Obamacare Redefines 'Full Time' Employment As 30 Hours A Week

[PapaG]

Well, it is employment, I guess.

http://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-drop/n-12-58.pdf

The IRS rule is key because companies with more than 50 full-time employees must provide health insurance under Obamacare, or be fined. Business groups have been warning that small companies might try to replace full-time workers with part-time help to avoid being forced to offer health insurance in 2014, but the 30-hour full-time definition is likely to undermine those plans.

http://washingtonexaminer.com/feds-...me-for-obamacare/article/2507528#.UE9L_o1lQ18

Obama's attacks on small business continue.

 

[Denny Crane]

Employment has been considered 30 hours a week, minimum, for many things and in many places.

They had this rule in Hawaii when I lived there. If you paid a worker 30+ hours a week, you had to provide health insurance. The sheer number of workers, UNION and otherwise, who accepted cash in lieu of a traceable paycheck was downright amazing.

 

[PapaG]

Employment has been considered 30 hours a week, minimum, for many things and in many places.

They had this rule in Hawaii when I lived there. If you paid a worker 30+ hours a week, you had to provide health insurance. The sheer number of workers, UNION and otherwise, who accepted cash in lieu of a traceable paycheck was downright amazing.

That was a state law. Hawaii can call it 10 hours a week if they want, that's their prerogative so long as their citizens agree to it.

Federal law has now been changed from 40 to 30, as this is a federal tax plan, and the taxes go to the federal government. That is the point. Plus, this wasn't a part of the original bill, and hasn't been voted on by Congress.

 

[Denny Crane]

If it were 40, the employers would work them 39.5.

They're doing what they can to stick it to people. It's not hard to figure out.

 

[Denny Crane]

Oh, and 40 hours is not federal law.

http://www.dol.gov/elaws/faq/esa/flsa/014.htm

How many hours is full-time employment? How many hours is part-time employment?

The Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) does not define full-time employment or part-time employment. This is a matter generally to be determined by the employer. Whether an employee is considered full-time or part-time does not change the application of the FLSA.

 

[PapaG]

Oh, and 40 hours is not federal law.

http://www.dol.gov/elaws/faq/esa/flsa/014.htm

How many hours is full-time employment? How many hours is part-time employment?

The Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) does not define full-time employment or part-time employment. This is a matter generally to be determined by the employer. Whether an employee is considered full-time or part-time does not change the application of the FLSA.

40 hours a week was defined in this law as being "full-time". It has now been changed by the IRS to 30 hours.

 

[MARIS61]

Obama's attacks on small business continue.

WalMart is not a small business.