No need to fire (except on paper)—have the lawyers work to create a bunch of contractors of valued employees.
Get the paperwork ready now, but wait until the first violation is caught by OSHA to make the actual move.
You do know the tax reform bill the D’s are proposing would almost wipe out 1099 consultancy....? It’s almost impossible to prove/justify even now when challenged.
Those individuals will need to have multiple clients, not just their former employer; and will need to be truly independent. Even then, the proposed new rules will probably get them classified as part-time employees.
No; employers will just have to get down significantly below 100 to avoid having their employees endlessly jabbed to death to maintain employed status. I wouldn’t try to game it with 99 either. 98 or 97 would be the starting point to get the payroll roster reduced to; and then opportunities for continued culling should proceed from there.
You don’t think they’ll stop at 100 do you? Once they get that sufficiently covered, they’ll drop the number to 50, then 20; then maybe 2 over just a few years.
Soon your only choice for earning will be to sell trinkets over ebay as a non-corporation.
As the Great El Rushbo used to say, “Don’t doubt me.”