{"id":"DUT-DC-010","kind":"duty","level":"state","jurisdiction":"District of Columbia","state":"DC","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Council of the District of Columbia (emergency act approved by Mayor Muriel Bowser)","authority":"D.C. Home Rule Act sec. 412(a), D.C. Code sec. 1-204.12(a); Title I, Protecting Businesses and Workers from COVID-19","instrument":"D.C. Act 23-384, Protecting Businesses and Workers from COVID-19 Emergency Amendment Act of 2020, Title I, secs. 101-104","title":"Protecting Businesses and Workers from COVID-19 Emergency Amendment Act of 2020","dateIssued":"2020-08-13","effective":"2020-08-13; employer duty from 2020-08-20 (\u0027Beginning 7 days after the effective date of this title\u0027)","end":"90 days by its terms (to 2020-11-11); the duty continued without interruption under D.C. Act 23-483 (Congressional Review Emergency, effective Nov. 16, 2020), D.C. Law 23-168 (Temporary, effective Dec. 23, 2020; Ex. DUT-DC-011), D.C. Act 24-7 (Congressional Review Emergency, effective Feb. 1, 2021), D.C. Act 24-26 (Feb. 26, 2021; Ex. DUT-DC-012) and D.C. Law 24-6 (May 13, 2021; Ex. DUT-DC-014)","startDate":"2020-08-13","endDate":"2021-09-30","quarters":["2020Q3","2020Q4","2021Q1","2021Q2","2021Q3"],"types":["EMP","MASK","DUTY","COND"],"addressees":["employers (every employer in the District, and District agencies)"],"clause":"Beginning 7 days after the effective date of this title and during the public health emergency, employers in the District shall adopt and implement social distancing and worker protection policies to prevent transmission of COVID-19 in the workplace that adheres to the requirements of Mayor\u0027s Order 2020-080, or subsequent Mayor\u0027s Order.","enforcement":"Administrative penalties assessed by the Mayor: up to $50 per violation per employee per day for a repeated or wilful violation of sec. 102; up to $500 per violation of sec. 103 (retaliation); the Attorney General may investigate, subpoena and \u0027enforce this title by commencing a civil action in the name of the District\u0027 for penalties, lost wages, equitable relief and fees (sec. 104)","functions":[],"notes":"Commanded every employer in the District to adopt and implement written social-distancing and worker-protection policies adhering to the mask order (Mayor\u0027s Order 2020-080: exterior signage, exclusion of unmasked persons, masks provided to employees) and to every subsequent Mayor\u0027s Order; prohibited adverse employment action against an employee who refuses to serve a non-complying customer or to work within six feet of a non-complying individual, or who tests positive, quarantines or cares for a person with COVID-19 (sec. 103).","sourceUrl":"https://lims.dccouncil.us/downloads/LIMS/45472/Signed_Act/B23-0870-Signed_Act.pdf","snapshot":"http://web.archive.org/web/20210216070956/https://lims.dccouncil.us/downloads/LIMS/45472/Signed_Act/B23-0870-Signed_Act.pdf","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":2776591,"grade":"primary","character":"covid_workplace_rule","description":"","collection":"DUT-DC","url":"/library/DUT-DC-010","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/DUT-DC-010","citation":"Council of the District of Columbia (emergency act approved by Mayor Muriel Bowser), D.C. Act 23-384, Protecting Businesses and Workers from COVID-19 Emergency Amendment Act of 2020, Title I, secs. 101-104 (Aug. 13, 2020) (Ex. DUT-DC-010)","stateName":"District of Columbia","related":["DUT-DC-011","DUT-DC-012","DUT-DC-014","DUT-DC-009"]}