District of Columbia Code Division V. Local Business Affairs § 32-1051.15. Civil action.

(1) Reinstatement;

(2) Payment of lost wages totaling not less than the hourly rate of pay due to the covered employee but for the violation multiplied by the number of hours below the minimum work week that the covered employee was provided each work week during which a violation occurred;

(3) Actual medical costs incurred by the covered employee as a result of the violation;

(4) Liquidated damages in the amount of $100 per day for each day the violation continued; and

(5) Reasonable attorney's fees and costs of the action to be paid by the defendant to a prevailing plaintiff.

(b)(1) An action to recover damages under this subchapter may be maintained in the Superior Court of the District of Columbia by one or more covered employees aggrieved by a violation of this subchapter or on behalf of a covered employee or covered employees who are similarly situated as long as at least one of the covered employees has exhausted all administrative remedies.

(c)(1) Except as provided in paragraph (2) of this subsection, an action commenced for a violation of this subchapter on or after the applicability of this subchapter shall be commenced within 3 years after the cause of action accrued or of the last occurrence if the cause of action is continuous, whichever is later, or the cause of action shall be forever barred.

(2) The 3-year statute of limitations shall be tolled: