More than 600 District workers allegedly went for years without the paid sick leave guaranteed under D.C. law while working as concierges and front-desk staff at office buildings across the city. Now, Maryland-based First Impression Staffing LLC has agreed to pay nearly $400,000 to resolve an investigation by the Office of the Attorney General.
Attorney General Brian Schwalb announced Wednesday that the staffing company will pay more than $250,000 to former employees who allegedly never received the paid sick leave they earned, provide retroactive paid sick leave to current workers, and pay nearly $150,000 in civil penalties to the District.
“We will not allow companies to illegally boost profits and undercut their law-abiding competitors by cheating their workers out of legally required paid sick and safe leave,” Schwalb said…