Section 32-171.01 - DefinitionsFor the purposes of this subtitle, the term:
(1) "Activities" means conducting outreach to, providing worker education to, or providing legal services for eligible individuals related to employment laws.(2) "Community-based organization" means a nonprofit organization, including a legal services provider, headquartered in the District of Columbia whose purpose OAG determines is aligned with one or more purposes of the Program.(3) "Eligible individual" means an individual who works in the District.(4) "Employment laws" means workplace leave laws and: (A) The Minimum Wage Act Revision Act of 1992, effective March 25, 1993 (D.C. Law 9-248; D.C. Official Code § 32-1001et seq.);(B) An Act To provide for the payment and collection of wages in the District of Columbia, approved August 3, 1956 (70 Stat. 976; D.C. Official Code § 32-1301et seq.);(C) The District of Columbia Unemployment Compensation Act, approved August 28, 1935 (49 Stat. 946; D.C. Official Code § 51-101et seq.); and(D) Federal laws that relate to or provide similar rights as the laws identified in subparagraphs (A) through (C) of this paragraph, including the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938, approved June 25, 1938 (52 Stat. 1060; 29 U.S.C. § 201et seq.), and the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993, approved February 5, 1993 (107 Stat. 6; 29 U.S.C. § 2611et seq.).(5) "Grantee" means a community-based organization in receipt of a Program grant issued pursuant to section 2093.(6) "Legal services" means the provision of legal advice, assistance, or representation regarding an individual's rights or responsibilities related to a particular matter or more general matters.(7) "Legal services provider" means a nonprofit organization or clinical program headquartered in the District that provides legal services.(8) "Low- or moderate-income eligible individual" means an individual who works in the District and who earns an hourly wage or salary equivalent to less than 3 times the District minimum wage or who has a household income that falls at or below 400% of the federal poverty guidelines issued by the United States Department of Health and Human Services.(9) "OAG" means the Office of the Attorney General for the District of Columbia.(10) "Program" means the Workplace Rights Grant Program established pursuant to section 2093.(11) "Workplace leave laws" means laws that provide for eligible individuals to take leave from their employment and protect the right to do so, and include the: (A) Accrued Sick and Safe Leave Act of 2008, effective May 13, 2008 (D.C. Law 17-152; D.C. Official Code § 32-531.01et seq.);(B) Universal Paid Leave Amendment Act of 2016, effective April 7, 2017 (D.C. Law 21-264; D.C. Official Code § 32-541.01et seq.);(C) District of Columbia Family and Medical Leave Act of 1990, effective October 3, 1990 (D.C. Law 8-181; D.C. Official Code § 32-501et seq.); and(D) Protecting Pregnant Workers Fairness Act of 2014, effective March 3, 2015 (D.C. Law 20-168; D.C. Official Code § 32-1231.01et seq.).Amended by D.C. Law 24-45,§ IV-N-4152, 68 DCR 010163, eff. 11/13/2021.Sept. 11, 2019, D.C. Law 23-16, § 2092, 66 DCR 8621.