The JCBD has created the JapantownSF Small Business Group on Facebook. The goal of this group page is to allow our small businesses a platform where they can share and exchange information. We’ve seen the effectiveness of this type of group page from other merchant corridors.

Here is the link to the page: https://www.facebook.com/groups/212524703317676/
If
 you are on Facebook, please join the group so that we can keep the communication flowing.
This is a private group and open to small businesses in Japantown.

 

How to Help Your Employees

Interested in partnering with the City to pay your employees extra sick leave? * NEW CITY PROGRAM *

If you pay your SF employees for extra sick time, the City will reimburse you $15.59 per hour for extra sick leave up to 40 hours through its new Workers and Families First Program. Read Frequently Asked Questions here and our City’s step-by-step program guide, or call us at 415-554-6134​. Apply here.

For general information about San Francisco's Paid Sick Leave Ordinance in light of COVID-19, visit the Office of Labor Standards and Enforcement's guidance on COVID-19.

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Layoffs Alternatives

There are alternatives to layoffs that can help employers keep their employees when there is a lack of work or during financial hardship.


✳ Do you want to keep your trained employees but still allow them to receive unemployment benefits?

The state’s Work Sharing Unemployment Insurance program allows for the payment of benefits to individuals whose wages and hours have been reduced. For more information, visit Work Sharing.


✳ Have you had to temporarily lay off employees or reduce their hours but expect to rehire them? 

Partial claims are for employees whose employers want to keep them when there is a lack of work. Filing a Partial Claim allows employees to receive unemployment benefits without being required to look for a new job. For more information, visit Partial Claims.

 
 

Please notethe changes in operating hours for the Japan Center Garage. Please share this information with your staff and customers.

 

Promoting Japantown Businesses
Japantown storefronts may be closed during the shelter in place order but we can still help you promote specials/discounts/products that you are offering on your website. 

Send us a photo and a 50 word description and we will post on the JCBD and JapantownSF social media pages. Please send to info@jtowncbd.org

 

SF Assessing Local Business Needs
Please take the time to fill this survey out. It only 5 minutes to complete. It will provide the Office of Small Business,OEWD, SBA, and other CIty departments info as to specific help our small business owners need now and how to reach them.