Committee Work

The Committee on Labor and Workforce Development will hold a performance oversight hearing on Thursday, February 14, 2019 at 1:00pm in Room 123 of the John A. Wilson Building (1350 Pennsylvania Ave. NW) regarding the following agencies:

• Public Employee Relations Board
• Office of Employee Appeals

The draft agenda and witness list, as well as the executive branch testimonies, are below:

• Agenda_and_witness_list__PERB_and_OEA_performance_hearing__02-14-19.docx
• OEA_PO_2019_testimony.pdf
• PERB_PO_2019_testimony.docx

The pre-hearing performance responses are available at http://dccouncil.us/labor-and-workforce-development/.

The Committee on Labor and Workforce Development will convene a public oversight roundtable on the Implementation of Law 21-264, the Universal Paid Leave Act on Tuesday, January 29, 2019 beginning at 1:30pm in Room 500 of the John A. Wilson Building (1350 Pennsylvania Ave. NW). The law establishes a paid leave system to provide partial wage replacement for District residents in need of leave from work due to serious family illness, personal medical leave, or care for a new child.

Please see hearing materials included below: 

The Committee on Labor and Workforce Development will hold an additional meeting on Monday, November 26, at 3:30pm in Room 123 on the John A. Wilson Building (1350 Pennsylvania Ave. NW). The Committee will consider the following measures:

• B22-212, “District Government Employee Residency Amendment Act of 2017”
• PR 22-0982, “Director of the Department of Employment Services Unique Morris-Hughes Confirmation Resolution of 2018”
• PR 22-1049, “Public Employee Relations Board Douglas A. Warshof Confirmation Resolution of 2018”
• PR 22-1053, “Office of Employee Appeals Clarence Labor Confirmation Resolution of 2018”
• PR 22-0978, “Office of Employee Appeals Peter Rosenstein Resolution of 2018”
  • Note: Councilmember Robert White is the designated committee chair for purposes of this resolution.
• Report on the Activities of the Committee on Labor and Workforce Development for Council Period 22

An agenda along with draft committee prints and reports are available below:

On Wednesday, November 14, the Labor and Workforce Development Committee held a public roundtable on PR22-1048, Collective Bargaining Agreement between the District of Columbia Government Metropolitan Police Department and the D.C. Police Union (Fraternal Order of Police/Metropolitan Police Department (FOP/MPD) Labor Committee (Compensation Unit 3) Approval Resolution of 2018.

The roundtable was in Room 123 of the John A. Wilson Building (130 Pennsylvania Ave. NW) at 1:00pm. The draft agenda and witness list are available here.

On Tuesday, October 9, the Labor and Workforce Development Committee will hold its fourth oversight roundtable on implementation of the Universal Paid Leave Act. It will be in Hearing Room 123 of the John A. Wilson Building (1350 Pennsylvania Ave. NW) at 10:00am.

A draft agenda and witness list is attached here. The latest progress reports from the Department of Employment Services can be found here: elissasilverman.com/paidfamilyleave

The Committee on Labor & Workforce Development will hold a Committee mark-up on Tuesday, September 25, 2018 at 2:00pm in Room 123 of the John A. Wilson Building (1350 Pennsylvania Ave. NW) on the following legislation: 

• B22-777, “Pathways to District Government Careers Amendment Act of 2018”

The agenda and draft Committee reports are attached below.

UPDATED: A final version of the Committee's budget report and recommendations on the FY 2019 budget and Budget Support Act is available here.

The Committee will mark-up their draft report and recommendations on the FY 2019 budget and Budget Support Act on Wednesday, May 2, at 2:00pm in Room 500 of the John A. Wilson Building (1350 Pennsylvania Ave. NW). The documents are attached here:

• Draft FY19 Committee budget report (see final budget report above)
• Draft budget report mark-up agenda

On Thursday, April 26, the Labor and Workforce Development Committee will hold a budget hearing on the following agencies: 

• Office of Employee Appeals
• Public Employee Relations Board

The hearing will be in Room 123 of the John A. Wilson Building (1350 Pennsylvania Ave. NW) beginning at 10:00am. A draft agenda and witness list is available here.