I wonder what the law says about employers having to provide health insurance for employees. My employer provides single or family policies, and pays 80% of the cost. Is that still legal? Can they force me to pay 20%? 30%? 40%? 50%? 100%? What does it mean to “provide health care?”
My friend went to a local gym this morning to work out (very small) and it was completely empty/closed.
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It doesn’t help that every fast food restaurant in the country now has to redesign and change all their signage and menus to include calorie count to please Nazi Pelosi.
Sure, contingency planning is always on-going.
I now work on a W-4, but during the last 3 years I closed down a corporation in CA, one in NV last year, and began shrinking expenses and saving all I can.
Lessons to be learned from this bit:
http://tinyurl.com/yganca3
And a little history here:
http://ferfal.blogspot.com/
You keep eating like that and we’ll be paying for your family-sized triple bypasses.
It’s inevitable. Jobs will be lost and prices will go up.
Burger King has a double cheeseburger for a buck that is bigger than a McDouble, and flame broiled vs Mickey D’s fried in its own fat.
Rush was talking about gathering stories like this today.
There will be More, Many More
Although I am not a Big McD’s fan, I do like an occasional salad at Wendy’s.
All of these Fast-Food places provide jobs for what we would call “Unskilled” Workers. Teens, Older People, Even People with Special Needs.
Now, these people are going to be out of the only kinds of jobs they can do, because of gub’mint interference.
If cap&trade is rammed through, threatening to double electric rates, they will have to have another meeting for another restructuring of their corporate plan.
Isn’t MCD in Illinois? The Illinois who gave us this nightmare?
So much for people not losing their health care plan. . . .
Well, I was talking to one of the cashiers at our local grocery store which is (I think) a national chain. The store is cutting back the hours it’s open and reducing employee hours. She’s one of the lucky ones who will keep her full time status but others are losing theirs. They’ll be filling in the gaps with part time employees.
I think if you have fewer than 50 employees, you will be exempt from most of these mandates. So any smaller company that thinks it can get by with fewer than 50 will do it. (
Fire or lay off employees to avoid the mandates.)
My hair salon owner said he will have to hire only full-time workers because he cannot pay the unemployment insurance and health insurance costs of part-timers.
So, when you figure the cost of running the franchise, food, utilities, insurance and maintenance - these are not reduceable .... they are what they are. The only control that a store owner has, is his labor cost.
Right now the local Kroger has 4 self-check outs and 12 manned check outs. I'm guessing in the next few years these numbers will flip. Retail outlets aren't going to spend $15,000 a year to insure minimum wage, part-time employees and their entire family.
NO! Health Care Act is a job killer? Who knew?