Sunday, December 2, 2012

Cedar Falls Cuts Worker Hours to Avoid Obamacare

Via comment by Blue  on ObamaCare Fallout: Walmart Ends Insurance For New Hires 




CEDAR FALLS, Iowa (AP) — Cedar Falls plans to reduce dozens of part-time public employees' hours in order to avoid having to offer them insurance under a requirement of the federal health care overhaul Obamacare set to take effect in 2014.

Cedar Falls Administrative Services Director Richard McAlister said the reduction in hours for 59 workers is necessary because if all of them opted for insurance  that must be offered under the federal law Obamacare, the city could face an additional $855,000 annual cost, the Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier reported Wednesday (http://bit.ly/UccSOX ). McAlister said that would require employee layoffs.

The part-time employees aren't currently eligible for health insurance, but the new federal law Obamacare will require employers to offer insurance to part-timers who work 30 or more hours per week. The city can avoid the requirement by cutting part-timers' hours from 32 to 29 hours a week.

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