SF restaurants pocketed health care fees - SFGate

SF restaurants pocketed health care fees - SFGate:

'via Blog this'"Requiring these people to pay restitution is a compromise," Ammiano said. "If it was up to me, I'd throw them in jail."

In some cases, not only did the surcharge money go back into owners' pockets, but employees were denied health care altogether, Ammiano and Campos said.

The inconsistencies were caught after the health law was amended in 2011, requiring city audits of the surcharges. Last year, 3,652 restaurants turned in their paperwork to the labor office, which found oddities in the accounting. The documentation was then turned over to the city attorney for a full-fledged investigation.