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13. Maybe we need a surtax on employers who have too great a percentage of part-time employees.

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Sun May 5, 2013, 12:43 PM

May 2013

That'd fix it right up, pronto.

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The spiel that employers will cut employee hours to 29 hrs/wk because of the ACA. [View all] Honeycombe8 May 2013 OP

Yes, they've been doing that for many years. LuvNewcastle May 2013 #1

newt knows damn well. unblock May 2013 #2

They have not needed Newest Reality May 2013 #3

The ACA definitely accelerated the pace of cutting hours Fumesucker May 2013 #4

What's the company? Honeycombe8 May 2013 #9

You're confusing health insurance with health care Fumesucker May 2013 #19

I'm not confused. Yes, having health ins. does give a person access to health care. Honeycombe8 May 2013 #23

Not everyone lives in "most big cities" Fumesucker May 2013 #28

Once yu get ins., you get annual preventive exams FOR FREE. You have access to health care. Honeycombe8 May 2013 #29

Access to health care means being treated by medical professionals when you need it Fumesucker May 2013 #30

This is exactly right. BlueStreak May 2013 #33

agree, I've never had a parttime job as a basic worker that paid any kind of benefits except for Sunlei May 2013 #5

On the other hand, I have a 20-hour a week job with benefits. SheilaT May 2013 #6

Fast food industries do that, too....cut their full-time employees' hours. Honeycombe8 May 2013 #11

Keeping them hungry and predatory SoCalDem May 2013 #37

Adjunct college faculty are getting cut back all over because of ACA Gidney N Cloyd May 2013 #7

So...the people they hired so they wouldn't have to hire permanet, full time workers.... Honeycombe8 May 2013 #15

At our college the adjuncts are being cut back on the number of classes they can teach per year. Gidney N Cloyd May 2013 #17

But now they will get money from the govt to buy insurance. Unless they have ins. already. Honeycombe8 May 2013 #18

4,600 to teach two college courses. That teacher is a contract worker. Sunlei May 2013 #24

I don't deal with it directly but at our college the contracts define faculty works hrs per course. Gidney N Cloyd May 2013 #35

How many students? That's not enough pay if the teacher has a huge class. Sunlei May 2013 #38

We keep a low student to teacher ratio here. Can't speak for other colleges. Gidney N Cloyd May 2013 #40

As well as part-time staffers at some state colleges. nt raccoon May 2013 #34

They've always done it, but the hours threshold was lower.... Demo_Chris May 2013 #8

It was below 30 or so for my sister...and for me, when I flipped burgers. Honeycombe8 May 2013 #12

You don't know what the subsidy is or what percent it will be. former9thward May 2013 #25

The purpose is to make it affordable. That's what I know. Don't be a Debbie Downer. Honeycombe8 May 2013 #26

NO. The purpose was to pay off insurance companies. nt Demo_Chris May 2013 #32

Come on now... Demo_Chris May 2013 #31

Kinda gross that employers DON'T want their employees to have healthcare. JaneyVee May 2013 #10

And stupid too... Can you say "TB epidemic" from restaurants that don't provide health coverage?... cascadiance May 2013 #16

Maybe we need a surtax on employers who have too great a percentage of part-time employees. dawg May 2013 #13

Yes - back in '87 I got my first real job, and it was part-time bhikkhu May 2013 #14

My employer hasn't cut anyone's hours below 30 Cairycat May 2013 #20

Those employers, like Republican Governors, will ProSense May 2013 #21

That's great, but it doesn't help the worker whose hours, and hence pay, have been cut n/t markpkessinger May 2013 #27

Yes, as long as health care is tied to employment and insurance, suffragette May 2013 #22

They are going to have a hard time keeping people at just 29 hours per week. cbdo2007 May 2013 #36

This just happened to one of my customers. leftyladyfrommo May 2013 #39