{"data":{"id":"us-dc/d.c.-code-32-1051.15","jurisdiction":"us-dc","citation":"D.C. Code § 32-1051.15","heading":"Civil action.","body":"(a)\nA covered employee aggrieved by a violation of  this chapter may bring a civil action in the Superior Court of the District of Columbia and may be awarded such legal or equitable relief as may be appropriate to effectuate the purposes of  this chapter, including without limitation:\n(1)\nReinstatement;\n(2)\nPayment of lost wages totaling not less than the hourly rate of pay due to the covered employee but for the violation multiplied by the number of hours below the minimum work week that the covered employee was provided each work week during which a violation occurred;\n(3)\nActual medical costs incurred by the covered employee as a result of the violation;\n(4)\nLiquidated damages in the amount of $100 per day for each day the violation continued; and\n(5)\nReasonable attorney's fees and costs of the action to be paid by the defendant to a prevailing plaintiff.\n\n(b)\n(1)\nAn action to recover damages under  this chapter may be maintained in the Superior Court of the District of Columbia by one or more covered employees aggrieved by a violation of  this chapter or on behalf of a covered employee or covered employees who are similarly situated as long as at least one of the covered employees has exhausted all administrative remedies.\n(2)\n(A)\nFor the purposes of this subsection, 2 or more covered employees are similarly situated if they:\n(i)\nAre or were employed by the same covered employer, whether concurrently or otherwise, at some point during the applicable statute of limitations period;\n(ii)\nAllege one or more violations that raise similar questions as to liability; and\n(iii)\nSeek similar forms of relief.\n(B)\nCovered employees alleging violations of  this chapter shall not be considered dissimilar under this subsection solely because their claims seek damages that differ in amount or their job titles, or other means of classifying them differ in ways that are unrelated to their claims.\n\n(c)\n(1)\nExcept as provided in paragraph (2) of this subsection, an action commenced for a violation of  this chapter on or after the applicability of  this chapter shall be commenced within 3 years after the cause of action accrued or of the last occurrence if the cause of action is continuous, whichever is later, or the cause of action shall be forever barred.\n(2)\nThe 3-year statute of limitations shall be tolled:\n(A)\nFrom the date the covered employee files an administrative complaint with the Mayor until the Mayor notifies the covered employee in writing that the administrative complaint has been resolved or the administrative complaint is withdrawn by the covered employee;\n(B)\nDuring any period that the covered employer has failed to provide the covered employee with actual or constructive notice of the covered employee's rights; or\n(C)\nOn other equitable grounds.","path":["Title 32. Labor.","Chapter 10A. Building Service Employees Minimum Work Week."],"source_url":"https://code.dccouncil.gov/us/dc/council/code/sections/32-1051.15","current_through":"2026-08-20 (D.C. Law 26-175)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-29T05:44:07Z","sha256":"27217e46ac264acf4d26b868205880552d2135bcfeb2ad0976bdf0f9b83a2f5d","source_id":"us-dc","stale":false,"prev":"us-dc/d.c.-code-32-1051.14","next":"us-dc/d.c.-code-32-1051.16"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}