[Steve_Seattle]

I don't follow this. If Obamacare says that 30 hours is full-time, employers presumably cut hours to 29 (or less) to avoid the mandate. Do they then hire additional part-time workers to make up the labor gap?

But if it's raised to 40 hours (the normal full-time job), they'll still cut the hours to a part-time level, but the hours wouldn't have to be reduced as much - they'd only need to cut one hour to avoid the mandate instead of 11, and might not need - depending on the nature of the work - to hire any new employees at all. At the least, they'd need to hire fewer part-time workers. Is that the trade-off she's talking about? Is she hoping existing employees will only need to take a one-hour cut instead of an 11-hour one?

[ProtectOurFreedom]

Do they then hire additional part-time workers to make up the labor gap?

You figured it out, Steve. Obamacare Full Frontal: Of 953,000 Jobs Created In 2013, 77%, Or 731,000 Are Part-Time, ZeroHedge, August 2, 2013.