D.C. Mun. Regs. tit. 7 § 3407

Current through Register Vol. 71, No. 20, May 17, 2024
Rule 7-3407 - EMPLOYER RESPONSIBILITIES
3407.1

Each covered employer shall post and maintain a paid leave program notice provided by DOES at each worksite in a conspicuous place or places where notices to employees are customarily posted. Covered employers shall send the notice to remote covered employees to post at their individual work sites.

3407.2

Each covered employer shall also provide the paid leave program notice to employees at the following times:

(a) To an individual employee, within thirty (30) days of the employee's hiring;
(b) Annually to all employees; and
(c) To an individual employee, at the time the covered employer receives direct notice from that employee that leave for a qualifying event is needed.
3407.3

Covered employers shall have the burden of demonstrating compliance with this subsection. A covered employer may establish compliance with Subsection 3407.2 by sending notice via email or similar digital transmission, provided that the covered employer retains email receipts or signed statements by covered employees acknowledging delivery.

3407.4

A covered employer who violates this notice requirement shall be assessed a civil penalty not to exceed one hundred dollars ($100) for each covered employee to whom individual notice was not delivered and one hundred dollars ($100) for each day that the covered employer fails to post the notice in a conspicuous place at each worksite.

3407.5

For purposes of Section 3407, worksite means a single physical location where business is conducted or where services or industrial operations are performed. In the case of employers engaged in activities which are physically dispersed, such as agriculture, construction, transportation, communications, and electric, gas and sanitary services, the notice required by this section shall be posted at the location to which covered employees report each day.

3407.6

The provisions of section 3407.1 through 3407.5 shall not apply to self-employed individuals.

D.C. Mun. Regs. Tit. 7, § 3407

Final Rulemaking published at 65 DCR 7396 (6/21/2019); amended by Final Rulemaking published at 70 DCR 1101 (1/27/2023)