Posted on 10/30/2013 9:23:38 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
Some school districts and state and local governments are limiting part-time workers’ hours or letting them go to comply with the Affordable Care Act.
And it’s not all political.
This month in Delaware, which has embraced the health law, officials decided to limit all casual and seasonal employees, including substitute teachers, to fewer than 30 hours a week to save on health insurance. About 376 workers from education, corrections, and homeland security agencies could be affected.
In Pennsylvania, at least 10 school districts have slashed hours or outsourced their workers, including bus drivers, food service workers, and instructional aides. In New Jersey, the Burlington City school board is outsourcing paraprofessionals and substitute teachers to a Cherry Hill firm.
In 2015, the act will require all employers with 50 or more full-time workers to provide health insurance. It set the full-time-employee threshold at 30 hours per week, or 130 hours each month. Employers must decide to offer coverage to these workers or keep them from working more.
“It is, simply put, a dumb provision,” said Uwe Reinhardt, a Princeton University health economist. “The regulators should have known that this part of the law would give mischief.”
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Hell the Feds are doing this in some depts.
The entire OBummerCrap program is designed not just for mischief ,... but for CHAOS !
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