District of Columbia Wage Theft Laws Take Effect: Employment Law Manual Updated

Authors: XpertHR Editorial Team

The District of Columbia's Wage Theft Prevention Amendment Act of 2014 and its emergency amendments recently took effect. Among other things, the wage theft laws:

  • Establish broad new employee notification requirements for new hires;
  • Change the pay frequency applicable to exempt employees;
  • Require that employers record the precise time nonexempt employees work each day and week, rather than the general hours worked;
  • Require that records be kept for the prevailing federal standard if it is greater than three years;
  • Repeal a subminimum wage for trainees;
  • Substantially increase the penalties applicable to employers that violate the District's wage payment laws; and
  • Prohibit employers from retaliating against employees for complaining about, or exercising rights under, the District's minimum wage provisions and other wage protection laws.

The following District of Columbia sections of the Employment Law Manual have been updated to reflect these changes:

In addition, the notice for new hires and the notice to be posted and provided have been added to XpertHR.