I heard from a source that should know that in 2013, all part-time workers couldn't work more than

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7. I worked for a large company in Nevada. In about 2009, they started to fire people

in every department, some who had been with the company for 20 years. Then they hired part-timers to take up the slack. All part timers worked under 32 hrs. per week and did not receive any benefits. So they got rid of people who had full benefits and 4 weeks vacation, saving the company a lot of money. So this new policy has been has been happening for some time.

By the time I left in 2010, they had fired or laid off thousands of workers company wide. So now it will be the norm I suspect.

Back then, people were told it was because of the terrible economy so as to justify this downsizing/restructuring.