5459662 Public Hearing on B21-17, Unemployment Profile Act of 2015 and B21-30, Injured Worker Fair Pay Amendment Act of 2015

Council of the District of Columbia

Committee on Business, Consumer, and Regulatory Affairs,

Notice of a Public Hearing

                                                                                     

John A. Wilson Building   1350 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Suite 119    Washington, DC 20004                                 

 

Councilmember Vincent B. Orange, Sr., Chair

Committee on Business, Consumer, and Regulatory Affairs

 

Announces a Public Hearing

 

 on

 

·        B21-017, the “Unemployment Profile Act of 2015”

·        B21-030, the “Injured Worker Fair Pay Amendment Act of 2015”

 

Thursday, June 18, 2015, 10:00 A.M.

John A. Wilson Building, Room 500

1350 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W.

Washington, DC 20004

 

Councilmember Vincent B. Orange, Sr., announces the scheduling of a public hearing by the Committee on Business, Consumer, and Regulatory Affairs, on B21-017, the “Unemployment Profile Act of 2015” and B21-030, the “Injured Worker Fair Pay Amendment Act of 2015” .  The public hearing is scheduled for Thursday, June 18, 2015 at 10:00 a.m. in Room 500 of the John A. Wilson Building, 1350 Pennsylvania Ave., NW, Washington, DC 20004. 

 

B21-017, the “Unemployment Profile Act of 2015”, would require the Department of Employment Services to create and submit a report to the Mayor and Council, by December 2015, which profiles unemployed and under-employed residents, employers, and the occupational needs in the District. The report is required to include the following information:  (1) Unemployed and under-employed resident profiles for residents age 18 and over; (2) Existing and future public and private workforce needs for economic development projects; and (3) Recommendations on how to improve job training programs in the District.

 

B21-030, the “Injured Worker Fair Pay Amendment Act of 2015”, would require that Public Workers' Compensation Program participants receive raises anytime District workers receive raises. Public Workers' Compensation Program participants are District employees who are receiving worker's compensation due to an injury sustained while on duty.

 

Individuals and representatives of organizations who wish to testify at the public hearing are asked to contact Faye Caldwell of the Committee on Business, Consumer, and Regulatory Affairs at [phone] or by email at [e-mail] and provide their name(s), address, telephone number, email address and organizational affiliation, if any, by close of business Monday, June 15, 2015.  Each witness is requested to bring 20 copies of his/her written testimony. Representatives of organizations and government agencies will be limited to 5 minutes in order to permit each witness an opportunity to be heard. Individual witnesses will be limited to 3 minutes.

 

If you are unable to testify at the public hearing, written statements are encouraged and will be made a part of the official record. The official record will remain open until close of business Thursday, July 2, 2015.  Copies of written statements should be submitted to the Committee on Business, Consumer, and Regulatory Affairs, Council of the District of Columbia, Suite 119 of the John A. Wilson Building, 1350 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20004.