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Posted on: Jan. 10 2013, 9:42 am |
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Fast food Chains Cut Hours
Maybe the solution unemployment is to cut the full time workweek from 40 hours to 28 hours for everybody. That would mean that employers would have to hire more people, or else pay overtime. More people employed would mean a lower number of unemployed.
This could be a solution to the present problem of too many workers and too few jobs.
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According to a recent survey from consulting company Mercer, 51% of employers who do not currently provide health coverage to employees working 30 or more hours a week indicated they’d change their workforce strategy so fewer workers will be eligible.
Thanks to Obamacare, this option is getting a lot more attention.
This survey is exploding the myth that a less than 40 hour workweek would be an undue burden on employers. In fact, it is showing that employers would PREFER a 28 hour workweek for employees!
That would also give employees the TIME to exercise and manage their health - to hike. Lower health care costs and a healthier population would be benefits too.
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Posted on: Jan. 10 2013, 11:14 am |
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Sooner or later, employers will realize that the source for employees is limited. Several fast food chains have a "warm body hire" policy, meaning they take every person who fills out an application. How many employees will stick around for a part time position has yet to be discovered.
If enough employers go through with this blatant protest over providing healthcare, perhaps our government will proceed to universal healthcare, provided by taxes, a bit faster. In the end, that will be the best alternative.
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Posted on: Jan. 10 2013, 11:51 am |
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Speaking of John Schnatter (Papa John) specifically... it's odd he thinks it's "common sense" for franchise owners to reduce the number of full-time employees (to avoid paying for health insurance), yet the company can give away over 2 MILLION free pizzas ($13.50 each) as part of an NFL promotion. $27,000,000 would buy a lot of health insurance.
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Posted on: Jan. 10 2013, 12:16 pm |
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(WalksWithBlackflies @ Jan. 10 2013, 9:51 am)
QUOTE Speaking of John Schnatter (Papa John) specifically... it's odd he thinks it's "common sense" for franchise owners to reduce the number of full-time employees (to avoid paying for health insurance), yet the company can give away over 2 MILLION free pizzas ($13.50 each) as part of an NFL promotion. $27,000,000 would buy a lot of health insurance.
The other side of that coin, referring to Papa John's, is the fact that locally-owned pizza joints are cheering that PJ's might have to hike the price of their pizzas by a few cents to cover healthcare costs, because the local chains have been doing that more often anyway, and this offers a more level playing field with everyone "doing the right thing."
Not my input, just from the news bit: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012....50.html
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Posted on: Jan. 11 2013, 12:24 pm |
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If you see a major chain that actually takes this action, as opposed to providing sound bites for Faux News, get out out their stock immediately, and look for their close competitor who is not doing this to buy in before the stock goes up.
Good service, quality product and stability will turn out to be much more important than avoiding health insurance for fast turnover employees. IMHO
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