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Irrelevant. It is becoming a trend with businesses.
Its completely relevant when you say in the Thread Title Denny's invokes 5% Surcharge
If you want to say its becoming a trend, then say that in the title, but your Thread Title is still false. ONE Franchise owner does not mean that Denny's is changing their prices.
"Welcome to the Denny’s Franchisee Association (DFA) Web site. The DFA represents the interests of franchise restaurant owners and operators within the Denny’s Brand".
The overwhelming number of Denny's employ part timers who work for pooled tips and a paltry wage.
How is it that Starbucks and Costco did not require a government mandate to make basic group health insurance available to their employees? They made business decisions and managed to thrive in spite of it, even in a lousy economy.
A) The owner has said he is cutting his employees' hours so they don't qualify for benefits such as health care. B) He is simultaneously claiming he needs to raise his prices to pay for benefits he isn't going to provide to his employees (see A).
Therefore, the only conclusion is that the owner is just a right wing sore loser who is lining his pockets by raising prices and trying to blame it on Obama.
Okay, so then I am to assume that if he's not letting them qualify for healthcare in the future, and that he has to cut them back to part timers now so they don't (qualify) - that he doesn't offer them any benefits as full time employees either?
So apart from the additional 10 hours work (or whatever the full time hours are), what perks did his staff already get for being full time? They don't get healthcare, what else do they get as full time employees, if anything?
The restaurant owner (not CEO) is making a political statement on the backs of his employees, and securing a 5% profit for himself.
Unless this fool has over 50 Full Time employees working for him, he DOESN'T have to provide HC insurance to his full time staff. And that 50 employee mandate IS NOT part of Obamacare. It exists separate from Obamacare, and was enacted before Obamacare.
But, keep on drinking that RW Koolaid, folks.
Last edited by carterstamp; 11-15-2012 at 10:38 AM..
Reason: IS JNOT
I honestly don't know why. Is there some kind of regulation that the employees have to be part time a year out? Why is he cutting hours now, when the law is not in effect? If I missed some explanation that's pertinent, somebody fill me in please.
There is a look back period that will be used to determine if an employee has worked more or less than 30 hours per week. Based on that result, the employer will or will not be required to provide healthcare. The period is either 3 or 12 months, but I don't know how it's determined which one is used for any particular business.
Edit: Apparently the employer gets to choose a period between 3 and 6 months. If the resulting hours worked in the period selected meet or exceed the 30 hour threshold, then the employee is counted as full time and the employer is required to provide healthcare during the next six months.
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