This wage and hour Law Firm Publication by Jackson Lewis, P.C. addresses the Wage Transparency Act of 2014 (WTA) which restricts all private employers in the District of Columbia from implementing policies that forbid employees from discussing their wages or other employees' wages with their coworkers. Employers also may not retaliate against any employee that discusses wages or complains, testifies or participates in an investigation about a violation of the WTA. The law applies to employees of any supervisory status, but does not allow human resources employees to share wages, given their regular access to other employees' wage information. The WTA expands the protections to discuss wages and working conditions provided to employees under Section 7 of the National Labor Relations Act. Violaters of the WTA, which took effect on March 11, 2015, will be fined $1,000 for the first offense, $5,000 for the second offense and $20,000 for each subsequent offense.