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AG Racine Announces Two District Employers Must Pay Nearly $500K In Unpaid Wages To Workers And Penalties

Attorney General Karl A. Racine today announced that the Office of the Attorney General (OAG) resolved two wage theft enforcement actions against two District employers that require them to pay nearly $500,000 in relief to harmed workers and penalties to the District.

Topics: Worker Rights
Testimony

Testimony on Ban on Non-Compete Agreements Amendment Act of 2019

Statement of Randolph Chen Co-Acting Chief, Social Justice Section - Public Advocacy Division

Topics: Worker Rights
Press Release

AG Racine Sues DoorDash For Deceiving District Consumers By Taking Tips From Food Delivery Workers

Attorney General Karl A. Racine today announced a lawsuit against DoorDash, Inc., a food delivery service, for its practice of encouraging consumers to tip for food deliveries and then pocketing those tips instead of passing them along to workers.

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AG Racine Leads 12-State Coalition To Ensure Workers Can Resolve Employment Disputes Fairly And Quickly In Arbitration

Attorney General Karl A. Racine today led a group of 12 state Attorneys General calling on the nation’s leading arbitration firms to provide information about obstacles workers face in resolving employment-related disputes.

Topics: Worker Rights
Testimony

Testimony on Worker Misclassification and Payroll Fraud Prevention Act

Statement of Karl A. Racine Attorney General of the District of Columbia Office of the Attorney General

Topics: Worker Rights
Press Release

AG Racine Releases Report on Payroll Fraud in District Construction Industry

Report Details How Companies Evade Taxes and Reduce Workers’ Take-Home Pay by Illegally Misclassifying Workers as Independent Contractors

Topics: Worker Rights

Seeking job opportunities? Career Fair for Parents with Active Child Support Cases

August is Child Support Awareness Month and while OAG’s Child Support Services focuses on helping District families all year long, this month they roll out special efforts to help parents support their children.

Topics: Child Support
Press Release

AG Racine Recovers $10K+ In Unpaid Wages For District Food Service Workers

Attorney General Karl A. Racine today announced that Turning Natural, Inc.—a local chain of juice bars—will pay more than $10,000 in unpaid wages to 22 employees as part of a settlement in a wage theft case with the Office of the Attorney General (OAG).

Topics: Worker Rights
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AG Racine Leads Coalition of 18 AGs Urging Regulators to Protect Workers from Harmful Anticompetitive Labor Practices

Attorney General Karl A. Racine today led a coalition of 18 states in submitting comments to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) urging collaboration between regulators to protect workers from anticompetitive labor practices that depress wages, limit job mobility, and limit opportunities for…