{"data":{"id":"us-dc/d.c.-code-32-1331.05","jurisdiction":"us-dc","citation":"D.C. Code § 32-1331.05","heading":"Investigation of complaints.","body":"(a)\nThe Mayor, pursuant to a complaint from an employee, a representative of an employee, an interested party, or on his or her own initiative, shall investigate violations of this subchapter.\n\n(b)\nThe Mayor may:\n(1)\nEnter and inspect the premises or place of business, employment, or work site, and upon demand examine and copy, wholly or partly, any or all books, registers, payrolls, and other records, including those required to be made, kept, and preserved under this subchapter or under any regulation issued pursuant to this subchapter;\n(2)\nQuestion an employer, employee, or other person in the premises, place of business or employment, or work site;\n(3)\nRequire from any employer full and correct statements in writing, including sworn statements, upon forms prescribed or approved by the Mayor, with respect to the payment of wages, hours, names, addresses, and such other information pertaining to remuneration to employees or independent contractors as the Mayor may determine necessary or appropriate; and\n(4)\nInvestigate such facts, conditions, or matters as the Mayor may determine necessary or appropriate to determine whether this subchapter or any regulation issued pursuant to this subchapter has been or is being violated.\n\n(c)\n(1)\nThe Mayor, in the performance of any duty or the execution of any power prescribed by this subchapter, may administer oaths or affirmations, hold hearings, certify official acts, take and cause to be taken depositions of witnesses, issue subpoenas, and compel the attendance of witnesses and production of books, papers, documents, records, and testimony.\n(2)\nIn case of failure of any person to comply with a lawful subpoena or of the refusal of any witness to produce evidence or to testify to any matter about which he or she may be lawfully interrogated, the Superior Court of the District of Columbia, upon the application of the Mayor or the Mayor’s designee, may compel obedience by proceedings for contempt as provided in § 2-1831.09(e).\n\n(d)\nAn employer that fails to produce to the Mayor the books and records requested in the course of an investigation to determine whether the employer is in compliance with the provisions of this subchapter shall be subject to an administrative penalty not to exceed $500 per day for each day the requested records are not produced.\n\n(e)\nNothing contained in this subchapter shall be deemed a limitation on any power or authority of the Mayor under any law which may be otherwise applicable to administer or enforce this subchapter.","path":["Title 32. Labor.","Chapter 13. Wages and Workplace Fraud.","Subchapter II. Workplace Fraud."],"source_url":"https://code.dccouncil.gov/us/dc/council/code/sections/32-1331.05","current_through":"2026-08-20 (D.C. Law 26-175)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-29T05:44:07Z","sha256":"6bc0d0933faf012f77e15ffa5fc767df6d8df8afc14ada5e11fd5b5451915834","source_id":"us-dc","stale":false,"prev":"us-dc/d.c.-code-32-1331.04","next":"us-dc/d.c.-code-32-1331.06"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}