The Affordable Care Act

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Originally Posted by BlueStreak

Yeah, but why? There is no sensible reason for them to be doing this, it only causes further damage. This is what needs to be confronted head on, not the ACA.

Dave

At the end of the day, the number one mission for any organization, including government, is to insure its own survival. A business is not going to stand there and involuntarily incur additional costs just because a new gov't plan comes rolling along. The business will do what it needs to do to protect itself from increased costs, since most businesses only have a fixed percentage of revenue to spend on employment costs. Therefore, rather than just take a cost increase, the business reacts. Since the ACA's threat of increased costs can be reduced be expanding the part time work force, that's exactly what businesses (those that have a significant portion of their workforce who work variable hours) are doing.