For the purposes of this chapter:

(1) "DOES" means the Department of Employment Services.

(2) "Industry" means a distinct sector of the economy in which an employer operates.

(3) "Occupation" means a person's usual work, including the type of work an unemployed person typically performs when employed or a person's actual job title.

(4) "Program" means the Wage and Hour Education Grants Program established pursuant to this chapter.

(a) There is established a Wage and Hour Education Grants Program for the purpose of funding community-based organizations to provide accurate, engaging, and informational workshops to private-sector employees regarding their rights in the workplace under District laws.

(b) The Program shall be administered by DOES pursuant to the requirements set forth in part B of subchapter XII-A of Chapter 3 of Title 1.

(c) DOES shall award grants on an annual basis to at least 2 qualified community-based organizations.

(d) The grant period shall be at least one year.

(a) To qualify for grant funds authorized under this subtitle, a community-based organization shall:

(1) Possess at least 3 years' experience conducting group trainings, organizing public awareness campaigns, or representing employees in administrative or legal proceedings;

(2) Demonstrate that the workshops prescribed by § 32-171.04 will be supervised or implemented by one or more persons who each have at least 2 years' experience advocating for or representing workers' rights under District workplace laws for which administrative enforcement is conducted by DOES or under the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938, approved June 25, 1938 (52 Stat. 1060; 29 U.S.C. § 201 et seq.); and

(3) Specify in its grant application the planned staff, schedule, format, and intended audience of its workshops, and provide a summary of the content of workshops that will be carried out during the grant period.

(a) Each grantee must hold at least 10 workshops aimed at informing District-based employees who are or expect to become part of the private-sector workforce about their rights under 2 or more of the following laws:

(1) The Accrued Sick and Safe Leave Act of 2008 [subchapter III of Chapter 5 of this title];

(2) The Minimum Wage Act Revision Act of 1992 [Chapter 10 of this title];

(3) An Act To provide for the payment and collection of wages in the District of Columbia [Chapter 13 of this title];

(4) The Wage Theft Prevention Amendment Act of 2014, effective October 1, 2014 (D.C. Law 20-157; 61 DCR 10157); and

(5) Subchapter II of Chapter 13 of this title and § 2-359.07(c)(6A).

(b) Workshops may be of any duration and in any format that the grantee determines is most effective at helping employees understand their rights; provided, that all other requirements of this section are satisfied.

(c) Workshops may be directed to a general audience of District-based employees or may be tailored to a particular demographic group or industry subset of employees.

(d)(1) For each workshop held, the grantee must obtain the following information from each attendee:

(A) Gender;

(B) Racial or ethnic group;

(C) Whether employed full-time, part-time, or unemployed;

(D) Industry; and

(E) Occupation.

(2) The grantee may permit attendees to decline to answer individual questions but shall record that the attendee declined.

(e) At the conclusion of the grant period, each grantee shall demonstrate to DOES that it presented workshops to at least 500 people over the grant period.

(f) Grantees may fulfill the requirements of the grant by contracting with or subgranting funds to another community-based organization to perform any portion of the grant requirements; provided, that the contractor or subgrantee agrees to comply with the terms of this subtitle and the grant.

(g) DOES may specify additional requirements for grantees consistent with the purpose of the Program.

(a) At the conclusion of the grant period, a grantee shall report the following information to DOES for each workshop held:

(1) The date;

(2) A summary of the workshop's content;

(3) The total number of attendees;

(4) The data the community-based organization compiled at each workshop in accordance with § 32-171.04(d); and

(5) The grantee's summary of the primary or most common workplace concerns in the District according to the concerns or questions raised at the workshops.

(b) DOES shall:

(1) Post the information received pursuant to subsection (a) of this section on its website; and

(2) Upon any individual's request for the information received pursuant to subsection (a) of this section, provide the information within 5 business days.