(a) Any employer required to secure the payment of compensation under this chapter who fails to secure such compensation shall be assessed a civil fine of not less than $1,000 and not more than $10,000; and in any case where such employer is a corporation, the president, secretary, and treasurer thereof shall be also severally liable to such fine as herein provided for the failure of such corporation to secure the payment of compensation; and such president, secretary, and treasurer shall be severally and personally liable, jointly with such corporation, for any compensation or other benefit which may accrue under the chapter in respect to any injury which may occur to any employee or such corporation while it shall so fail to secure the payment of compensation as required by § 32-1534.
(b) Any employer who knowingly transfers, sells, encumbers, assigns, or in any manner disposes of, conceals, secretes, or destroys any property belonging to such employer, after 1 of his employees has been injured within the purview of this chapter, and with intent to avoid the payment of compensation under this chapter to such employee or his dependents, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by a fine of not less than $1,000 and not more than $10,000, or by imprisonment for not more than 1 year, or by both such fine and imprisonment; and in any case where such employer is a corporation, the president, secretary, and treasurer thereof shall be also severally liable to such penalty of imprisonment as well as jointly liable with such corporation for such fine.
(c) This section shall not affect any other liability of the employer under this chapter.
(July 1, 1980, D.C. Law 3-77, § 40, 27 DCR 2503; Mar. 6, 1991, D.C. Law 8-198, § 2(g), 37 DCR 6890.)
1981 Ed., § 36-339.
Mayor authorized to issue rules: See Historical and Statutory Notes following § 32-1501.
Structure District of Columbia Code
Chapter 15 - Workers’ Compensation
§ 32–1502. Administration; annual report to Council
§ 32–1504. Exclusiveness of liability and remedy
§ 32–1505. Commencement of compensation; maximum compensation
§ 32–1506. Supplemental allowance
§ 32–1507. Medical services, supplies, and insurance
§ 32–1508. Compensation for disability
§ 32–1509. Compensation for death
§ 32–1510. Occupational disease
§ 32–1511. Determination of average weekly wage
§ 32–1512. Guardian for minor or incompetent
§ 32–1513. Notice of injury or death
§ 32–1514. Time for filing claims
§ 32–1515. Payment of compensation
§ 32–1517. Assignment of compensation; exemption from claims of creditors
§ 32–1518. Compensation as lien against assets
§ 32–1519. Collection of defaulted payments
§ 32–1520. Procedure in respect of claims
§ 32–1521.01. Establishment of Compensation Order Review Board
§ 32–1522. Review of compensation orders
§ 32–1523. Appearance of Attorney General for the District of Columbia for Mayor
§ 32–1524. Modification of awards
§ 32–1525. Hearings before Mayor
§ 32–1526. Attendance of witnesses
§ 32–1531. Employer record of injury or death
§ 32–1533. Penalty for misrepresentation
§ 32–1534. Security for payment of compensation
§ 32–1535. Compensation for injuries where third persons are liable
§ 32–1536. Notice of compensation secured
§ 32–1537. Discharge of liability
§ 32–1539. Failure to secure payment of compensation
§ 32–1541. Administration fund
§ 32–1542. Retaliatory actions by employer prohibited
§ 32–1542.01. Establishment of Commission
§ 32–1542.02. Commissioner of the Department of Insurance, Securities, and Banking; rate filings