District Of Columbia § 32-1011 - Penalties; prosecution.
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§ 32-1011. Penalties; prosecution.
32-1011Any person who willfully or negligently violates any of the provisions of shall, upon conviction, be subject to a fine of not more than $10,000, or to imprisonment of not more than 6 months, or both.
No person shall be imprisoned under this section except for an offense committed willfully or after the conviction of that person for a prior offense under this section.
Prosecutions for violations of this subchapter shall be in the Superior Court of the District of Columbia and shall be conducted by the Attorney General for the District of Columbia.
In addition to and apart from the penalties or remedies provided for in this section or , the Mayor shall assess and collect administrative penalties as follows:
For the first violation of , $50 for each employee or person whose rights under this subchapter are violated for each day that the violation occurred or continued;
For any subsequent violation of , $100 for each employee or person whose rights under this subchapter are violated for each day that the violation occurred or continued;
$500 for each failure to maintain payroll records or to retain payroll records for 3 years or whatever the prevailing federal standard is, whichever is greater for each violation as required by ;
$500 for each failure to allow the Mayor to inspect payroll records or perform any other investigation pursuant to or ;
$500 for each failure to provide each employee an itemized wage statement or the written notice as required by and (c); and
$100 for each day that the employer fails to post notice as required under .
The Mayor may assess more than one administrative penalty against an employer for the same adversely affected employee if the employer has violated more than one statutory provision of this subchapter, [ et seq.], or [ et seq.].
Repealed.
The fine set forth in this section shall not be limited by .
The administrative fines and penalties collected under this section shall be deposited into the Wage Theft Prevention Fund, established by .
Annotations
Applicability of : Section 7 of provided that the act shall apply as of October 1, 2014, and that the act shall apply to violations occurring after October 1, 2014.
Applicability of : Section 401 of provided that the act shall apply only to offenses committed on or after June 11, 2013.
Section 4 of provided: “The Mayor, pursuant to title 1 of the District of Columbia Administrative Procedure Act shall issue regulations to implement the provisions of this act.”
Source: official District Of Columbia text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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