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Subchapter I - Family and Medical Leave
§ 32–501. Definitions - For purposes of this chapter, the term: (1) "Employee" means:...
§ 32–502. Family leave requirement - (a) An employee shall be entitled to a total of...
§ 32–503. Medical leave requirement - (a) Subject to the provisions of § 32-504, any employee...
§ 32–504. Certification - (a) An employer may require that a request for family...
§ 32–505. Employment and benefits protection - (a) Any employee who takes family or medical leave under...
§ 32–506. School employees - (a) If the conditions in subsection (b) of this section...
§ 32–507. Prohibited acts - (a) It shall be unlawful for any person to interfere...
§ 32–508. Investigative authority - (a) An employer shall develop, maintain, and make available to...
§ 32–509. Administrative enforcement procedure; relief - (a) The Mayor shall provide an administrative procedure pursuant to...
§ 32–510. Enforcement by civil action - (a) Subject to the provisions in subsection (b) of this...
§ 32–511. Notice - (a) The Mayor shall devise, and an employer shall post...
§ 32–512. Effect on other laws - Nothing in this chapter shall supersede any provision of law...
§ 32–513. Effect on existing employment benefits - (a) Nothing in this chapter shall diminish an employer’s obligation...
§ 32–514. Encouragement of more generous leave policies - Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to discourage an...
§ 32–515. Family and Medical Leave Commission established - Expired. 1981 Ed., § 36-1315. Expiration of Family and Medical...
§ 32–516. Applicability - The rights and responsibilities established by this chapter shall apply:...
§ 32–517. Rules - (a) The Mayor shall, pursuant to subchapter I of Chapter...
Subchapter II - Parental Leave
§ 32–521.01. Definitions - For purposes of this subchapter, the term: (1) “Employer” means...
§ 32–521.02. Amount of leave; denial; form; notice - (a) Except as provided in this section, an employee who...
§ 32–521.03. Effect of leave on employment benefits or seniority - An employee who takes leave pursuant to § 32-1202 shall...
§ 32–521.04. Administrative enforcement procedure; relief - (a) The Mayor shall provide an administrative procedure pursuant to...
§ 32–521.05. Enforcement by civil action - (a) Subject to the provisions in subsection (b) of this...
§ 32–521.06. Notice - (a) The Mayor shall devise and an employer shall post...
Subchapter III - Employee Sick Leave
§ 32–531.01. Definitions - For the purposes of this subchapter, the term: (1) “Domestic...
§ 32–531.02. Provision of paid leave - (a)(1) An employer with 100 or more employees shall provide...
§ 32–531.03. Notification - Paid leave shall be provided upon the written request of...
§ 32–531.04. Certification - (a)(1) An employer may require that paid leave under §...
§ 32–531.05. Current paid leave policies - (a) An employer with a paid leave policy providing paid...
§ 32–531.06. Effect on existing employment benefits - (a) This subchapter shall not diminish the obligation of an...
§ 32–531.07. Encouragement of more generous paid leave policies - This subchapter shall not prevent an employer from the adoption...
§ 32–531.08. Prohibited acts - (a) A person shall not interfere with, restrain, or deny...
§ 32–531.09. Posting requirement - (a) The Mayor shall prescribe, and the Mayor shall provide...
§ 32–531.10. Administration - This subchapter shall be administered by the Department of Employment...
§ 32–531.10a. Statute of limitations - All civil or administrative complaints brought under this chapter shall...
§ 32–531.10b. Employer records - (a) Employers shall retain records documenting hours worked by employees...
§ 32–531.11. Effect on other laws - This subchapter shall not: (1) Supersede any provision of law...
§ 32–531.12. Enforcement and penalties - (a)(1) An employee or similarly situated employees injured by a...
§ 32–531.13. Rules - The Mayor, pursuant to subchapter I of Chapter 5 of...
§ 32–531.14. Hardship exemption - The Mayor shall exempt, by rule, businesses that can prove...
§ 32–531.15. Report by the [Department of Employment Services] - The Department of Employment Services shall prepare and submit to...
§ 32–531.15a. Public education and outreach - (a) The Department of Employment Services shall develop and implement...
§ 32–531.16. Applicability - (a) This subchapter shall apply 6 months after May 13,...
§ 32–531.17. Appropriations contingency. [Repealed] - Repealed. (May 13, 2008, D.C. Law 17-152, § 18, 55...
Subchapter IV - Universal Paid Leave
§ 32–541.01. Definitions - For the purposes of this subchapter, the term: (1) "Average...
§ 32–541.02. Establishment of a paid-leave program; rules - (a) The Mayor shall establish a paid-leave program to administer...
§ 32–541.03. Contributions to the Universal Paid Leave Fund - (a) A covered employer shall contribute an amount equal to...
§ 32–541.04. Duration and amount of benefits - (a) Upon the occurrence of a qualifying leave event, an...
§ 32–541.04a. Expansion of paid-leave benefits and employer contribution rate change - (a) By March 1, 2022, and annually thereafter, the Chief...
§ 32–541.05. Self-employed individuals - (a)(1) An individual who earns self-employment income and who opts...
§ 32–541.06. Administration of the paid-leave program - (a) The Mayor shall establish reasonable procedures and forms for...
§ 32–541.07. Coordination of benefits - *NOTE: This section includes amendments by emergency legislation that will...
§ 32–541.08. Appeals - (a) No later than 60 days after an individual who...
§ 32–541.09. Erroneous payments and disqualification for benefits - (a) An individual who intentionally makes a false statement or...
§ 32–541.10. Prohibited acts - (a) It shall be unlawful for any person to interfere...
§ 32–541.11. Investigative authority - (a) An employer shall develop, maintain, and make available to...
§ 32–541.12. Enforcement by civil action - (a) Subject to the provisions in subsection (b) of this...
Subchapter V - Universal Paid Leave Fund
§ 32–551.01. Universal Paid Leave Fund - (a) There is established as a special fund the Universal...
§ 32–551.02. Universal Paid Leave Administration Fund - (a) There is established as a special fund the Universal...
§ 32–551.03. Definitions - For the purposes of this subchapter, the term "Act" means...
Subchapter VI - Workplace Leave Navigators. [Repealed]
§ 32–561.01. Definitions. [Repealed] - Repealed. (Dec. 3, 2020, D.C. Law 23-149, § 2092, 67...
§ 32–561.02. Workplace Leave Navigators Program. [Repealed] - Repealed. (Dec. 3, 2020, D.C. Law 23-149, § 2093, 67...