Prohibitions.
A supervisor shall not threaten to take or take a prohibited personnel action or otherwise retaliate against an employee because of the employee’s protected disclosure or because of an employee’s refusal to comply with an illegal order. A District government official or employee having the responsibility to evaluate, award, authorize payments, terminate, or otherwise administer a contract for goods or services between the District government and a contractor shall not threaten to take or take a prohibited procurement action against a contractor, or a contractor competing for a contract, based wholly or in part on a protected disclosure made by an employee, officer, or owner of the contractor to a public body.
Annotations
Oct. 7, 1998, D.C. Law 12-160, § 203, 45 DCR 5147 Mar. 11, 2010, D.C. Law 18-117, § 3(b), 57 DCR 896 For temporary addition of subchapter, see note to § 2-223.01. D.C. Law 18-117 rewrote the section, which had read as follows: “A supervisor shall not threaten to take or take a prohibited personnel action or otherwise retaliate against an employee because of the employee’s protected disclosure or because of an employee’s refusal to comply with an illegal order.” 1981 Ed., § 1-1177.2. This section is referenced in § 1-615.55, § 2-223.03, and § 2-223.04.
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