By Anthony Marchese Last year, the District of Columbia amended its Wage Theft Prevention Act, as well as other local labor laws that apply to companies with workers in the District. The stated purpose of the changes, which took effect in February 2015, is to increase the remedies, fines, and administrative penalties and to beef...
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D.C. Making Changes to Its Small Business Preference Rules
On February 26, 2015, the District of Columbia’s Department of State and Local Business Development (DSLBD) made an announcement requesting public comments on recent changes made last fall to the D.C. local law concerning contract preferences for small businesses and other “Certified Business Enterprises” (CBEs). These changes were made by the Small and Certified Business...
D.C. Falls Short on Small Business Contract Goals, But What Does This Mean?
The Washington Business Journal reported the other day that the D.C. government fell far short of reaching a statutory goal related to its efforts to contract with small businesses, according to a report from the D.C. Auditor. Under a law adopted in 2005, each D.C. agency is required to spend half of the dollar volume...
This Newspaper ‘Expose’ May Show Nothing But Good Business Practices
In an April 10, 2013, article entitled “Minority contractors ‘game the system,’ find havens in DC homes,” two reporters for The Washington Times wrote what they evidently believed to be an expose of the District of Columbia’s Certified Business Enterprise (CBE) program, which is designed to help small, local, and minority-owned businesses. The article, by...
D.C.’s ‘First Source’ Contracting Program Faces Federal Lawsuit
In 1984, the D.C. Council passed the First Source Employment Agreement Act, which required contractors who work on city-funded projects to hire at least 51 percent of their employees from among D.C. residents and to list their job openings with the D.C. Department of Employment Services. The law was passed in response to D.C.’s growing...