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2013-07-09 - Gen Meeting Minutes
2013-07-09 - Gen Meeting Minutes
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Family Friendly Workplace Legislation Supervisor Malia Cohen Supervisor David Chiu recently introduced a ballot measure that would give parents and caregivers the right to request a flexible work schedule from their employer and mandate that employers comply as long as the request does not create an "undue hardship" for the business. The measure was co-sponsored by Supervisor Cohen. The legislation is well intentioned, but it would also create a complicated - and potentially expensive - appeal process that would take day-to-day scheduling decisions away from employers and place them in the hands of city bureaucrats. Supervisor Cohen normally seeks feedback from the business community on issues like this, but was unable to for this legislation. On Monday July 8, Supervisor Chiu presented details of the legislation to the Small Business Commission. Find details of the proposed legislation as presented to the Small Business Commission here: http://sfgsa.org/modules/showdocument.aspx?documentid=10412 There was lengthy discussion at the meeting, with many changes to the legislation recommended. The Small Business Commission eventually voted to oppose the legislation as currently written. They asked Supervisor Chiu to make edits as proposed by the small business community. They also suggested that this legislation be put through the legislative process rather than putting it on the ballot. Other objections / comments from the Small Business Commission meeting: - Does this legislation create a new preferential class of employee
The onus is on the employer to prove It only affects 15 % of businesses in the city Flexibility should be across the board The legislation itself is not family friendly If we really want to help family we do more for affordable housing, schools etc. When will we see the final legislation? The OSB staff is preparing a list of edits to the legislation. These changes will be submitted to Supervisor Chius office in the next week or so. If he enacts the suggested changes the Chamber of Commerce Small Business Community has agreed to be neutral on the issue, and will neither support nor oppose the legislation.
Supervisor Cohen spoke to Supervisor Chiu after the Small Business Commission meeting about the suggested changes and he is open to discussing the changes more. Supervisor Chiu is scheduled to speak to the Golden Gate Restaurant Association and to the SF Chamber of Commerce in the coming weeks about amendments to the legislation. Objections / Comments from PDMA membership: - The legislation is onerous and creates more work for small business owners who feel it is unnecessary to legislate this process. - Do we need to put another law on the books? Our tax code and is already loaded with laws that dont need to be there. Supervisor Cohens comments: - The impetus behind the legislation is that there is no open dialogue about family friendly time off. - The legislation is about creating a safer environment for employees to ask for time off. - She is not sure when the final legislation will be ready Affordable Care Act Bradley Vaccaro Brad will be making a full presentation on the Affordable Care Act and how it affects the small business community during the August membership meeting. This month, he gave a preview of his presentation and asked for input on any details of the ACA that members are especially interested in hearing about more. Here are some highlights: - He will ignore businesses with 50+ employees and focus on our core membership group which is businesses with less than 50 employees - One recent change to the ACA is that compliance and penalization on big business has been delayed. - Aetna is leaving the CA individual market in January 2014. - There will not be any more health questions on the individual health insurance applications, only questions about income etc. - What about the costs? Will they go up / down? In general if youre young and healthy you will pay more, conversely if youre older with health issues you will pay less. - What is the impact on temporary employees? - How does the ACA compliment Healthy San Francisco laws? If you have more questions on how the ACA will affect your business please contact Brad at brad@allpointe-is.com.
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Next General Membership Meeting: Tuesday, August 13, 9:45-11am at Goat Hill Pizza.