As one Employment Justice Center client put it, “Not being paid is life changing.” It can lead to the loss of housing, cause a family to go hungry or force someone to seek public assistance just to survive. Moreover, wage theft is a crime. It is the illegal practice of not paying a worker for…

On Friday, July 2, 2010, the Examiner and the Post Now blog ran articles reporting that Kelly Valentine, the director of D.C.’s Office of Risk Management (“ORM”), has been placed on administrative leave pending an investigation of the Office. At issue is $6 million in insurance premiums collected from hundreds of disabled employees that were…