District of Columbia Code
Subchapter XV-A - Whistleblower Protection
§ 1–615.53. Prohibitions

(a) A supervisor shall not take, or threaten to take, a prohibited personnel action or otherwise retaliate against an employee because of the employee’s protected disclosure or because of an employee’s refusal to comply with an illegal order.
(b) Except in cases where the communication would be unlawful, a person shall not interfere with or deny the right of employees, individually or collectively, to furnish information to the Council, a Council committee, or a Councilmember.
(Mar. 3, 1979, D.C. Law 2-139, § 1553; as added Oct. 7, 1998, D.C. Law 12-160, § 102(c), 45 DCR 5147; Mar. 11, 2010, D.C. Law 18-117, § 2(b), 57 DCR 896.)
1981 Ed., § 1-616.13.
This section is referenced in § 1-615.54 and § 1-615.55.
D.C. Law 18-117 rewrote the section, which had read as follows: “A supervisor shall not threaten to take or take a prohibited personnel action or otherwise retaliate against an employee because of the employee’s protected disclosure or because of an employee’s refusal to comply with an illegal order.”
For temporary addition of subchapter, see note to § 1-615.51.

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