Trimming Hours to Avoid Employer Mandate Can Land You in Hot Water
| posted in BlogEver since the Affordable Care Act was enacted, critics of the law have said that employers would cut staff or reduce workers’ hours to avoid coming under the employer mandate requiring them to provide coverage for their staff. But a decision by a federal judge not to dismiss a lawsuit against an employer for doing just that highlights the legal rat-trap that employers may open if they go that route. Workers at Dave & Buster’s, a restaurant chain, in July 2015 filed a lawsuit in the Southern District of New York alleging that the national restaurant chain reduced their hours…
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