Section 7-1001. LIVING WAGE PAYMENT REQUIREMENT

 

1001.1All recipients of District of Columbia government contracts in the amount of one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) or more, and all recipients of government assistance in the amount of one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) or more, shall pay to their affiliated employees, at minimum, the living wage required by the Act.  The living wage shall be paid for the duration of the contract or government assistance.

 

1001.2The living wage shall be paid to employees of the District of Columbia government commencing March 1, 2006, unless the employee’s wage is established by a collective bargaining agreement, federal law, or grant, in which case the wage established by the collective bargaining agreement, federal law, or grant shall continue for such time as the collective bargaining agreement, law, or grant remains in effect.

 

1001.3Subcontractors who receive fifteen thousand dollars ($15,000) or more from contractors whose contracts are subject to the Act shall pay their affiliated employees, at minimum, the living wage required by the Act.

 

1001.4Subcontractors who receive fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) or more from recipients of District of Columbia government assistance funds shall pay their affiliated employees, at minimum, the living wage required by the Act.

 

1001.5Subcontractors of exempt contractors or exempt recipients shall be exempt from the requirements of the Act.

authority

The Director of the Department of Employment Services, pursuant to the authority set forth in sections 110 of the Way to Work Amendment Act of 2006 effective June 8, 2006 (D.C. Law 16-118; D.C. Official Code § 2-220.10. (2006 Repl.)) (“Living Wage” or “Act”) and Mayor’s Order 2006-122, dated September 27, 2006.

source

Notice of Final Rulemaking published at 58 DCR 2831 (April 1, 2011).