H-E-B won't cut hours for workers over mandates

[TexasTowelie]

H-E-B, one of San Antonio’s largest private employers, will not reduce employees’ work hours to avoid the health insurance mandates under the Affordable Care Act, a company vice president said Wednesday.

About 45,000 of the grocer’s 76,000 U.S. employees qualify for health benefits, said Brooke Brownlow, H-E-B’s vice president of compensation and benefits. The company already offers coverage to part-time employees who work on average at least 29 hours a week, she said.

Brownlow detailed the family-owned supermarket chain’s response to the health care reform law Wednesday at an Affordable Care Act symposium hosted by the Greater San Antonio Chamber of Commerce at a hotel near the South Texas Medical Center.

Some employers in San Antonio, including several large restaurant chains, have cut workers’ shifts to part-time schedules of less than 30 hours a week to avoid having to provide health insurance to them.

More at http://www.mysanantonio.com/news/local/article/H-E-B-details-response-to-Affordable-Care-Act-4807119.php .

[snappyturtle]

1. I love HEB! I have a friend who works for HEB and through

her I've learned what a decent, good employer it is so I'm
not surprised by the OP. I live in Kerrville, TX, 60 mile
north of San Antonio, and home to the flagship store and
recently a satellite store. I mention the second store becaue
although Kerrville is no metropoulis HEB competes with
an in-town Walmart Super store and Super Foods.
The second store is in the old Albertson's location.

This is great news....thanks.

[dballance]

2. Good for them!

It's nice to see a company not using the ACA as an excuse to cut hours or coverage for a change.

[onestepforward]

3. Good news! I'll keep using them as my primary grocery store!

They have the freshest produce and their employees always seem genuinely happy!

[northoftheborder]

4. Good for HEB! They are competing with Superwalmart here, which has terrible meat and produce.

They do pay good wages also, i've heard, a good bit above minimum wage, not sure how much, depends upon position.

[efhmc]

5. They are good employers.

Daughter worked there in catering while between tech jobs.They are good to their employees.

[maddezmom]

6. I love HEB

And this makes me love them even more.

[susanr516]

7. I've always heard that HEB was a good place to work nt

[onestepforward]

8. Well, just another reason

why they are my favorite! Good job, HEB!