The COVID Project
The record
- Jurisdiction
- District of Columbia
- Level
- State
- 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
- Issued
- 2020-08-13 Aug. 13, 2020
- Effective
- 2020-08-13; employer duty from 2020-08-20 ('Beginning 7 days after the effective date of this title') (read as 2020-08-13)
- 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) (read as 2021-09-30)
- In force
- Aug. 13, 2020 to Sept. 30, 2021
- Quarters
- 2020 Q32020 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, and District agencies)
- 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 adheres to the requirements of Mayor's Order 2020-080, or subsequent Mayor's Order.
Penalty
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 'enforce this title by commencing a civil action in the name of the District' for penalties, lost wages, equitable relief and fees (sec. 104)
What it required
Commanded every employer in the District to adopt and implement written social-distancing and worker-protection policies adhering to the mask order (Mayor's Order 2020-080: exterior signage, exclusion of unmasked persons, masks provided to employees) and to every subsequent Mayor's 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).
Retrieval noteEnrolled original (signed act, 'adheres' sic in sec. 102(a)); passed on an emergency basis July 28, 2020; approved Aug. 13, 2020. D.C. Act 23-483 (effective Nov. 16, 2020; Bill 23-980) carries the identical sec. 102(a) and was read on the Council's code page (https://code.dccouncil.gov/us/dc/council/acts/23-483); D.C. Act 24-7 (effective Feb. 1, 2021; Bill 24-2) likewise (https://code.dccouncil.gov/us/dc/council/acts/24-7). Neither is separately saved.