Like they are not raking in the cash... -----Original Message----- From: LRS Scout [mailto:lrssc...@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, January 08, 2013 12:36 PM To: cf-community Subject: RE: Moving towards paying our fair share
You say that knowing nothing about their profit margins and overhead at all. On Jan 8, 2013 1:17 PM, "Eric Roberts" <ow...@threeravensconsulting.com> wrote: > > At least they can be honest and blame greed. Time to boycott wendys... > > -----Original Message----- > From: Jerry Barnes [mailto:critic...@gmail.com] > Sent: Tuesday, January 08, 2013 12:01 PM > To: cf-community > Subject: Re: Moving towards paying our fair share > > > Damn. This paying your fair share is going to be brutal on the > service industry and unskilled workers: > > Fast-Food Worker Hours Cut, New Health Care Law Blamed ( > > http://www.wowt.com/home/headlines/Fast-Food-Worker-Hours-Cut---185827 > 392.ht > ml > ) > > A fast-food chain is slashing employee hours so franchise owners don't > have to pay health benefits. Around 100 local Wendy's workers have > learned their hours are being cut. A spokesperson says a new health care law is to blame. > > The company has announced that all non-management positions will have > their hours reduced to 28 a week. Gary Burdette, Vice President of > Operations for the local franchise, says the cuts are coming because > the new Affordable Health Care Act requires employers to offer health > insurance to employees working 32-38 hours a week. Under the current > law they are not considered full time and that as a small business > owner, he can't afford to stay in operation and pay for everyone's health insurance. > > Burdette says the decision affects around 100 employees. It was a > tough one and he understands why people are upset, but the hour > reduction is effective in two weeks for all non-management. Management > employees will continue to have benefits as they are officially full > time. > > Of course, the ultimate smack on the poor souls: The are required to > have health insurance. With their reduced hours, the smaller amount > of take home pay will have to pay for insurance, whose premiums are > steadily moving up. > > J > > - > > My commitment is to make sure that we've got universal healthcare for > all Americans by the end of my first term as president. I would hope > that we could set up a system that allows those who can't go through > their employer to access a federal system or a state pool of some > sort. But I don't think we're going to be able to eliminate employer > coverage immediately. There's going to be potentially some transition > process. I can envision a decade out, or 15 years out, or 20 years > out. - Barack Obama > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:359781 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
