There’ll be a lot of 58 hour/ 2 job people, too, the people trying to get ahead when only 29 hour/week jobs are available. And OT will be history. Likely, many of them will have voted for The One.
They could have just looked at Hawaii as a case study.
For decades employers in Hawaii have had to pay for at least half of health insurance premiums for full time employees (defined as 20 hours per week or more). As a result a lot of peole work 2 (or 3) part-time jobs and no employer paid health insuance.
This was a no-brainer.