Update: San Francisco Health Care Security Ordinance Reporting Requirements
Posted by Nancy G. Berner
San Francisco’s Health Care Security Ordinance requires all covered employers (i.e., those with 20 or more employees) to submit an Annual Reporting Form of health care expenditures. Originally, the Office of Labor Standards Enforcement (“OLSE”) insisted that employers provide this information for 2007, even though the spending requirement was not in effect, so that the City could determine a “baseline” of employers’ health care expenses. However, the OLSE has now decided that filing an annual report for 2007 is voluntary.
In short, while the OLSE encourages employers to begin reporting their annual health care expenditures in 2007, employers may wait another year until they are required to do so. Please contact us directly to discuss any questions you may have relating to your obligations under the Ordinance.