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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsI heard from a source that should know that in 2013, all part-time workers couldn't work more than
29 hours.
(And that if the stateor any other employer--did work them more than 29 hours it would be fined.)
I also heard this had to do with the new insurance law.
Anybody know anything about this?
onethatcares
(16,178 posts)or was I not here for the end of 2012?
abelenkpe
(9,933 posts)Woo Hoo!
2pooped2pop
(5,420 posts)for the workers. They don't have to pay benefits on part timers. They are probably adjusting the law so they can get the max hours out of them without having to consider them full time and pay their benefits.
Just my guess
crunch60
(1,412 posts)in every department, some who had been with the company for 20 years. Then they hired part-timers to take up the slack. All part timers worked under 32 hrs. per week and did not receive any benefits. So they got rid of people who had full benefits and 4 weeks vacation, saving the company a lot of money. So this new policy has been has been happening for some time.
By the time I left in 2010, they had fired or laid off thousands of workers company wide. So now it will be the norm I suspect.
Back then, people were told it was because of the terrible economy so as to justify this downsizing/restructuring.
Motown_Johnny
(22,308 posts)so little that this thread is #7 on the list
elleng
(131,061 posts)Includes this:
Certain benefits have specific rules, however:
Pension or retirement benefits if a company offers such benefits, the federal law known as ERISA provides that an employee who works at least 1,000 hours in a twelve-month period must be given the chance to elect participation in the pension or retirement plan (this is known informally as the "thousand-hour rule" see 29 U.S.C. § 1052)
Health insurance benefits if an employer has a health insurance plan, Rule 28 T.A.C. § 26.4(15) provides that an "eligible employee" is anyone who usually works at least 30 hours per week.
auburngrad82
(5,029 posts)such as health insurance. I have a relative who works for Wal-Mart and they try to keep everyone under 30 hours to avoid paying benefits.
Honeycombe8
(37,648 posts)That's why Penney's and other large retailers often work their staff less than 30 hours a week....so they don't have to provide benefits like vacation, ins., and such. That only applies, I think, if the employer is large, AND if the employer provides such benefits to "full time" workers. There is no law making an employer provide vacation or ins. to its employees.
I think small employers may be exempt from such rules, but I'm not sure.