[Smokin' Joe]

And the guy who wants to work 40 hours a week can forget it. The few employees who remain will be part-time only.

I can see a smart employer who is going to bite the Obamacare bullet keeping their best hands and paying them overtime while letting the slackers go...

...Or going to contract labor.

[Jonty30]

An article in the WSJ argued for a third path, making employees entrepreneurs in their positions, to,be paid based on their performance.

[PIF]

Using contract labor for stocking means the individuals will be expected to buy, provide, and maintain their own heavy equipment - forklifts and the like, as well as any digital devices to track inventory, among others. Counter people will have to have their own scan systems and registers able to tie in with company systems.

Some small outfits, limited to 30 people total, may spring up to provide this ‘service’, should it be economically viable - which it will not.