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In reply to the discussion: Wendy’s Franchise Cuts Employee Hours To Part-Time To Avoid Obamacare [View all]Initech
(100,060 posts)31. Remember it's not the company itself - just another asshole franchise owner.
Still doesn't discount them as blood sucking leeches though.
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Wendy’s Franchise Cuts Employee Hours To Part-Time To Avoid Obamacare [View all]
warrior1
Jan 2013
OP
The article excerpt right in the OP states that the company in question
ChisolmTrailDem
Jan 2013
#15
Don't worry about it. They're about to destroy their business with a one-two punch.
Systematic Chaos
Jan 2013
#7
There may be several thousand companies planning on doing this that we haven't heard
DogPawsBiscuitsNGrav
Jan 2013
#11
Yes, the businesses that have been doing it then see that their help quits in droves,
Ikonoklast
Jan 2013
#12
Yes, I'm totally ignorant. That's why I asked the question. I don't make minimum wage but
DogPawsBiscuitsNGrav
Jan 2013
#13
People were NOT lining up for those jobs. Why do you think those employers had to cave in?
Ikonoklast
Jan 2013
#20
I thought they caved due to bad press and being boycotted. I had no idea no one wanted those jobs.
DogPawsBiscuitsNGrav
Jan 2013
#22
Not really. The employers also have to deal with the paperwork, dealing with the insurer,
Ikonoklast
Jan 2013
#37
any single person age 20 making under 15,250 per year will qualify for medicare and pay 0 dollars
notadmblnd
Jan 2013
#44
I'm hearing the same. I personally know a few business owners who are already starting to cut
DogPawsBiscuitsNGrav
Jan 2013
#18
The question for me is, is the company right that it would go out of business
Skip Intro
Jan 2013
#23
If a company chooses not to offer its employees health care they may have to pay $2,000 per employee
PoliticAverse
Jan 2013
#32
Unless the franchise owner provides proof of his financial status, there is no real way to know.
Ikonoklast
Jan 2013
#45
The following IRS webpage explains employer's responsibilities under the ACA and the 30 hour issue..
PoliticAverse
Jan 2013
#28
Do you want the person handling your Big Classic to be without health insurance?
muntrv
Jan 2013
#47
Having worked for Wendy's in the past, this is nothing new for it or the industry
davidn3600
Jan 2013
#48
Well I use to love eating their food but like my wife and I have done with so many other food places
diabeticman
Sep 2013
#56