D.C.’s First Source, Living Wage Programs Not Working
(Washington Business Journal) — District laws requiring that developers of taxpayer-funded projects hire D.C. residents and pay their employees a living wage are poorly monitored and rarely enforced, a new audit finds.
The failure of multiple District agencies, primarily the Department of Employment Services, to manage or even implement the “first source” and living wage programs has cost hundreds of D.C. residents potential jobs and the city government millions in potential tax revenue, D.C. Auditor Deborah Nichols concluded in the May 18 report. District residents, Nichols reported, “may not be receiving an equitable hourly wage rate.”
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