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One week after a D.C. police officer shot and killed two dogs during a call in the city’s Petworth neighborhood, disturbing body camera video from that encounter has been released.
2022 brought about several changes in labor and employment law that will have ramifications for employers across the State of Maryland.
On October 7, 2021, Mayor Muriel Bowser issued an order extending the Public Emergency in Washington D.C., until January 7, 2022. However, this extension did not impact the tolling of...
TAKEAWAYS New DC legislation mandates that employers adopt COVID-19 workplace safety policies and issue a notice of employee rights. The legislation prohibits retaliation against employees who raise workplace safety concerns. The DC Attorney General may enforce the new law, or aggrieved employees can sue and seek attorney’s fees, lost wages, injunctive relief, and punitive damages. On February 1, 2021, DC Mayor Bowser signed emergency legislation passed by the DC Council, requiring DC employers to “adopt and implement social distancing and worker protection policies to prevent transmissio...