A San Francisco civil grand jury has concluded that 38 restaurants built into their prices the cost of providing city-mandated employee health coverage?and then never offered the benefits to workers.
The grand jurors? suspicion: That restaurateurs pocketed a substantial portion of the money.
In 2006, San Francisco passed the Health Care Security Ordinance, the nation?s first public-option health insurance plan. It requires employers to provide health insurance.
If they don?t, they must pay up to $4,252 per employee annually into a San Francisco fund that reimburses employees for their health expenditures. The funds are collected at the point of sale from consumers.
Em??ployees then submit medical bills directly to the employer for reimbursement.
In November 2011, San Francisco Mayor Edwin Lee signed legislation clarifying that the full amount collected from customers under the surcharge must be used for employee health care expenditures.
Grand jurors collected receipts from 38 restaurants and compared them with annual compliance reports, which employers file with the Office of Labor Standards Enforcement. They were also matched up with annual payroll expense tax documents filed with the Office of the Treasurer and Tax Collector.
The survey found that 18 restaurants collected $2.17 million in surcharges, of which $1.16 million was spent on health care expenses. A surplus of $1.01 million remained with the restaurants.
The report also found that more than half of the restaurants failed to add sales tax to the surcharge. In just that small sample, the city?s lost tax revenue added up to more than $77,000.
Rob Black, executive director of the Golden Gate Restaurant Asso?ci?ation, criticized the report, saying it fell outside the scope of a civil grand jury?s purpose. He argued that of the 3,200 restaurants in the city, only a few were handpicked to make a political point.
Like what you've read? ...Republish it and share great business tips!
Attention: Readers, Publishers, Editors, Bloggers, Media, Webmasters and more...
We believe great content should be read and passed around. After all, knowledge IS power. And good business can become great with the right information at their fingertips. If you'd like to share any of the insightful articles on BusinessManagementDaily.com, you may republish or syndicate it without charge.
The only thing we ask is that you keep the article exactly as it was written and formatted. You also need to include an attribution statement and link to the article.
" This information is proudly provided by Business Management Daily.com: http://www.businessmanagementdaily.com/32993/grand-jury-sf-eateries-took-tips-on-health-care-surcharge "
harper lee mega millions numbers the fray seahawks new uniforms 2012 tornadoes in dallas
No comments:
Post a Comment
Note: Only a member of this blog may post a comment.