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Kroger to Slash Hourly Workers to Avoid Obamacare Penalties | Flopping AcesOperative Faith reveals that Kroger will soon join the ranks of Durden Restaurants and slash the hours of its non-exempt (hourly) workers to avoid millions in Obamacare penalties.
To give you a sense of Krogers size and importance, its sales last year were $90 billion and it employs nearly 350,000 people. Most of its jobs are hourly and the vast majority of workers are neither millionaires or billionaires.
Faith is a mid-level manager at Kroger and reports the dire news:
Last week we found out that, beginning in January, any employee who is not full-time at that point,will be limited to 28 hours per week and all new hires will be subject to the same policy.
Currently, part-time employees can work as many hours as needed.
Many Kroger employees, I believe, will be shocked to find out about this new policy.
. They can currently work "as many hours as needed"?
Since when have you been able to work someone full time hours but deny them full time benefits?
So if they have to cut hours per employee....will they still need the same total number of labor hours worked? If so...someone else will get hired to fill in that spot. Unemployment goes down!!!
I worked at a grocery store growing up (Ingles) in SC. I was "part time" but was always worked 40-50 hours a week, 10 hour shifts on weekends. Didnt get benefits. But, the store got their work.
Full time is 32 hours where I live.
Im not ignoring the main point of the story, it's common sense that companies are going to do whatever is cheapest for them. However I have also been out working the last 6 years, and so I know that all the "companies are going to start" is pure bullshit. Companies have been doing this since the recession hit.
6 years ago, I worked 45 hours a week and I had a staff of 6, 4 full time 2 part time. Last year before I quit my job, I was working 36 hours a week with a staff of 2 part time girls.
I'm also aware that companies will employ no more than they need and the ACA won't stop them from employing someone who's needed as long as the costumers are there.
Full time is 32 hours where I live.
Im not ignoring the main point of the story, it's common sense that companies are going to do whatever is cheapest for them. However I have also been out working the last 6 years, and so I know that all the "companies are going to start" is pure bullshit. Companies have been doing this since the recession hit.
6 years ago, I worked 45 hours a week and I had a staff of 6, 4 full time 2 part time. Last year before I quit my job, I was working 36 hours a week with a staff of 2 part time girls.
I'm also aware that companies will employ no more than they need and the ACA won't stop them from employing someone who's needed as long as the costumers are there.
Full time is 32 hours where I live.
Im not ignoring the main point of the story, it's common sense that companies are going to do whatever is cheapest for them. However I have also been out working the last 6 years, and so I know that all the "companies are going to start" is pure bullshit. Companies have been doing this since the recession hit.
6 years ago, I worked 45 hours a week and I had a staff of 6, 4 full time 2 part time. Last year before I quit my job, I was working 36 hours a week with a staff of 2 part time girls.
I'm also aware that companies will employ no more than they need and the ACA won't stop them from employing someone who's needed as long as the costumers are there.
Ever hear of a temp service contractor? Marginal hiring needs will be farmed out.
Since the benefits are at the pleasure of the owner of the business.They can currently work "as many hours as needed"?
Since when have you been able to work someone full time hours but deny them full time benefits?
I don't know whether to laugh or cry.So if they have to cut hours per employee....will they still need the same total number of labor hours worked? If so...someone else will get hired to fill in that spot. Unemployment goes down!!!
Full time is 32 hours where I live.
Im not ignoring the main point of the story, it's common sense that companies are going to do whatever is cheapest for them. However I have also been out working the last 6 years, and so I know that all the "companies are going to start" is pure bullshit. Companies have been doing this since the recession hit.
6 years ago, I worked 45 hours a week and I had a staff of 6, 4 full time 2 part time. Last year before I quit my job, I was working 36 hours a week with a staff of 2 part time girls.
I'm also aware that companies will employ no more than they need and the ACA won't stop them from employing someone who's needed as long as the costumers are there.
ACA changes the incentives and cost structures for labor. All companies will respond to this. Whether the incentives are enough to affect them or not is a different matter. And namely the cost structure is higher, so companies will look at every way to cut those costs. Technology that might have been too expensive compared to labor now looks more favorable. Cutting full time workers to part time workers now makes more sense.
And btw, what costume were you wearing when you stopped working?
So if they have to cut hours per employee....will they still need the same total number of labor hours worked? If so...someone else will get hired to fill in that spot. Unemployment goes down!!!
I worked at a grocery store growing up (Ingles) in SC. I was "part time" but was always worked 40-50 hours a week, 10 hour shifts on weekends. Didnt get benefits. But, the store got their work.
I don't know whether to laugh or cry.So if they have to cut hours per employee....will they still need the same total number of labor hours worked? If so...someone else will get hired to fill in that spot. Unemployment goes down!!!
