Just curious what actual verifiable changes are occurring in the employment sector already based on your personal knowledge or experiences?
I know of one area employer of several hundred people that is making significant changes.... they are in the process of hiring and training DOZENS of new employees! That's right! NO KIDDING! One of my close friends is doing all the training of the new personnel, and she is swamped.
While this sounds like a good thing, the reason they are doing so, is that their lower-tier, lesser-skilled staff are ALL having their hours reduced! That's right... people at the lower end of the income-earning pool are being forced to go from previous full-time positions without insurance benefits to part-time positions without benefits - less than 30 hours a week, in this case, or maybe even 28? I can't remember... So, essentially, the people who are already struggling currently (i.e., "unskilled workers" making low-to-moderate wages, are getting their hours reduced to the tune of a 25% pay cut, while the company is hiring many, many more workers in the same job to fill the gap.
I suspect this is what is going to be found to be happening all across the country. It was not the intention of the law, but let's face it, employers are not going to just stand by and be penalized for being successful. They will find a way to work around it to maintain viability in the marketplace, or they will scale back. The ones who really are being hurt by this are the very ones it was intended to help.
Strong work, Legislative Branch... strong work.
I know of one area employer of several hundred people that is making significant changes.... they are in the process of hiring and training DOZENS of new employees! That's right! NO KIDDING! One of my close friends is doing all the training of the new personnel, and she is swamped.
While this sounds like a good thing, the reason they are doing so, is that their lower-tier, lesser-skilled staff are ALL having their hours reduced! That's right... people at the lower end of the income-earning pool are being forced to go from previous full-time positions without insurance benefits to part-time positions without benefits - less than 30 hours a week, in this case, or maybe even 28? I can't remember... So, essentially, the people who are already struggling currently (i.e., "unskilled workers" making low-to-moderate wages, are getting their hours reduced to the tune of a 25% pay cut, while the company is hiring many, many more workers in the same job to fill the gap.
I suspect this is what is going to be found to be happening all across the country. It was not the intention of the law, but let's face it, employers are not going to just stand by and be penalized for being successful. They will find a way to work around it to maintain viability in the marketplace, or they will scale back. The ones who really are being hurt by this are the very ones it was intended to help.
Strong work, Legislative Branch... strong work.