The Office of the Attorney General (OAG) works every day to stand up for District workers, including by fighting wage theft, protecting workers’ rights and making sure they get the wages and fair treatment they deserve, and holding employers accountable if they mistreat workers or do not follow workers’ rights laws.
Wage theft affects millions of workers nationally. It occurs across job types and income levels, though workers in low-wage jobs and immigrants are especially vulnerable to this type of exploitation. Far too often, OAG has seen employers cheat District workers out of hard-earned wages and break the law to gain an unfair edge over competitors. Denying wages or benefits workers have earned, failing to pay minimum wage or overtime, and misclassifying employees as independent contractors are all forms of illegal wage theft. OAG has made it a priority to stand up for vulnerable workers who may not know their rights and hold employers accountable when they take advantage of hardworking members of our community in DC.
Since gaining wage theft enforcement authority in 2017, OAG has launched more than 75 investigations and recovered over $7 million for workers and the District by bringing investigations and lawsuits against employers who violate the law. In 2021, OAG established the Workers’ Rights & Antifraud Section, dedicated to advancing workers’ rights in DC long-term, with a focus on industries with high populations of vulnerable workers, such as construction,...
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