This wage and hour Law Firm Publication by Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C. discusses the District of Columbia's Wage Theft Prevention Amendment Act (WTPAA). The WTPAA was enacted by the Council of the District Columbia in 2014 and signed by then Mayor Vincent Gray in September 2014. Although the WTPAA was due to take effect on February 26, 2015, the statute is currently being reviewed by Congress pursuant to the District of Columbia Home Rule Act. The WTPAA imposes a series of new obligations on employers in the District of Columbia, including providing notices to new and current employees indicating their pay rate and how their pay rate is determined, as well as addressing overtime exemptions. The WTPAA also provides for new posting and recordkeeping requirements as well as creates remedies for employees to pursue wage-related retaliation claims either by civil action or administrative proceeding. Not only is the effective date of the WTPAA in question, but the statute has created confusion and uncertainty in several areas, including whether the required wage notice to employees has to be given only in English. In recognition of this confusion, the Council of the District Columbia has passed several measures to clarify the WTPAA.