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Campus Reform <http://www.campusreform.org/?ID=5813>: Officials at the
University of Kansas (KU) *are capping student work hours to 20 hours a
week because of provisions of the Affordable Care Act*—commonly known as
Obamacare—that require employers to provide health insurance for part-time
employees.
Since the news was announced last week, *many students are growing
increasingly concerned because of the recent decrease in their hours*
(previously capped at 30 hours a week for undergraduates) and growing
tuition. However, *university officials feel the cutbacks are necessary in
light of Obamacare's policy changes*.
“The revised [KU] policy *seeks to balance the necessity for students to
make academic progress while managing potential fiscal liabilities with ACA*,”
Diane Goddard, vice provost for administration and finance said in an email
to the departments, according to the *Daily Kansan*.
<http://kansan.com/news/2014/07/29/new-policy-reduces-total-hours-for-students-working-on-campus/>
Many students don’t feel that off-campus employment options can provide the
necessary accommodations for their busy schedules that campus jobs do.
"If I have a test to study for I can let them [campus employers] know, and
they can give me any time off that I need, but I know that would not be the
case if I was working a service job," senior Kristina Nielander told KSHB
<http://www.kshb.com/news/to-comply-with-obamacare-the-university-of-kansas-caps-student-work-hours>
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Last semester KU had 4,850 student employees but university officials claim
only a handful worked more than 20 hours a week. Students like Rachel
Prather argue that every hour counts and confessed her concerns about
affording groceries on the recent cuts.
"I need any extra income I can get, and that means every hour of the day
that I'm not in class I’m working and I value that a lot."
*The ACA provisions ignited a discussion about the law of unintended
consequences for the university and officials are expecting backlash from
angry students.*
“As the news starts to trickle out, I suspect we will see a lot of emails
coming into human resources,” Gavin Young, KU Spokesman told KSHB Kansas
City
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