{"data":{"id":"us-dc/d.c.-code-32-1608","jurisdiction":"us-dc","citation":"D.C. Code § 32-1608","heading":"Anti-displacement.","body":"Participants in training activities funded pursuant to § 32-1607 shall not be assigned or placed to work for any employer or worksite where:\n\n(1)\nAny other individual is laid off from the same or substantially equivalent job;\n\n(2)\nAn employer has terminated a regular employee and filled the vacancy with a participant;\n\n(3)\nAn employer has caused an involuntary reduction in the workforce and filled the vacancy with a participant;\n\n(4)\nAn employer has caused an involuntary reduction below full-time hours of any employee in the same or substantially equivalent job;\n\n(5)\nAn employer has caused an involuntary reduction in wages or employment benefits;\n\n(6)\nPlacement of a recipient will violate an existing collective bargaining agreement, unless the labor organization and the employer provide a written concurrence;\n\n(7)\nThe job is created in a promotional line that will infringe in any way upon the promotional opportunities of currently employed individuals;\n\n(8)\nThe placement is the equivalent of filling an established unfilled position vacancy, or is the equivalent of performing a job that is substantially similar to the vacant position, unless the participant is given a bona fide opportunity to apply for the position as an unsubsidized employee after 18 weeks of satisfactory service in the position; or\n\n(9)\nThere is a hiring freeze for positions that are the same or substantially similar to the position performed by the participants.","path":["Title 32. Labor.","Chapter 16. Workforce Investment Implementation.","Subchapter I. General."],"source_url":"https://code.dccouncil.gov/us/dc/council/code/sections/32-1608","current_through":"2026-08-20 (D.C. Law 26-175)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-29T05:44:07Z","sha256":"134fc9db5f932a459886ccfa1eb484602609fe05915783425aa980c28e900650","source_id":"us-dc","stale":false,"prev":"us-dc/d.c.-code-32-1607","next":"us-dc/d.c.-code-32-1609"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}