[Buckeye McFrog]

...employers might use temporary staffing agencies...

Except staffing agencies need to make a profit too. Paying your employee + Obamacare is likely still going to be cheaper than paying their hourly markup I'd assume.

[Olog-hai]

Going out of business would ultimately be cheaper still. Liberal rhetoric doesn’t work too well on empty stomachs.

[alancarp]

‘tis true - the next thought I had was that two side-by-side fast food joints would be wise to collaborate: use the same employees between them and coordinate schedules to give them all 20 hours a week at each separate business location... everybody wins.