02 April 2020 San Francisco cancels requirement to submit 2019 Annual Reporting Form under the Health Care Security Ordinance The City of San Francisco has announced that consistent with the Mayor's February 25th, 2020 Emergency Proclamation, it is cancelling the employer requirement to submit the 2019 Annual Reporting Form required under the Health Care Security Ordinance and the Fair Chance Ordinance. The city emphasizes that the cancellation means only that the 2019 Annual Reporting Form need not be submitted. Employers must continue to make health care expenditures on behalf of their covered employees by making city option payments and/or paying for health insurance. The city also states that the Health Care Security Ordinance (HCSO), along with all other San Francisco labor laws, remains in full effect. The HCSO requires that employers make health care expenditures (health insurance, City Option payments, etc.) on behalf of their workers. HCSO-mandated health care expenditures are not a tax, and therefore there are no deferrals for these expenditures. The San Francisco Office of Labor Standards Enforcement expects that all covered employers will continue to fully comply with their legal obligation to make full payments within 30 days of the end of each quarter. The deadline for quarter 1, 2020 expenditures is April 30, 2020. For business assistance resources during the coronavirus outbreak, go here.
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