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If you like your part time job, tough sh*t.
1 posted on 02/09/2015 10:25:04 PM PST by Nachum
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Well ... You had to pass the law, to see what’s in the law.

Who would have thought ...?


37 posted on 02/10/2015 4:18:46 AM PST by neocon1984
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everyone gets half of a job. keeps the unemployment rate down.


39 posted on 02/10/2015 4:28:27 AM PST by Palio di Siena
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It’s obviously big evil corporate staples fault.


41 posted on 02/10/2015 4:33:40 AM PST by bolobaby
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I’m only allowed to schedule people for 29 hours a week - tops. Above minimum pay, but no benefits.

This past year they dropped the Flex Plan for ‘part-time’ employees and reduced my once $1,300.00 Flex plan down to $500.00.

All due to ‘complying’ with Obamacare. It has been a nightmare in so many ways...but we’re still getting the job done - which amazes me every day. (I have an awesome staff who, ‘get it.’)


44 posted on 02/10/2015 6:20:23 AM PST by Diana in Wisconsin (I don't have 'Hobbies.' I'm developing a robust Post-Apocalyptic skill set...)
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Papa John’s has no health ins plan even for their managers who put in 10 hrs 5 days a week, much less the PT workers.


48 posted on 02/10/2015 8:22:29 AM PST by GailA (IF you fail to keep your promises to the Military, you won't keep them to Citizens!)
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Same thing at my wife's supermarket. No official policy, but everyone's hours have been cut.

That's fundamental transformation for ya.

50 posted on 02/10/2015 10:25:40 AM PST by St_Thomas_Aquinas ( Isaiah 22:22, Matthew 16:19, Revelation 3:7)
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This prevents joblock baby. Yeahhhhhh, you get to use those extra 15 hours a week sculpting and painting and whatnot. What happened to “joblock”? How come nobody talks about it anymore?


51 posted on 02/10/2015 10:28:43 AM PST by uncitizen (They demand we judge them by the color of their skin)
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The headline also describes the far-left, IMO


53 posted on 02/10/2015 10:34:09 AM PST by GeronL
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wrong thread, lol


54 posted on 02/10/2015 10:34:24 AM PST by GeronL
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Most companies will fire employees who continually work more hours then they are scheduled. That’s why we have time clocks, etc.


58 posted on 02/10/2015 10:41:15 AM PST by GSWarrior
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Drudge Headline:
Large$t Healthcare Firm: Obamacare Working...


59 posted on 02/10/2015 11:53:14 AM PST by minnesota_bound
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The whole concept of "hourly work" is demeaning. I've worked a salary job (exempt) for decades and would never consider working hourly again. The whole "punching a time clock" culture robs one of dignity in my opinion. It reduces you to nothing more than a hired hand.

As a salaried employee, I have the luxury of not keeping track of the hours I work. For example, I stayed in Manhattan last week preparing a presentation for an RFP our company is competing for. Our workday spilled into the late evenings, including dinner and drinks, as we worked on our pitch and then we collaborated from home over the weekend fine-tuning it through Adobe Connect sessions. We easily spent 80-100 hours preparing it and nobody on our team was whining or bitching about the hours worked. For us, it's rewarding work, especially when we win the bid and bring large contracts to the company (and commissions to ourselves).

People get so hung up on the hours they work and whether or not they are getting "compensated" for every minute they are "on the clock."

No wonders employers are gun shy about the hourly employees. They don't want to expose themselves to litigation so they are extra careful. This is not good for the workers, who find themselves expendable - just a cog in the machine.

If you are self-motivated and want to live the American dream, pursue professional; commission-based; or managerial work where you are "exempt" from these ridiculous labor laws - which only serve to keep YOU down.

67 posted on 02/11/2015 2:45:23 AM PST by SamAdams76
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