Part-Time America

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Author(s) The Wall Street Journal editorial board
Source The Wall Street Journal
Date July 6, 2013
URL http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887324399404578587513698345272.html
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Quotes-start.png And it's revealing that the average hours worked in retail have fallen to 31.4 from 31.6 hours a week over the past year, and the average hospitality job now is still 26.1 hours a week. One explanation is almost surely ObamaCare. The law requires employers with more than 50 workers to provide health insurance to all employees or pay a $2,000 penalty per worker. The law also defines a full-time job as 30 hours a week. All of this gives businesses that operate on thin margins—and that's most businesses—an incentive to hire more part-time workers. Quotes-end.png


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