Law and the Workplace

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D.C.’s “Ban the Box” Law Takes Effect, OHR Issues Notice of Rights

By Connie Bertram, Daniel Davis and Daniel Saperstein on Posted in Discrimination, Harassment and Retaliation, Hiring/Background Checks, Workplace Policies and Procedures
D.C.’s Fair Criminal Record Screening Act of 2014 took effect on December 17.  The new law prevents employers with 11 or more employees in D.C. from making any criminal inquiries on an initial employment application (i.e., “banning the box”).  Once the employer has extended the applicant a conditional offer of employment, it may inquire into … Continue Reading

Amendments To DC Accrued Sick And Safe Leave Act Now Fully Apply To Employers

By Joshua F. Alloy and Ravinder Sandhu on Posted in Leaves of Absences
Leave of absence formAs if employers in DC didn’t have enough to worry about, the 2013 amendments to the District of Columbia Accrued Sick and Safe Leave Act of 2008 (“ASSLA”), which became effective in March 2014, finally became fully applicable to all employers as of October 1, 2014.  The amendments significantly broadened the scope of ASSLA by, … Continue Reading

D.C. Expands Paid Sick Leave Law

By Connie Bertram, Carolyn M. Dellatore, Daniel Davis, Daniel Saperstein, Katharine Parker and Kelly Anne Targett on Posted in Leaves of Absences, Workplace Policies and Procedures
  D.C.’s Earned Sick and Safe Leave Amendment Act of 2013 significantly broadens the scope of the Accrued Sick and Safe Leave Act of 2008 (the “ASSLA”) by covering more employees, as well as imposing additional recordkeeping requirements. The Amendment took effect last week but it will not apply to employers until a statement of its … Continue Reading
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