>The effect is that two restaurants can each hire two people for a total of 40 hours per person, but don’t have to provide either with full-time benefits, like

>The effect is that two restaurants can each hire two people for a total of 40 hours per person, but don’t have to provide either with full-time benefits, like health care, paid time off, reliable hours, etc. >I wonder how your law works in situations like this. In Europe health care has little to nothing to do with one's employer, and paid time off is mandated by law no matter how much or little one makes.