{"data":{"id":"us-dc/d.c.-code-32-541.04a","jurisdiction":"us-dc","citation":"D.C. Code § 32-541.04a","heading":"Expansion of paid-leave benefits and employer contribution rate change.","body":"(a)\nBy March 1, 2022, and annually thereafter, the Chief Financial Officer (\"CFO\") shall update estimates of the projected cost of the paid-leave program established by this this subchapter.\n\n(b)\n(1)\nOn or before March 1 of each year beginning with March 1, 2022, the CFO shall certify the:\n(A)\nFund balance of the Universal Paid Leave Fund;\n(B)\nProjected annual revenues for the current fiscal year and future fiscal years, for the duration of the financial plan, to be deposited into the Universal Paid Leave Fund at the then-existing employer contribution rate;\n(C)\nProjected annual expenditures from the Universal Paid Leave Fund at the benefit durations prescribed in § 32-541.04(e-1)(3) and allowable administrative expenditures; and\n(D)\nRepealed.\n(E)\nProjected employer contribution rate necessary to maintain the benefit durations prescribed in § 32-541.04(e-1)(3) and continued solvency of the Universal Paid Leave Fund.\n(2)\nThe Mayor shall incorporate the certification required pursuant to paragraph (1) of this subsection into the Mayor's annual submission of the District's multiyear budget and financial plan to the Council.\n(3)\nRepealed.\n\n(c)\n(1)\nRepealed.\n(2)\nRepealed.\n\n(d)\n(1)\nAt least 60 days before implementation of any paid-leave benefit expansion or the first employer contribution to the District is due after an employer contribution rate change, the Mayor shall prescribe and provide to covered employers an update to the notice required under§ 32-541.06(i). The Mayor may conduct a public-education campaign to inform individuals of expanded benefits. Costs of the notice and campaign authorized under this subsection shall be payable pursuant to § 32-551.02(c)(1), from the Universal Paid Leave Administration Fund.\n(2)\nA public education campaign conducted pursuant to paragraph (1) of this subsection shall include:\n(A)\nUpdated programmatic notices sent electronically to all covered employers, which shall be distributed to their covered employees;\n(B)\nAt least 3 webinars, of which at least one shall be offered during evening hours or on the weekend, that are open to the public and that shall be promoted through multiple methods of communication at least 2 weeks before they occur; and\n(C)\nPromotional mailers, including postcards, sent to all households with residents enrolled in the District's Medicaid or Health Care Alliance Program, and other households as determined by the Mayor.","path":["Title 32. Labor.","Chapter 5. Leave from Work.","Subchapter IV. Universal Paid Leave."],"source_url":"https://code.dccouncil.gov/us/dc/council/code/sections/32-541.04a","current_through":"2026-08-20 (D.C. Law 26-175)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-29T05:44:07Z","sha256":"a52189eea0099a3973a9e7664236efd96001352d171dc9b2592b251fdb7c2e7e","source_id":"us-dc","stale":false,"prev":"us-dc/d.c.-code-32-541.04","next":"us-dc/d.c.-code-32-541.05"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}