District of Columbia Building Service Employees Minimum Work Week Act Poster

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OFFICE OF WAGE HOUR 	
4058 Minnesota Avenue, NE • Suite 3 600 • Washington, D.C. 20019 • Office: 202-671 -1880   • Fax: 202 -673-6411  	
 	
GOVERNMENT OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
 
Department of Employment Services  	
 
    	
M	URIEL 	BOWSER	 	 	ODIE 	DONALD 	II 	
M	AYOR	 	 	DIRECTOR	 	
 	
NOTICE OF NEW REGULATIONS   
 
D.C. Act 21 -485  (Act) , also known as the Building Service Employees Minimum Work Week Act of 
2016.  
 	
Under this Act, covered employees  shall be scheduled to work  the minimum work week of  at least 30 hours. 
 
 
What is a Building Service Employee  
 
•  A covered employee who performs janitorial services, building maintenance services, or other services in or around a 
covered location to maintain the repair, cleanliness, and overall quality of the covered location or place of business . 
 
Certain exceptions apply  
 
•  When a covered employee  is taking covered leave, the  leave shall count towards the 30 -h our minimum work week; 
provided  that at each covered location , up to 20 % of the work hours that are available  for covered employees engaged in 
cleaning service may be preserved for part -time covered employees with a minimum shift of 4 hours per night and 20 
hours per week per covered employee for up to a total of 10  part-time positions permitted per covered locat ion.  
 
Posting Requirements  
 
•  A covered employer shall post and maintain the notice in a conspicuous place , which shall be prescribed by the Mayor 
and pro vided to each covered employer that  shall include excerpts or summaries of the pertinent provisions of this  Act 
and information about filing of a complaint pursuant to the A ct.  
•   A covered employer shall post every notice required to be posted by this act in English and all languages spoken by 
covered employees with limited or no -English proficiency, as defi ned in section 2 of the Language Access Act of 2004, 
effective June 19, 2004 (D.C.  Law 15 -167;D.C. Official Code g 2 -t931). (b) A covered employer who fails to comply with 
the posting requirements of this section shall be subject to the penalty set forth . (See section 8 of the Act for penalties )  
 
Penalties  
 
•  A covered employer who willfully violates the posting requirements of section 5 shall be assessed a civil penalty not to 
exceed $100 for each day that the covered employer fails to post the notice; prov ided, that the total penalty shall not 
exceed $500.   
•   A covered employer who fails to comply with any of the requirements of this act, other than the posting requirements, 
shall be subject to a fine of not more than $5,000 for each violation for each day th at the violation continues. For the 
first violation, a maximum fine of up to (A)  $500 will be imposed ; and (B) for any subsequent violation, a maximum fine 
of up to $1,000.    
 
For the complete text of the Building Service Employees Minimum Work Week Act of 2016, go to  D.C. 
Act 21 -485.   
 
If you have any questions, please contact or visit: Department of Employment Services, Office of Wage -
Hour, 4058 Minnesota Avenue, SE, Suite 360 0, Washington, D.C. 20019, (202) 671-1880.