Rep. Dan Lipinski (D-Illinois) today introduced the Forty Hours Is Full Time Act of 2013 (H.R. 2988), a bill he says would remove the incentive created in Obamacare for employers to cut the hours of part-time employees by changing the healthcare law's definition of "full-time employment" from 30 hours a week to 40 hours a week, the standard work week widely recognized in law and by employers, when applying the employer mandate.
"Even with the Administration's recent decision to delay the Obamacare employer mandate for one year, we already know some employers are preparing to meet the law's guidelines by slashing workers' hours and forcing them to work 29 hours a week or less. This is reducing the take-home pay for millions of Americans at a time when they can least afford it," Rep. Lipinski said.
"The Forty Hours Is Full Time Act keeps the usual 40 hour full-time work week in place without sacrificing the goal of providing affordable, quality healthcare to Americans," he added.
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"Rep. Lipinski's shared legislation, along with S. 1188 and H.R. 2575 [the Save American Workers Act of 2013, also introduced in June], demonstrates the growing bicameral and bipartisan consensus that the ACA's 30-hours-per-week definition for full-time employees needs to be addressed in order for the law to be effective and to minimize the disruption to the American workforce," said Jennifer Hatcher, FMI senior vice president of government and public affairs.Read the full story HERE.
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4 comments:
This has been a known factor for HOW LONG? And they're just now addressing it? What about all those people who have already been laid off who might have been able to keep their jobs? Changing a job-killing law after the fact does very little.
I agree Katrina.
This bill is BS. A little late.
It makes me wonder if perhaps the Dems are worried that even in their own ranks, they are starting to believe there's something to the Defunding efforts...and this is an attempt to put a finger in the dike.
May the dike crumble to the dust. Freedom for Americans from this oppressive law!
AZ
If they increase it to 40 hours, employers will just schedule 39 hour weeks to avoid the mandate.
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