News & Updates
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.
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
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
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.
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).
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…
Newsletter: Standing Up for District Workers
Last week, we announced our largest wage theft win to date. OAG secured a settlement with Airway Sheet Metal Co. that will provide more than $100,000 in unpaid wages to 40 workers.
AG Racine Wins $224K+ Judgment Against Home Contractor for Illegal, Shoddy Construction and Wage Theft
Attorney General Karl A. Racine today announced an estimated $224,000 judgment in its lawsuit against Xquisite Basements & Kitchens, Inc., a home renovation contractor, and Newton Gaynor, its owner and operator, for providing illegal and incomplete construction work to District consumers and…
AG Racine Recovers $100K+ in Unpaid Wages for District Sheet Metal Workers
Attorney General Karl A. Racine today announced that Airway Sheet Metal Co., Inc. will pay more than $100,000 in unpaid wages to 40 sheet metal workers as part of a settlement in a wage-theft case with the Office of the Attorney General (OAG).
AG Racine Sues Teacher Exchange Companies for Exploiting Colombian J-1 Visa Holders Working in District Schools
Attorney General Karl A. Racine today announced a lawsuit against Earl Francisco Lopez and his teacher exchange companies – Bilingual Teacher Exchange (BTE) and related entities – for preying upon dozens of foreign teachers working in D.C. schools.