199.1 When used in this chapter, the following terms and phrases shall have the meanings ascribed:

Act - the District of Columbia Human Rights Act of 1977, D.C. Law 2-38, D.C. Official Code §§ 2-1401.01-2-1403.07 (2001).

Administrative Procedure Act - the District of Columbia Administrative Procedure Act, D.C. Official Code §§ 2-501 et seq. (2001).

Age - eighteen (18) years of age or older except that, in a case of employment, age shall be defined as eighteen (18) to sixty-five (65) years of age, unless otherwise defined by law.

Agency - any office, department, division, board, commission or other agency of the government of the District of Columbia with respect to which the Mayor or the Council are authorized by law to establish administrative procedures.

Director, EEO - the Director of the District of Columbia Office of Human Rights or a designate.

Employee - any individual employed by or seeking employment from an agency of the District of Columbia Government.

Family responsibilities - the state of being, or the potential to become, a contributor to the support of a person or persons in a dependent relationship, irrespective of the number of such persons.

Marital status - the state of being married, single, divorced, separated, or widowed and the usual conditions associated with such status including pregnancy or parenthood.

Matriculation - the condition of being enrolled in a college, or university; or in a business, nursing, professional, secretarial, technical or vocational school; or in an adult education program.

Office - the District of Columbia Office of Human Rights, as established by Commissioner's Order No. 71-224, dated July 8, 1971, as amended.

Personal appearance - the outward appearance of any person, irrespective of sex, with regard to bodily condition or characteristics, manner or style of dress, and manner or style of personal grooming, including, but not limited to, hair style and beards. It shall not relate, however, to the requirement of cleanliness, uniforms, or prescribed standards, when uniformly applied for admittance to a public accommodation, or when uniformly applied to a class of employees, for a reasonable business purpose; or when such bodily conditions or characteristics, style or manner of dress or personal grooming presents a danger to the

health, welfare or safety of any individual.

Physical handicap - a bodily or mental disability which may be the result of injury, illness, or congenital condition for which reasonable accommodation can be made.

Political affiliation - the state of belonging to or endorsing any political party.

Religion - any institutionalized system or personal set of attitudes, beliefs and practices which relate to moral or ethical standards.

Sexual harassment - unwelcome sexual advances, requests for sexual favors, and other verbal or physical conduct of a sexual nature when the following occurs:

(a) Submission to such conduct is made either explicitly or implicitly a term or condition of employment;

(b) Submission to or rejection of such conduct by an employee is used as the basis for employment decisions affecting the employee; or

(c) The conduct has the purpose or effect of unreasonably interfering with an employee's work performance or creating an intimidating, hostile, or offensive working environment.

Sexual harassment may include, but is not limited to, verbal harassment or abuse, subtle pressure for sexual activity, patting or pinching, brushing against another employee's body, and demands for sexual favors.

Sexual orientation - male or female homosexuality, heterosexuality, and bisexuality, by preference or practice.

SOURCE: Final Rulemaking published at 31 DCR 56, 57 (January 6, 1984).