any information which the Board is authorized to require and shall make true and specific answers to all questions.
(c) Every employer shall submit to the Board within 10 days from the date of any injury or death, or from the date that the employer has knowledge of any disease or infection resulting from any injury, a duplicate copy of the report provided for in § 930 of Title 33, United States Code, as made applicable to the District of Columbia by §§ 36-501 and 36-502 [1973 Ed.].
(d) Every employer shall keep an accurate record of every person employed by him so as to be able in case of accident immediately to give an accurate record relative to same.
(Sept. 19, 1918, ch. 174, title II, § 8; Oct. 14, 1941, 55 Stat. 738, ch. 438,§ 3.)
Prior Codifications
1981 Ed., § 36-228.
1973 Ed., § 36-438.
Section References
This section is referenced in § 32-1113.
Cross References
Submission of duplicate report to mayor, see § 32-1113.
References in Text
The references to §§ 36-501 and 36-502, at the end of subsection (c) of this section, are references to those sections as they appeared in the 1973 Edition of the D.C. Code. Chapter 5 of Title 36 1973 Ed. was revised by the Act of July 1, 1980, D.C. Law 3-77. D.C. Law 3-77 repealed §§ 36-501 and 36-502 as they appeared in the 1973 Edition of the D.C. Code. Therefore the reference to these sections is no longer relevant.
Editor's Notes
Repeal of chapter: See Historical and Statutory Notes following § 32-801.
2023 District of Columbia Code › Title 32 - Labor › Chapter 8 - Industrial Safety › Subchapter I - General › § 32–809. Authority to examine place of employment

§ 32–809. Authority to examine place of employment.
The Board, or any officer or employee acting under its authority, shall have the authority, at any reasonable time, to enter any place where an employment covered by this subchapter is being carried on, and to examine any structure, tool, appliance, machinery, or process used in or connected with such employment. No employer or other persons shall refuse to admit any member of the Board or its authorized representative to any such place or to permit any such examination.
(Sept. 19, 1918, ch. 174, title II, § 9; Oct. 14, 1941, 55 Stat. 738, ch. 438,§ 3.)
Prior Codifications
1981 Ed., § 36-229.
1973 Ed., § 36-439.
Editor's Notes
Repeal of chapter: See Historical and Statutory Notes following § 32-801.
2023 District of Columbia Code › Title 32 - Labor › Chapter 8 - Industrial Safety › Subchapter I - General › § 32–810. Mayor to furnish office space and supplies

§ 32–810. Mayor to furnish office space and supplies.
The Mayor of the District of Columbia shall furnish the Board with such office space, furniture and equipment, stationery, books, books of reference, and other supplies as are necessary for the discharge of its duties under this subchapter.
(Sept. 19, 1918, ch. 174, title II, § 10; Oct. 14, 1941, 55 Stat. 738, ch. 438, § 3.)
Prior Codifications
1981 Ed., § 36-230.
1973 Ed., § 36-440.
Editor's Notes
Repeal of chapter: See Historical and Statutory Notes following § 32-801.
Change in Government
This section originated at a time when local government powers were delegated to a Board of Commissioners of the District of Columbia (see Acts Relating to the Establishment of the District of Columbia and its Various Forms of Governmental Organization in Volume 1). Section 401 of Reorganization Plan No. 3 of 1967 (see Reorganization Plans in Volume 1) transferred all of the functions of the Board of Commissioners under this section to a single Commissioner. The District of Columbia Self-Government and Governmental Reorganization Act, 87 Stat. 818, § 711 ( D.C. Code, § 1-207.11), abolished the District of Columbia Council and the Office of Commissioner of the District of Columbia. These branches of government were replaced by the Council of the District of Columbia and the Office of Mayor of the District of Columbia, respectively. Accordingly, and also pursuant to § 714(a) of such Act ( D.C. Code, § 1-207.14(a)), appropriate changes in terminology were made in this section.
2023 District of Columbia Code › Title 32 - Labor › Chapter 8 - Industrial Safety › Subchapter I - General › § 32–811. Annual report to Mayor

§ 32–811. Annual report to Mayor.
The Board shall annually, on or before the 1st day of July, file with the Mayor of the District of Columbia a report covering its activities under this subchapter.
(Sept. 19, 1918, ch. 174, title II, § 11; Oct. 14, 1941, 55 Stat. 738, ch. 438, § 3.)
Prior Codifications
1981 Ed., § 36-231.
1973 Ed., § 36-441.
Editor's Notes
Repeal of chapter: See Historical and Statutory Notes following § 32-801.
Change in Government
This section originated at a time when local government powers were delegated to a Board of Commissioners of the District of Columbia (see Acts Relating to the Establishment of the District of Columbia and its Various Forms of Governmental Organization in Volume 1). Section 401 of Reorganization Plan No. 3 of 1967 (see Reorganization Plans in Volume 1) transferred all of the functions of the Board of Commissioners under this section to a single Commissioner. The District of Columbia Self-Government and Governmental Reorganization Act, 87 Stat. 818, § 711 ( D.C. Code, § 1-207.11), abolished the District of Columbia Council and the Office of Commissioner of the District of Columbia. These branches of government were replaced by the Council of the District of Columbia and the Office of Mayor of the District of Columbia, respectively. Accordingly, and also pursuant to § 714(a) of such Act ( D.C. Code, § 1-207.14(a)), appropriate changes in terminology were made in this section.
2023 District of Columbia Code › Title 32 - Labor › Chapter 8 - Industrial Safety › Subchapter I - General › § 32–812. Penalties for violation of subchapter; jurisdiction; prosecution

§ 32–812. Penalties for violation of subchapter; jurisdiction; prosecution.
Whoever violates any of the provisions of this subchapter, or any rules or regulations promulgated hereunder, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor; and, upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by a fine of not less than $100 or more than $600, or by imprisonment of not exceeding 90 days. Prosecutions for violations of this subchapter shall be in the name of the District of Columbia on information filed in the Superior Court of the District of Columbia by the Corporation Counsel or one of his assistants.
(Sept. 19, 1918, ch. 174, title II, § 12; Oct. 14, 1941, 55 Stat. 738, ch. 438, § 3; Apr. 1, 1942, 56 Stat. 190, ch. 207, § 1; July 8, 1963, 77 Stat. 77, Pub. L. 88-60, § 1; July 29, 1970, 84 Stat. 570, Pub. L. 91-358, title I, § 155(a); Jan. 5, 1971, 84 Stat. 1936, Pub. L. 91-650, title V, § 501(4).)
Prior Codifications
1981 Ed., § 36-232.
1973 Ed., § 36-442.
Editor's Notes
Repeal of chapter: See Historical and Statutory Notes following § 32-801.
2023 District of Columbia Code › Title 32 - Labor › Chapter 8 - Industrial Safety › Subchapter II - Seats for Employees › § 32–831. Employers to furnish seats for employees. [Repealed]

§ 32–831. Employers to furnish seats for employees. [Repealed]
Repealed.
(Mar. 2, 1895, 28 Stat. 964, ch. 192, § 1; Oct. 1, 1976, D.C. Law 1-87, § 37(a), 23 DCR 2544; Apr. 29, 2004, D.C. Law 15-154, § 9, 50 DCR 10996.)
Prior Codifications
1981 Ed., § 36-901.
1973 Ed., § 36-310.
2023 District of Columbia Code › Title 32 - Labor › Chapter 8 - Industrial Safety › Subchapter II - Seats for Employees › § 32–832. Penalty. [Repealed]

§ 32–832. Penalty. [Repealed]
Repealed.
(Mar. 2, 1895, 28 Stat. 964, ch. 192, § 2; Oct. 1, 1976, D.C. Law 1-87, § 38, 23 DCR 2544; Apr. 29, 2004, D.C. Law 15-154, § 9, 50 DCR 10996.)
Prior Codifications
1981 Ed., § 36-902.
1973 Ed., § 36-311.