Jody Lee, Compliance Manager, Johnson & Dugan
San Francisco employers should be aware of the upcoming deadline to submit the Annual Reporting form for the Health Care Security Ordinance (Healthy San Francisco) to the Office of Labor Standards Enforcement (OLSE). For-profit employers with 20 or more employees and nonprofit organizations with 50 or more employees must submit the form by April 30, 2009 to report the minimum health care expenditures for covered employees.
2009 changes:
• Employees are eligible when working only 8 hours per week, after completion of 90 calendar days of employment.
• 2009 expenditure rates are $1.23/hour for a Medium Business Size (20-99 employees) or $1.85/hour for a Large Business Size (100+ employees). These rates should be used to calculate the minimum expenditure for the first quarter of 2009.
• The annual salary exemption limit has increased to $80,397 or $38.65/hour. A manager, supervisor or confidential employee earning above the limit will be exempt from coverage under the ordinance.
Health care expenditure reporting can be completed online, using the Annual Reporting Form and the Annual Reporting Form Instructions. The website form is not complete without the employer’s Business Account Number, Ownership Name and Mailing address, and if incomplete, penalties could apply. A hard copy version of the form will be sent to employers in March of 2009.
The OLSE website has more information on the ordinance and procedures for completing the annual report.
