District Of Columbia § 1-623.02 - Compensation for disability or death of employee.
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§ 1-623.02. Compensation for disability or death of employee.
1-623.02The District of Columbia government shall pay compensation as specified by this subchapter for the disability or death of an employee resulting from personal injury sustained while in the performance of his or her duty, unless the injury or death is:
Caused by willful misconduct of the employee;
Caused by the employee’s intention to bring about the injury or death of himself or herself or of another; or
Proximately caused by the intoxication of the injured employee.
No claim shall be allowed under this chapter for mental stress or an emotional condition or disease resulting from a reaction to the work environment or to an action taken or proposed by the employing agency involving the following:
Employee’s work performance, assignments, or duties;
Promotion or denial of promotion;
Adverse personnel action;
Transfer;
Retrenchment or dismissal; or
Provision of employment benefits.
Pursuant to , the limitation of liability described in subsection (b) of this section shall not apply to an employee whose date of hire was before January 1, 1980.
Annotations
The Budget Office of the District of Columbia Council has determined that the conditions of § 1123 of were not met. Therefore the amendments to this section by section 1122(a) of have not been given effect.
Section 1122(a) of repealed (b) and (c). However, § 1123 of provided that § 1122 of the act shall apply upon certification by the Chief Financial Officer that sufficient revenue is available in the June 2012, September 2012, or December 2012 revenue estimates to fund section 10002(a)(1) through (29) of Title X of .
Source: official District Of Columbia text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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