The outplacement services provided by the Mayor to employees displaced during Fiscal Year 1996 shall include provisions for the following:
(1) Counseling services for stress and finance management;
(2) Access to automated job information services;
(3) Job fairs;
(4) Coordination of training and job banks with the D.C. Chamber of Commerce, Business Coalition, and labor organizations;
(5) Consulting with regional governments concerning job vacancies and job banks;
(6) Workshops on writing resumes; and
(7) Access to facsimile and copying machines, computers, typewriters, and telephones where local calls can be made to prospective employers.
(Mar. 3, 1979, D.C. Law 2-139, § 2421, as added Mar. 5, 1996, D.C. Law 11-98, § 601, 43 DCR 5.)
HISTORICAL AND STATUTORY NOTES
Prior Codifications
1981 Ed., § 1-625A.1.
Legislative History of Laws
Law 11-78, the "Budget Support Temporary Act of 1995," was introduced in Council and assigned Bill No. 11-421. The Bill was adopted on first and second readings on July 29, 1995, and October 10, 1995, respectively. Signed by the Mayor on October 31, 1995, it was assigned Act No. 11-150 and transmitted to both Houses of Congress for its review. D.C. Law 11-78 became effective on January 26, 1996.
Law 11-98, the "Budget Support Temporary Act of 1995," was introduced in Council and assigned Bill No. 11-440, which was referred to the Committee of the Whole. The Bill was adopted on first and second readings on November 7, 1995, and December 5, 1995, respectively. Signed by the Mayor on December 26, 1995, it was assigned Act No. 11-181 and transmitted to both Houses of Congress for its review. D.C. Law 11-98 became effective on March 5, 1996.
(a) This section shall apply only to employees displaced as a result of a reduction-in-force in Fiscal Year 1996.
(b) Any employee who is displaced as a result of the reduction-in-force procedure in Fiscal Year 1996 may be eligible for, to the extent there are Fiscal Year 1996 appropriations, the following:
(1) Continuation of health insurance benefits and premium contribution at the same rate as the employee had been subsidized by the District while an active employee for 2 months after separation or upon the commencement of new employment, whichever occurs first;
(2) Child care vouchers in the amount of $75 per week payable to a licensed day care provider for each week the displaced employee is certified to be unemployed for the 6-month period following separation or through the end of the first week when the displaced employee is no longer unemployed, whichever occurs first; and
(3) Tuition assistance to attend any vocational training or GED program not to exceed one-half the yearly cost for any full-time District resident student at UDC.
(c) The benefits contained in subsection (b) of this section are subject to the following limitations:
(1) The displaced employee must be a bona fide District resident at the time of separation and must have filed a District of Columbia income tax return in the 2 years prior to separation;
(2) The continued coverage under subsection (b)(1) and (2) of this section for District employees enrolled in the Federal Employee Health Benefits Plan and Federal Employees Group Life Insurance Plan are subject to the federal regulations governing these benefits;
(3) The employee must not have been the recipient of the early out or easy out retirement incentive or voluntary severance incentive programs in Fiscal Year 1996;
(4) The limit of the Fiscal Year 1996 appropriations for this program;
(5) The employee cannot have been offered a position with a contractor for government services under § 2-352.05, and refused such offer of employment;
(6) Nothing in subsection (b) of this section shall be construed as an entitlement to any benefits; and
(7) No benefits set forth in subsection (b) of this section shall be available in any future Fiscal Year without additional appropriations for those benefits.
(Mar. 3, 1979, D.C. Law 2-139, § 2422, as added Mar. 5, 1996, D.C. Law 11-98, § 601, 43 DCR 5; Sept. 26, 2012, D.C. Law 19-171, § 204, 59 DCR 6190.)
HISTORICAL AND STATUTORY NOTES
Prior Codifications
1981 Ed., § 1-625A.2.
Effect of Amendments
D.C. Law 19-171, in subsec. (c)(5), substituted "§ 2-352.05" for "§2- 301.15b(a)".
Legislative History of Laws
For legislative history of D.C. Law 11-78, see Historical and Statutory Notes following § 1-624.21.
For legislative history of D.C. Law 11-98, see Historical and Statutory Notes following § 1-624.21.
For history of Law 19-171, see notes under § 1-125.
The Department of Employment Services shall have responsibility for the administration of this subchapter.
(Mar. 3, 1979, D.C. Law 2-139, § 2423, as added Mar. 5, 1996, D.C. Law 11-98, § 601, 43 DCR 5.)
HISTORICAL AND STATUTORY NOTES
Prior Codifications
1981 Ed., § 1-625A.3.
Legislative History of Laws
For legislative history of D.C. Law 11-78, see Historical and Statutory Notes following § 1-624.21.
For legislative history of D.C. Law 11-98, see Historical and Statutory Notes following § 1-624.21.
The Department of Employment Services shall submit quarterly reports, until January 1, 1997, on the effectiveness of outplacement services.
(Mar. 3, 1979, D.C. Law 2-139, § 2424, as added Mar. 5, 1996, D.C. Law 11-98, § 601, 43 DCR 5.)
HISTORICAL AND STATUTORY NOTES
Prior Codifications
1981 Ed., § 1-625A.4.
Legislative History of Laws
For legislative history of D.C. Law 11-78, see Historical and Statutory Notes following § 1-624.01.
For legislative history of D.C. Law 11-98, see Historical and Statutory Notes following § 1-624.01.
