State Regulations: District of Columbia

Date Revised: 03/14/2012

Governing Body:   D.C. Department of Consumer and Regulatory Affairs
 
License Required:  

A General Business License can be obtained from the D.C. Department of Consumer and Regulatory Affairs.
 
License Information:   Information on Basic Business Online License Applications
 
Criminal Background Checks Required:   No
 
Criminal Background Checks Information:   Henry J. Daly Building
MPDC Headquarters
300 Indiana Avenue
NW, Room 3055, WA 20001
(202) 727-4245

Police Clearances

$7
 
State Allows FBI Checks:   No
 
Driving Record Checks:   Available through the DMV website.

$7 - $13
 
State Sex Offender Registry:   D.C. Sex Offender Registry
 
Minimum Wage:   $8.25 per hour
 
Coverage and Exemptions:   Covers all employees unless specifically exempt or covered by wage order; Exemptions: volunteers for educational, charitable, religious, or nonprofit organizations; lay officers of religious organizations if engaged in religious functions; bona fide executives, administrators, professionals, and outside salespeople as defined by FLSA
 
Subminimum Wage:   Federal minimum wage may be paid to: newly hired learners age 18 or older (for no more than 90 days), students employed by institutions of higher education, and minors under age 18. Less than minimum wage permitted for handicapped workers under special certificates. Persons employed under the Job Training Partnership Act, Youth Employment Act, or Older Americans Act must be paid at rates required by those Acts.
 
Minimum Wage Source:   D.C. Code Ann. §§32-1003(a)(2), (d), (f), (g), 32-1004, 32-1006; CDCR 7-9-902.1, 7-7-902.4
 

Overtime Pay

Requirements:

   1½ times regular rate after 40-hour week
 
Exemptions:   Those employees exempt from the state minimum wage
 
Meal/Rest Period Requirments:   No specified state-level meal/rest period requirements. Federal FLSA meal/rest period requirements apply for those covered by Act.
 
Other Wages Source:   D.C. Code Ann. §§32-1002(c), (d), (e), – 32-1004; Code D.C. Regs. §7-905.1
 
Additional Info:    
 
* Federal minimum wage rate applies

 

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