7/24/13

Obamacare chokes part-time pay

For Kevin Pace, the president’s health-care law could have meant better health insurance. Instead, it produced a pay cut.  Like many of his colleagues, the adjunct music professor at Northern Virginia Community College had managed to assemble a hefty course load despite his official status as a part-time employee. But his employer, the state, slashed his hours this spring to avoid a Jan. 1 requirement that all full-time workers for large employers be offered health insurance. The law defines “full time” as 30 hours a week or more, The Washington Post reports. Details here  [BJS]