Employment Law Alert: DC Expands Coverage of Minimum Wage Law
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On January 10, 2024, DC Mayor Muriel Bowser signed an amendment to DC’s minimum wage law that expands the coverage of the law to include individuals working 2 or more hours a week in DC Prior to the amendment, the law applied to individuals who regularly spend more than 50% of their working time in DC or the employee’s employment is based in DC and they regularly spend a substantial amount of their working time in DC and not more than 50% of their working time in any particular state. DC’s minimum wage law requires non-tipped employees to be paid $17.00 per hour, and tipped employees $8.00 per hour. Effective July 1, 2024, these rates will be increased to $17.50 per hour and $10.00 per hour, respectively. It is important to note that DC’s minimum wage law only applies to hours worked in DC This may result in an employer having to pay two different hourly rates to an employee who works in both DC and another state in the same week. For example, if an employee works in Maryland for 35 hours in a week and earns Maryland’s minimum wage rate of $15.00 per hour, and also works 5 hours in DC that same week, the employee would earn $15.00 per hour for 35 hours and $17.00 for 5 hours. The text of the amendment is available here. If you have any questions about this Alert, we encourage you to contact your Shulman Rogers contact for solutions and recommendations for addressing these issues. |
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