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They were doing this long before Obama even ran for president. I remember first hearing about this in the early 2000's
by quux 13y ago
They were doing this long before Obama even ran for president. I remember first hearing about this in the early 2000's
- smackfu 13y agoYeah, Walmart is infamous for restricting people to part-time hours so they don't have to provide benefits. But of course this is a Forbes blog, and who knows what the political slant of the blogger is.
- nawitus 13y agoA working solution is to make the government provide the benefits, which is what Scandinavian countries tend to do.
- Wickk 13y agoThis. I work in retail and have for a while. My mother has for most of her life, and this practice is not new for the retail level of the job market.
- kcorbitt 13y agoUndoubtedly, but Obamacare could still accelerate the process. As state-mandated benefits go up, the marginal utility that an employee has to provide to be company asset go up proportionally.
- sinnerswing 13y ago"Will Obamacare Hurt Jobs? It's Already Happening, Poll Finds" "Forty-one percent of the businesses surveyed have frozen hiring because of the health-care law known as Obamacare. And almost one-fifth—19 percent— answered "yes" when asked if they had "reduced the number of employees you have in your business as a specific result of the Affordable Care Act."" http://www.cnbc.com/id/100825782 http://www.cnbc.com/id/100825782