As a follow-up to last month’s Benefit Beat article, San Francisco’s Health Care Ordinance Stands, the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals’ three-judge panel decision was not good enough for the Golden Gate Restaurant Association (GGRA).  The GGRA has requested a rehearing of this matter before the whole (en banc) 9th Circuit Panel.  In the meantime, employers still have to grapple with satisfying San Francisco’s HCSO mandate.

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