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Quick Facts The San Francisco Health Care Security Ordinance (HCSO) requires covered employers to pay a certain amount – an Expenditure – toward their covered employees’ health care costs. Covered employers must report HSCO-related data to the City of San Francisco by filing an Annual Reporting Form (ARF) by April 30 for the prior calendar year. The 2019 ARF requirement is cancelled due to a Citywide emergency proclamation related to the COVID-19 (aka novel coronavirus) pandemic. All other HCSO requirements (including required Expenditures) remain in full effect. The deadline for Q1 2020 Expenditures is April 30, 2020. BACKGROUND The San …

… to 59 questions, but we culled out the ones that we have seen most frequently in daily practice and added subtopic headings to help navigate to your most urgent needs: Small Employer (Under 500 Employees) Questions As an employer, how do I know if my business is under the 500-employee threshold and therefore must provide paid sick leave or expanded family and medical leave? You have fewer than 500 employees if, at the time your employee’s leave is to be taken, you employ fewer than 500 full-time and part-time employees within the United States, which includes …

Congress has passed the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES Act), and the President has signed it into law today. The largest emergency economic stimulus package ever passed, the CARES Act aims to help individuals and businesses deal with the severe financial effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. The CARES Act includes sweeping provisions related to greatly expanding small business loan programs, providing direct and immediate cash payments to certain individuals, providing significant unemployment benefits, increasing production of necessary medical supplies and authorizing financial aid to certain particularly hard hit industries. Additionally, the CARES Act clarifies several elements …