[bgill]

I thought hussein recently said that full time now was 30 hours. If so, then no one will be getting over 29 hours and will have to work two 29 hour jobs just to make ends meet. Not that people can find one job these days.

[PLK]

Even IPR reported on this this morning. The reporter specifically noted, “even though this wasn’t supposed to happen,” geez - really?

[Be Careful]

Two other solutions come to mind:

1. Ensure that one of the principals is a Catholic, as I believe that Catholics will succeed in defeating this mandate in the courts

2. Create subsidiaries that employ fewer than 50, all of whom are hired to fill roles as a third party vendor. This is different than an ‘independent contractor’ situation, in that workers are employees of the cusidiary corporation.

This would be a relationship similar to hiring a janitorial service to provide in-house cleaning services.

The scope of duties would have to be narrow, but it could be a practical solution for some needs for some companies.

[grumpygresh]

‘Part-time America’, Medicare cuts and the IPAB board make 0-care unworkable and it will fail.
1. Part time workers will not have health insurance and it is an open question whether there will be any functioning state exchanges. Many conservative states have openly opposed the exchanges. Other Leftist states might have plans for state exchanges, but these are the very states with bloated budgets and the exchanges will be impossible to fund.
2. Part time workers that become sick will lose their jobs and go on Medicaid, further burdening state budgets. Other part time workers will decide that work is not worth it and will quit, go on welfare, get a cash job and go on Medicaid.
3. Medicare patients will be rationed by IPAB and lower reimbursements and more regulations will drive physicians and even some hospitals and nursing homes out of business.
4. With fewer people paying into the exchanges, and sicker people enrolled in the exchanges, prices will skyrocket for those that do not qualify for a subsidy. The subsidy will produce income lock, that is, employees will be less likely to accept raises that would eliminate their subsidy.
5. All of the above results in fewer total hours worked and consequently, less tax revenue resulting in a continual negative feedback loop.

[nonliberal]

Isn’t the CEO of Darden an Obama thug?

[Chickensoup]

I know of one company that just knocked everyone to part time. They are encouraging peple to sign up for overtime (anything over 32) of course the overtime is straight time, I would guess that it is the only way the company can survive.

[MarkL]

Obama-care's true purpose was to destroy the private medical insurance industry, just like the government did with private flood insurance. The government undercut private insurance costs, so flood insurance was substantially cheaper from the government than private companies. Eventually, only the government was offering flood insurance.

I'm not sure if the government saw this part as a "positive" from Obamacare, but given the number of people who will have to pick up a second part time job just to make ends meet, will help lower the unemployment numbers, as a single person will count as having a job TWICE!

Mark