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bhikkhu

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14. Yes - back in '87 I got my first real job, and it was part-time

Sun May 5, 2013, 12:45 PM

May 2013

...because full time meant vacation time and benefits. I was part time for almost a year before the bosses put together a budget for the next year that allowed five new full time positions. I was bumped up along with four other guys who had worked there much longer than me. That was at Sears.

I'd agree that its always been that way. Perhaps the ACA raises the stakes for some employers, but its also just a small detail in the text of the law; if it were necessary to change the term because it was deemed harmful, it could be easily done by any effective congress.

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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