2020 District of Columbia Code
Title 32 - Labor
Chapter 1D - Wage and Hour Education Grants Program
§ 32–171.04. Grant requirements

(a) Each grantee must hold at least 10 workshops aimed at informing District-based employees who are or expect to become part of the private-sector workforce about their rights under 2 or more of the following laws:

(1) The Accrued Sick and Safe Leave Act of 2008 [subchapter III of Chapter 5 of this title];

(2) The Minimum Wage Act Revision Act of 1992 [Chapter 10 of this title];

(3) An Act To provide for the payment and collection of wages in the District of Columbia [Chapter 13 of this title];

(4) The Wage Theft Prevention Amendment Act of 2014, effective October 1, 2014 (D.C. Law 20-157; 61 DCR 10157); and

(5) Subchapter II of Chapter 13 of this title and § 2-359.07(c)(6A).

(b) Workshops may be of any duration and in any format that the grantee determines is most effective at helping employees understand their rights; provided, that all other requirements of this section are satisfied.

(c) Workshops may be directed to a general audience of District-based employees or may be tailored to a particular demographic group or industry subset of employees.

(d)(1) For each workshop held, the grantee must obtain the following information from each attendee:

(A) Gender;

(B) Racial or ethnic group;

(C) Whether employed full-time, part-time, or unemployed;

(D) Industry; and

(E) Occupation.

(2) The grantee may permit attendees to decline to answer individual questions but shall record that the attendee declined.

(e) At the conclusion of the grant period, each grantee shall demonstrate to DOES that it presented workshops to at least 500 people over the grant period.

(f) Grantees may fulfill the requirements of the grant by contracting with or subgranting funds to another community-based organization to perform any portion of the grant requirements; provided, that the contractor or subgrantee agrees to comply with the terms of this subtitle and the grant.

(g) DOES may specify additional requirements for grantees consistent with the purpose of the Program.

(Sept. 11, 2019, D.C. Law 23-16, § 2095, 66 DCR 8621.)

For temporary (90 days) creation of this section, see § 2095 of the Fiscal Year 2020 Budget Support Congressional Review Emergency Act of 2019 (D.C. Act 23-112, Sept. 4, 2019, 66 DCR 11964).

For temporary (90 days) creation of this section, see § 2095 of the Fiscal Year 2020 Budget Support Emergency Act of 2019 (D.C. Act 23-91, July 22, 2019, 66 DCR 8497).