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Royal Farms, Maryland-Based Convenience Store, Slashes Employee Hours To Skirt Obamacare
A convenience store chain with roughly 150 stores in mid-Atlantic states has in recent weeks aggressively cut employee hours to avoid having to provide medical insurance under the national health care reform known as Obamacare, The Huffington Post has learned.
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While the convenience store industry once employed mostly younger, less-experienced people, like high school students who stayed in their jobs only a few months, the industry now attracts workers who remain in their jobs longer due to the ailing economy, said Jeff Lenard, the vice president of industry advocacy at the trade association.
In short -- the people who stand to be deprived of health benefits by the company's new policy are more likely to need medical coverage.
“I’m nearly 60 years old and totally on my own, except that a friend is letting me sleep on her sofa and have the use of her condo in exchange for $100 per week,” said one such worker, who was hired at Royal Farms full-time in June. She would have qualified for company-provided health insurance later this month had the new policy not come into effect, she said, but now that her hours have been cut to 28 per week, she's ineligible.
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Is this the new normal? People's hours are cut and can even less afford health care premiums. What are these people supposed to do?
It's because "they" (as in our gov't) changed the definition of full-time employment. It used to be full-time workers had to work 35 hours or more per week. But Obamacare changed it to anyone working 30 hours or more has to be covered.
So of course businesses like restaurants will cut hours to under 30 hours. I think common-sense would have told us that was going to happen.
I can't blame businesses for trying to keep cost from increasing, can you?
Obamacare Mandate: Anyone Who Works 30-Hour Week Is Now 'Full-Time'
One of the reasons unemployment has gone down is because many businesses are cutting hours and hiring more part-time employees. All that smoke & mirror stuff that gives some the impression "things are getting better"...even though they're staying status-quo.
As with minimum wage increases, the short term reaction is negative, but in the longer term things return to normal. It's no surprise that there are some businesses trying to avoid paying for their employee's healthcare because they can't afford it or have other motives. In time, healthcare will the norm, and the economy will adjust accordingly. When minimum wage increases, employers hire fewer people, but in time, the increase in minimum wage yields more disposable income which benefits employers so things normalize. The same is likely to happen with Obamacare. Numerous new jobs in healthcare will be created and people will be more productive because they will get better care. This will result in the situation normalizing. But, you can always hope for the worst, which seems to be the guiding principle of much of the Republican Party today.
As with minimum wage increases, the short term reaction is negative, but in the longer term things return to normal. It's no surprise that there are some businesses trying to avoid paying for their employee's healthcare because they can't afford it or have other motives. In time, healthcare will the norm, and the economy will adjust accordingly. When minimum wage increases, employers hire fewer people, but in time, the increase in minimum wage yields more disposable income which benefits employers so things normalize. The same is likely to happen with Obamacare. Numerous new jobs in healthcare will be created and people will be more productive because they will get better care. This will result in the situation normalizing. But, you can always hope for the worst, which seems to be the guiding principle of much of the Republican Party today.
Who's hoping for the worst? I asked a sincere question. What are these people supposed to do? They're required by law to buy it. What are they going to buy it with?
As with minimum wage increases, the short term reaction is negative, but in the longer term things return to normal. It's no surprise that there are some businesses trying to avoid paying for their employee's healthcare because they can't afford it or have other motives. In time, healthcare will the norm, and the economy will adjust accordingly. When minimum wage increases, employers hire fewer people, but in time, the increase in minimum wage yields more disposable income which benefits employers so things normalize. The same is likely to happen with Obamacare. Numerous new jobs in healthcare will be created and people will be more productive because they will get better care. This will result in the situation normalizing. But, you can always hope for the worst, which seems to be the guiding principle of much of the Republican Party today.
Or.....it cuts employment and wages and becomes a continual drain on the economy.
Or.....it cuts employment and wages and becomes a continual drain on the economy.
I realize that's what much of the right wing is hoping. Perhaps if Republicans drive us off the fiscal cliff their dreams will come true. In general, though, liberal economic policies has been better for wages, employment, and the stock market than conservative economic policies.
I realize that's what much of the right wing is hoping. Perhaps if Republicans drive us off the fiscal cliff their dreams will come true. In general, though, liberal economic policies has been better for wages, employment, and the stock market than conservative economic policies.
That's true....thats why most people who work for the financial sector want liberal policies rather than conservative ones.
That's true....thats why most people who work for the financial sector want liberal policies rather than conservative ones.
Actually, you're probably right, having worked in the financial sector myself for many years. That said, those at the top tend to be more Republican, but corporate Republicans are not a lot different than corporate Democrats.
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