About one in five U.S. employers either have reduced hours for workers they consider to be part-time, or will do so, in response to requirements of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.
That's what a survey of some 740 human resources professionals conducted by the Society for Human Resource Management found.
The vast majority — nearly three-quarters — of respondents haven't altered schedules to avoid providing health insurance for part-timers working 30 or more hours a week on average. But 14 percent have, and another 6 percent told SHRM they intend to.
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