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, Workplace Safety During the COVID-19 Pandemic
- Issued
- 2021-03-17 Mar. 17, 2021
- Effective
- 2021-05-13
- End
- 'This act shall expire after 225 days of its having taken effect' (Dec. 24, 2021); the sec. 102 duty runs 'During the public health emergency', defined as 'the COVID-19 public health emergency declared on March 11, 2020, pursuant to Mayor's Order 2020-045, and all subsequent extensions' (read as 2021-12-24)
- In force
- May 13, 2021 to Dec. 24, 2021
- Quarters
- 2021 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
During the public health emergency, employers in the District shall adopt and implement social distancing and workplace protection policies to prevent transmission of COVID-19 in the workplace in accordance with the requirements of all applicable Mayor's Orders.
Penalty
Attorney General investigation, subpoena and civil action (sec. 105); private right of action in the Superior Court within one year for reasonable attorneys' fees and costs, lost wages and benefits and equitable relief (sec. 106)
What it required
Continued on a 225-day temporary basis the employer command of D.C. Act 24-26: policies 'in accordance with the requirements of all applicable Mayor's Orders'; protection of employees for 'workplace health and safety practices related to COVID-19', defined by reference to 'federal or District law or regulations or Mayor's Orders, a standard issued by OSHA, or a recommendation by the CDC or WHO intended to make the transmission of COVID-19 between persons less likely'; Attorney General enforcement and a private right of action.
Retrieval noteSec. 101(16) defines the operative period by reference to Mayor's Order 2020-045 'and all subsequent extensions'; Mayor's Order 2020-045 (the public emergency) was extended through Oct. 8, 2021 (Ex. DC-021) and Jan. 7, 2022 (Ex. DC-022), while Mayor's Order 2021-096 terminated the separate public health emergency declared by Mayor's Order 2020-046 effective July 25, 2021 (Ex. DC-021). Sec. 101(19) is quoted in what_it_required. The LIMS signed-act PDF (B24-0059) refused automated retrieval; the Council's codified law page was rendered.