ObamaCare Is Forcing School Districts In Pennsylvania To Reduce Employee Hours
ObamaCare Has Forced The East Penn School District To Reduce The Hours Of Eleven Food Service Employees. “Eleven East Penn School District food service employees will have their hours cut to 29.75 hours a week – just 15 minutes shy of the 30-hours-a-week that triggers the mandate that employers provide health benefits under ObamaCare.” (Margie Peterson, “East Penn Cuts Cafeteria Workers’ Hours To Avoid ObamaCare,” The Morning Call, 6/27/13)
The Foodcrafters Union Blessed The Agreement To Reduce The Workers’ Hours That Unanimously Passed East Penn’s School Board.” “The move is part of the three- year contract that the Foodcrafters union ratified and the East Penn School Board approved Monday by a vote of 8-0 with School Director Julian Stolz abstaining.” (Margie Peterson, “East Penn Cuts Cafeteria Workers’ Hours To Avoid ObamaCare,” The Morning Call, 6/27/13)
- Secretary Of The East Penn School Distric Foodcrafters Association Acknowledged That School Districts And Private Companies Are Having To Reduce Hours To Comply With ObamaCare. “‘We didn’t like it but everybody’s doing it,’ said Karen Haldeman, secretary of the East Penn School District Foodcrafters Association. ‘All the school districts are doing it, private companies are doing it. We knew we had to just accept it and go on.’” (Margie Peterson, “East Penn Cuts Cafeteria Workers’ Hours To Avoid ObamaCare,” The Morning Call, 6/27/13)
Other Districts In Pennsylvania’s Lehigh Valley Are Also Having To Reduce Employee Hours Due To ObamaCare. “Cash-strapped districts across the Lehigh Valley are weighing what to do with their part-timers. Earlier this month, Southern Lehigh School District reduced the hours of 51 part-timers to avoid a bigger health-care bill.” (Margie Peterson, “East Penn Cuts Cafeteria Workers’ Hours To Avoid ObamaCare,” The Morning Call, 6/27/13)
