The COVID Project
The record
- Jurisdiction
- District of Columbia
- Level
- State
- Authority
- D.C. Home Rule Act sec. 602(c)(1), D.C. Code sec. 1-206.02(c)(1); Title I, Protecting Businesses and Workers from COVID-19
- Issued
- 2020-10-28 Oct. 28, 2020
- Effective
- 2020-12-23; employer duty 'Beginning 7 days after the effective date of this title and during the public health emergency' (read as 2020-12-23)
- End
- 'This act shall expire after 225 days of its having taken effect' (Aug. 5, 2021); superseded in substance by D.C. Law 24-6 from May 13, 2021 (Ex. DUT-DC-014) (read as 2021-08-05)
- In force
- Dec. 23, 2020 to Aug. 5, 2021
- Quarters
- 2020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
- Limitation types
- Face-covering requirementWorkplace rulesStanding dutyOperating condition
- Addressees
- employers (every employer in the District)
- Character
- covid workplace rule
- Collection
- Standing duties: District of Columbia DUT-DC
Operative words
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 adhere to the requirements of Mayor's Order 2020-080, or subsequent Mayor's Order.
Penalty
Administrative penalties up to $50 per violation per employee per day (sec. 102) and $500 per violation (sec. 103); Attorney General civil action for penalties, lost wages, equitable relief and fees
What it required
Re-enacted on a 225-day temporary basis the employer command of D.C. Act 23-384: policies adhering to Mayor's Order 2020-080 and every subsequent Mayor's Order, the anti-retaliation protections and the Mayor's and Attorney General's enforcement powers.
Retrieval noteRead from the Council's codified law page (capture May 24, 2024), which carries the law's history: adopted July 28 and Sept. 22, 2020; Act 23-443 on Oct. 28, 2020; effective Dec. 23, 2020 after Congressional review. The LIMS signed-act PDF (B23-0871) refused automated retrieval.