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I'll take unemployment all the time over not being able to get health treatments due to their cost. Another important factor is that even though US has recently

I'll take unemployment all the time over not being able to get health treatments due to their cost. Another important factor is that even though US has recently a low unemployment rate, jobs are not enough to sustain people's life, so it's not rare to be forced to have 2/3 jobs. Employment quality is as important as employment quantity, not many seem to consider it though.

SamReidHughes 7y ago
Many employers are hiring for no-skill jobs paying $15-20 an hour in this country, you just have to show up on time and pass a drug test.
- hellisothers 7y ago
  But will they hire you for 40hrs with benefits or 20 hours with none so you have to work 2-3 jobs on opposite sides of the city? I think that is the quantity/quality issue OP was referencing.
  - tropo 7y ago
    29 hours seems likely. Mandating health insurance had predictable results. It is expensive, and no employer will pay for it if it makes up a significant portion of total compensation. Highly paid employees: already have health insurance Low paid employees: never going to get health insurance Every employee ends up in one of those two categories. As needed to comply with the law, hours will be adjusted up or down. If a person worked 40 hours at a modest wage, there were two possible outcomes. One is that hours are cut below 30, keeping the low-paid employee without health insurance. The other is that the employee ends up with enough hours to be highly-paid, but there is a limit to the hours a human can work and there may be a higher overtime rate that prevents this solution. As an example of the less-common solution, suppose the job was $18 per hour for 40 hours. That could be changed to be $8 per hour ($12 during overtime) with a total of 80 hours per week, with healthcare included. It's easier to just cut hours below 30.

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I'll take unemployment all the time over not being able to get health treatments due to their cost. Another important factor is that even though US has recently

by pietrovismara 7y ago

SamReidHughes 7y ago
Many employers are hiring for no-skill jobs paying $15-20 an hour in this country, you just have to show up on time and pass a drug test.
- hellisothers 7y ago
  But will they hire you for 40hrs with benefits or 20 hours with none so you have to work 2-3 jobs on opposite sides of the city? I think that is the quantity/quality issue OP was referencing.
  - tropo 7y ago
    29 hours seems likely. Mandating health insurance had predictable results. It is expensive, and no employer will pay for it if it makes up a significant portion of total compensation. Highly paid employees: already have health insurance Low paid employees: never going to get health insurance Every employee ends up in one of those two categories. As needed to comply with the law, hours will be adjusted up or down. If a person worked 40 hours at a modest wage, there were two possible outcomes. One is that hours are cut below 30, keeping the low-paid employee without health insurance. The other is that the employee ends up with enough hours to be highly-paid, but there is a limit to the hours a human can work and there may be a higher overtime rate that prevents this solution. As an example of the less-common solution, suppose the job was $18 per hour for 40 hours. That could be changed to be $8 per hour ($12 during overtime) with a total of 80 hours per week, with healthcare included. It's easier to just cut hours below 30.