Obamacare Fallout: Wegmans Grocery Chain Cuts Health Benefits for Part-time Workers

The Rochester-based grocer that has been continually lauded for providing health insurance to its part-time workers will no longer offer that benefit. 

Until recently, the company voluntarily offered health insurance to employees who worked 20 hours per week or more. Companies are required by law to offer health insurance only to full-time employees who work 30 hours or more per week.

Several Wegmans employees confirmed part-time health benefits had been cut and said the company said the decision was related to changes brought about by the Affordable Care Act. 

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Wegmans employs roughly 1,433 full-time employees and 4,304 part-time employees in the Buffalo Niagara region.

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According to Wikipedia, Wegmans employs 43,000 in 81 stores nationwide.

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