Fighting the Health-Care Law's 30-Hour Rule

摘要

The Obama administration's decision to postpone the Affordable Care Act's employer mandate until 2015 means thousands of U.S. businesses have an extra year to figure out how not to run afoul of the law. The fast-food industry is thinking of the delay a little differently. Hundreds of executives are using the time to visit lawmakers on Capitol Hill and explain their complaint with the mandate. Obamacare defines a full-time worker as anyone averaging at least 30 hours a week on the job, and the law says any company with more than 50 such employees has to offer health benefits.