District of Columbia Minimum Wage Poster Mandatory

DISTRICT	 OF	 COLUMBIA	 MINIMUM	 WAGE	 POSTER	 	
THIS	 SUMMARY	 MUST	 REMAIN	 IN	 A	 VISIBLE	 	
LOCATION	 WHERE	 EMPLOYEES	 MAY	 READ	 	
MINIMUM	 WAGE	 RATES	 	
 	
Employees	 who	 do	 not	 receive	 gratuities	 	Employees	 who	 receive	 gratuities	 	
$13.25	 per	 hour	 beginning	 July	 1,	 2018	 	$3.89	 per	 hour	 beginning	 July	 1,	 2018	 	
$14.00	 per	 hour	 beginning	 July	 1,	 2019	 	$4.45	 per	 hour	 beginning	 July	 1,	 2019	 	
$15.00	 per	 hour	 beginning	 July	 1,	 2020	 	$5.00	 per	 hour	 beginning	 July	 1,	 2020	 	
$15.20	 per	 hour	 beginning	 July	 1,	 2021	 	$5.05	 per	 hour	 beginning	 July	 1,	 2021	 	
$1	6.1	0 per	 hour	 beginning	 July	 1,	 202	2 	$5.	35	 per	 hour	 beginning	 July	 1,	 202	2 	
 	
$17.00 per hour beginning July 1, 202	3 	
   $6.00 per hour beginning Ma	y 1, 2023	 	
$8.00 per hour beginning July 1, 2023	 	
Beginning	 in	 2021,	 the	 minimum	 wage	 will	 increase	 during	 each	 successive	 year	 in  proportion	 to	 the	 Consumer	 Price	 	
Index	 for	 both	 employees	 who	 do	 not	 receive	 gratuities	 and	 employees	 who	 receive	 gratuities.	 Visit	 the	 Department	 of	 	
Employment	 Services	 website	 at	 www.does.dc.gov	 for	 the	 yearly minimum	 wage	 rates.	 	
 
MINIMUM	 WAGE	 EXCEPTIONS	 	
The	 minimum	 wage	 provision	 does	 not	 apply	 in	 instances	 where	 other	 laws	 or	 regulations	 establish	 minimum	 wage	 	
rates	 for	 the	 following:	 	
1.	 Handicapped	 workers	 may	 be	 paid	 less	 only	 when	 the	 employer	 has	 received	 an	 authorizing	 certificate	 from	 the	 	
U.S.	 Department	 of Labor.	 	
2.	 Persons	 employed	 under	 provisions	 of	 the	 Workforce	 Innovation	 and	 Opportunity	 Act	 shall	 be	 paid	 pursuant	 to	 	
that	 Act.	 	
3.	 Persons	 employed	 under	 provisions	 of	 the	 Youth	 Employment	 Act	 shall	 be	 paid	 pursuant	 to	 that	 Act.	 	
4.	 Persons	 employed	 under	 provisions	 of	 the	 Older	 Americans	 Act	 shall	 be	 paid	 pursuant	 to	 that	 Act.	 	
5.	 Students	 employed	 by	 institutions	 of	 higher	 education	 may	 be	 paid	 the	 minimum	 wage	 established	 by	 the	 	
United	 States	 government.	 	
6.	 The	 Wage	 Theft	 Prevention	 Amendment	 Act	 of	 2014,	 effective	 February	 26,	 2015,	 removed	 adult	 learners	 as	 a 	
minimum	 wage	 exception.	 Newly	 hired	 persons	 18	 years	 of	 age	 or	 older	 must	 be	 paid	 the	 established	 District	 	
of	 Columbia	 minimum wage immediately upon hire.	 	
7.	 The	 minimum	 wage	 provision	 does	 not	 apply	 to	 persons:	 	
a. employed	 in	 a bona	 fide	 executive,	 administrative,	 professional,	 computer,	 or	 outside	 sales	 capacity;	 or	 	
b.	 engaged	 in	 the	 delivery	 of	 newspapers	 to	 the	 home	 of	 the	 consumer.	 	
OVERTIME	 PAY	 	
At	 least	 1 1/2	 times	 the	 regular	 rate	 of	 pay	 for	 all	 hours	 worked	 over	 40	 hours	 in	 a workweek.	 	
OVERTIME	 EXCEPTIONS	 	
The	 overtime	 provision	 shall	 not	 apply	 to	 persons	 employed:	 	
1.	 In	 a bona	 fide	 executive,	 administrative,	 professional,	 computer,	 or	 outside	 sales	 capacity;	 	
2.	 As	 a private	 household	 worker	 who	 lives	 on	 the	 premises	 of	 the	 employer;	 	
3.	 In	 a retail	 or	 service	 establishment	 and	 whose	 regular	 rate	 of	 pay	 is in	 excess	 of	 one	 and	 one	-half	 times	 the	 	
minimum	 hourly rate applicable under the Act, and more than one	-half of the employee’s compensation for a 	
representative	 period	 (not less than one	 month) represents commissions on	 goods and services;	 	
4.	 As	 a seaman,	 by	 a railroad,	 as	 an	 attendant	 in	 a parking	 lot	 or	 parking	 garage,	 or	 in	 newspaper	 home	 delivery;	 	
5.	 By	 an	 air	 carrier	 who	 voluntarily	 exchanges	 workdays	 with	 another	 employee	 for	 the	 primary	 purpose	 of	 	
utilizing	 air	 travel	 benefits available to	 these employees; or	 	
6.	 As a 	salesperson, parts salesperson, or mechanic primarily engaged in selling or servicing automobiles, trailers, 	
or	 trucks	 if employed	 by	 a non	-manufacturing	 establishment	 primarily	 engaged	 in	 the	 business	 of	 selling	 these	 	
vehicles	 to	 ultimate purchasers.	 	
 
NOT	E: The Car Wash Employee Overtime Amendment Act of 2012, effective May 31, 2012, removed the overtime	 	
exception	 for	 employees	 of	 a car	 wash.	 Car	 wash	 employees	 are	 entitled	 to	 overtime	 for	 all	 hours	 worked	 over	 a forty	- 	
hour workweek. The United 	States Department of Labor’s Home Care Rule, effective November 12, 2015, became	 	
applicable to direct care workers employed by agencies and other third	-party employers. Direct care workers are	 	
workers who provide home care services, such as certified nursi	ng assistants, home health aides, personal care aides,	 	
caregivers,	 and companions.

PERSONS	 NOT	 ENTITLED	 TO	 OVERTIME	 PAY	 UNDER	 DISTRICT	 LAW	 MAY	 BE	 ENTITLED	 	
UNDERFEDERAL	 LAW	 	
For	 more	 information,	 call	 the	 U.S.	 Department	 of	 Labor,	 Wage	-Hour	 Division,	 or	 visit	 www.dol.gov/whd	. 	
 
UNIFORMS	 	
Employers must pay the cost of purchase, maintenance, and cleaning of uniforms and protective clothing required by	 	
employer	 or	 by	 law	 or	 pay	 the	 employee	 15	 cents	 per	 hour	 in	 addition	 to	 the	 minimum	 wage	 (maximum	 required	 is 	
$6.00	 per week) for washable uniforms. When the employer purchases and the employee maintains washable 	
uniforms, the	 additional	 payment	 required	 is 10	 cents	 per	 hour.	 When	 the	 employer	 cleans	 and	 maintains	 but	 the	 	
employee	 purchases,	 the	 additional payment required	 is 8 cents per	 hour.	 	
 
MEALS	 	
Employers may deduct $2.12 for each meal made available. For four (4) hours or less of work, a maximum of one (1) 
meal	 deduction	 is allowed.	 For	 over	 four	 (4)	 hours	 of	 work,	 a maximum	 of	 two	 (2)	 meal	 deductions	 is allowed.	 For	 	
employees	 that	 live	 on the	 employer’s premises,	 no more than	 $6.36 per	 day can	 be deducted.	 	
 
OTHER	 PROVISIONS	 	
Additional	 wages	 are	 due	 to	 employees	 for	 split	 shifts,	 travel	 expenses,	 and	 tools.	 Other	 deductions	 may	 be	 taken	 	
for	 lodging	 provided by the	 employer.	 	
 
DEDUCTIONS	 	
No	 employer	 shall	 make	 any	 deductions,	 except	 those	 specifically	 authorized	 by	 law	 or	 court	 order,	 which	 would	 bring	 	
the	 wages below those required by the Act. An itemized wage state	ment showing all deductions must be provided with 	
each	 pay check.	 	
 
RECORDS	 	
Every	 employer	 shall	 make	 and	 keep	 for	 at	 least	 three	 (3)	 years	 accurate	 time	 and	 payroll	 records	 for	 each	 employee,	 	
in	 addition	 to other detailed records	 required by the Act.	 	
 
TIPPED	 EMPLOYEES	 	
Employers must pay a service rate per hour (please see the rate of current minimum wage in accordance with the	 	
regulations	 set	 forth	 in	 this	 document	 under	 tipped	 employees)	 to	 “tipped	 employees.”	 If an	 employee’s	 hourly	 tip	 	
earnings	 (averaged	 weekly)	 added	 to	 the	 service	 rate	 do	 not	 equal	 the	 minimum	 wage,	 the	 employer	 must	 pay	 the	 	
difference.	 	
 
INTERNET	-BASED	 TIP	 PORTAL	 FOR	 ONLINE	 REPORTING	 OF	 THE	 QUARTERLY	 WAGE	 	
REPORT	 	
An	 employer	 who	 employs	 an	 employee	 who	 receives	 gratuities	 shall	 submit	 a quarterly	 wage	 report	 within	 30	 days	 of	 	
the	 	
end	 of	 each	 quarter	 to	 the	 Mayor	 certifying	 that	 the	 employee	 was	 paid	 the	 required	 minimum	 wage.	 	
1.	 The	 Mayor	 has	 created	 an	 Internet	-based	 portal	 for	 online	 reporting	 of	 the	 quarterly	 wage	 reports	 and	 it is 	
located	 at	 https://www.essp.does.dc.gov/	. 	
2.	 An	 employer	 shall	 submit	 its	 quarterly	 wage	 reports	 online	 unless	 the	 employer	 claims	 that	 online	 reporting	 	
creates	 a hardship,	 in which	 case the	 employer shall	 submit its	 reports in	 hard	-copy form.	 	
3.	 The	 Mayor	 shall	 provide	 reporting	 requirements	 training	 to	 educate	 employers	 about	 the	 reporting	 	
requirements	 and	 use of the Internet	-based portal.	 	
 
ADDITIONAL	 LAWS	 ADMINISTERED	 BY	 THE	 OFFICE	 OF	 WAGE	- HOUR	 	
All	 labor	 laws	 enforced	 within	 the	 District	 of	 Columbia	 can	 be	 found	 on	 www.does.dc.gov	. 	
 
FOR	 A	 COMPLETE	 TEXT	 OF	 EACH	 LAW	 OR	 TO	 FILE	 A	 COMPLAINT	 CONTACT	 	
DEPARTMENT	 OF	 EMPLOYMENT	 SERVICES	 	
OFFICE	 OF	 WAGE	 HOUR	 	
4058	 Minnesota	 Avenue,	 N.E.	 	
Washington,	 D.C.	 20019	 	
(202)	 671	-1880	 | www.does.dc.gov