Human Resource New Hire Reporting in Washington D.C.

December 24th, 2006 Posted by Mark

Washington D.C. folks may complain that they don’t have state status. Their license plates may say “Taxation without representation.” (And if you were wondering, that’s not a good thing. A few generations ago, Americans started a revolution for just that same complaint.) But Washington D.C. employers still have the honor of following many of the same labor laws that employers in the 50 state have to follow.

One such labor law in Washington D.C. is the new hire reporting labor law, which requires all employers in the District of Columbia to report their new hires and re-hires to the government of the District of Columbia. The official law is the District of Columbia Official Code number 46-22-06.

As with in the 50 states, the Washington D.C. law gives employers a certain amount of time to report their new hires. In the case of the District of Columbia, it is actually 20 days from the first day of work of the new employee.

One of the neat unique things about the Washington D.C. law on new hire reporting is the set of exceptions to the rules. Because Washington is the seat of power of the government, and many employees and new hires in the area are government workers and or government workers under cover, the new hire law in the District of Columbia does not include federal or District employees who are performing intelligence or counterintelligence. In other words, if you have recently hired a spy, you do not have to report them as a new hire if they are determined to be doing work that cannot be revealed without risking the safety of that employee or ruin their secret mission.

I would assume, too, for these top secret employees that their employment application, resume, background check form, and employment offer and acknowledgment form would be top secret too!

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