ObamaCare Results in Workers Being Allowed to Work Fewer Hours
Elections have consequences — and those consequences have consequences. A consequence of putting a socialist in the White House was the ham-fisted seizure of federal control over the healthcare industry. Among the consequences of ObamaCare:
In an experiment apparently aimed at keeping down the cost of health-care reform, Orlando-based Darden Restaurants has stopped offering full-time schedules to many hourly workers in at least a few Olive Gardens, Red Lobsters and LongHorn Steakhouses.
Darden is one of the top 30 employers in the country.
In an emailed statement, Darden said staffing changes are “just one of the many things we are evaluating to help us address the cost implications health care reform will have on our business.”
They aren’t the only ones scrambling to stay solvent in the aftermath of ObamaCare.
Analysts say many other companies, including the White Castle hamburger chain, are considering employing fewer full-timers because of key features of the Affordable Care Act scheduled to go into effect in 2014. Under that law, large companies must provide affordable health insurance to employees working an average of at least 30 hours per week. …
“I think a lot of those employers, especially restaurants, are just going to ensure nobody gets scheduled more than 30 hours a week,” said Matthew Snook, partner with human-resources consulting company Mercer.
This is because unlike the federal government, private businesses cannot spend more money than they take in.
Darden has been offering health insurance to all of its 185,000 employees. But many have been on a limited-benefit plan.
That type of coverage is being phased out under health-care changes, which will ban annual limits for most plans.
Therefore, they get no benefits at all, plus they aren’t allowed to work full time, effectively by federal decree. No worries; Obama will give them free unlimited insurance no matter how much it costs — at your expense.
On a tip from IslandLifer.
You telling me this company was providing healthcare to their part time hourly employees before the Affordable Care Act? The definition of part time is anyone working less than 40 hours per week. I really doubt they were providing healthcare to those people working less than 40 hours a week. Now that they are required to provide healthcare to those “part time” employees they will have to reduce their hours they can work to below the requirement.
Nothing has changed. The same people who were not getting health insurance from the company are still not going to get healthcare from the company. The only real problem is now these “part timers” will be working less than 30 hours per week and that means less money in their pocket. But who really is working part time in this work besides high school students who are under their parents health care or people who have multiple jobs.
If you’ll read the headline, you’ll realize that it’s primarily about the hours.
Having your hours cut is a huge deal, especially when you’re already stretching your paycheck. Getting demoted from full time to part time is especially a huge deal. When externally imposed expenses force a business to take these kinds of measures, it hurts the employees, the customers, and the business. The employees get paid less, the business sacrifices service in order to run on a lighter crew, and the customer has to pay more for lower quality service.
This is why government meddling in business should be avoided whenever possible. Government mandates increase overhead, they impose external expenses that a business normally wouldn’t have to face, and that money has to come from somewhere.
anonymouse_user, please read again…
“In an experiment apparently aimed at keeping down the cost of health-care reform, Orlando-based Darden Restaurants has stopped offering full-time schedules to many hourly workers in at least a few Olive Gardens, Red Lobsters and LongHorn Steakhouses.”
See, they WERE full time, and were getting benefits. But their hours were cut to less than 40 per week, making them no full time and not eligible for benefits.
Do you understand now?
Sounds like they are taking a page from the walmart manual.
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Looks like these employees will be applying for food stamps and housing assistance to make ends meet.
Just what the won has in mind: More people dependent on the government for handouts.
This is just as good as unionizing them, from his perspective, not mine.
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God save America from the voters.
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God save America from Obama.
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I just had a friend post that thanks to the ACA in CA he got a rebate from Obamacare. I don’t think he actually understands all of Obamacare, But when his employer cuts his hours (works for a large music venue)and he can no longer cover his 26 yr old son who refuses to get a job and prefers to wander the west coast, I am hoping he will change his mind. I can hope.
“Sinister66 says:October 11, 2012 at 8:11 am”
No, dummy, this pre-dates Walmart by decades. When your business has more expenses, you have to cut costs SOMEWHERE. Would you rather they charge more for SMALLER portions? would you approve of CHEAPER cuts of meat at the same price?
The USPS is going to that now