{"data":{"id":"us-dc/d.c.-code-32-103","jurisdiction":"us-dc","citation":"D.C. Code § 32-103","heading":"Enforcement.","body":"(a)\nAn employee who has been wrongfully discharged by a new contractor may bring an action in the Superior Court of the District of Columbia and may be awarded:\n(1)\nBack pay for each day the violation continues at a rate of compensation not less than the higher of:\n(A)\nThe average regular rate of pay received by the employee during the last 3 years of the employee’s employment in the same occupation classification; or\n(B)\nThe final regular rate received by the employee; and\n(2)\nCosts of benefits the new contractor would have incurred for the employee under the new contractor’s benefit plan.\n\n(b)\nIn any suit, the court shall allow the prevailing party reasonable attorney’s fees as part of the costs recoverable.\n\n(c)\nThis chapter shall not be construed to limit an employee’s right to bring a common law cause of action for wrongful termination.","path":["Title 32. Labor.","Chapter 1. Displaced Workers Protection.","Subchapter I. [General]."],"source_url":"https://code.dccouncil.gov/us/dc/council/code/sections/32-103","current_through":"2026-08-20 (D.C. Law 26-175)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-29T05:44:07Z","sha256":"ed834b6c410d79304c08aec186e7377abba4ab71ad732304bccc4db861d1db33","source_id":"us-dc","stale":false,"prev":"us-dc/d.c.-code-32-102","next":"us-dc/d.c.-code-32-111.01"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}