Wendy's Franchisee Cuts Employee Hours To Avoid obamacare

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An owner of several Wendys restaurants in Omaha, Nebraska will avoid obamacare by cutting the hours of his workers. Non management employees will have their hours cut to 28 hours a week

Many of the restaurants are are having to cut employees pay, fire employees or reduce the hours in order to avoid obamacare. The fast food industry has low profit margins and by forcing these costs onto them it only hurts the employees even more. The employees are the ones who are going to suffer the most, the business owners will suffer but the employees will face much harsher problems. obamacare was suppose to "help" these people but it doesn't, these are the unintended consequences. This also will help pass on the costs to the customers.

As well obamacare will increase the cost of healthcare, when the government gets involved they help to increase costs and reduce the quality of the service and innovation. Not to mention all the extra spending that it adds to the $16 trillion+ debt.

These restaurants should not be forced into this and instead it should be worked out between the employees and the employers, giving the employees more choice would be a much better idea than what obama is doing now.

Are the restaurants right to do what they are doing? Should obama back out and not force them into obamacare?

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/01/07/wendys-obamacare_n_2425066.html
 

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glenn1

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Wendy's Franchisee Cuts Employee Hours To Avoid obamacare

News, no. Politics, yes. Proceed to thread filled with predetermined conclusion-based arguments now.
 

Jaskalas

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Cut out the exception for part time employees, force the employers to pass the costs onto the consumers.
 

PokerGuy

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Businesspeople take rational steps to avoid costs imposed on them without any benefit to their business? Shocking!
 

Theb

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What surprises me about Wendy's is while their burgers are decent (for fast food), if you get one of their $0.99 burgers it isn't just a scaled down version of a regular burger, it's like an entirely different quality of meat and just awful.
 

PokerGuy

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Cut out the exception for part time employees, force the employers to pass the costs onto the consumers.

..... another short sighted approach. All that would do is force many of the smaller employers (especially restaurants etc) to get rid of some of their employees altogether (instead of just cutting their hours). All completely logical and to be anticipated by anyone who isn't terminally stupid like those who pushed this law.
 

polarmystery

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Does anyone ever take the OP seriously or is he a paid troll or something? I haven't figured it out yet.
 

Jaskalas

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..... another short sighted approach. All that would do is force many of the smaller employers (especially restaurants etc) to get rid of some of their employees altogether (instead of just cutting their hours). All completely logical and to be anticipated by anyone who isn't terminally stupid like those who pushed this law.

If they can cut employees and cut costs _today_, then why haven't they already done that?

Obamacare should be about passing costs onto consumers, not cutting employees.
 

PokerGuy

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Is this like the Papa John's CEO that the price would go up $.05/burger?

That's the same kind of dumb mentality that made many idiots think these things (workers losing hours etc) would not be happening. The cost per burger/pizza/fry/whatever doesn't matter. If a business has increased costs without benefit to the business, the business will take available steps to avoid the costs if possible. Businesses like the one in this story are just doing exactly what you would expect them to do, what any rational business owner would do.
 

highland145

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Thanks for the link. Did you look at the "compare Wendy's to competition'?

They're not doing well.
Yeah and I like their burgers.

They can't afford the health care.

Wonder if they thought about co-oping with another restaurant in the ares. "I'll give Joe 20 hours, you give him 20 hours. He gets a 40 hour check and we save $$."
 
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soundforbjt

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Raise their prices, people in this country have to realize things cost money. It's cheaper to eat at home anyhow.
 

PokerGuy

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The OP seems to think employers are entitled to cheap labor.

You don't seem to understand how things work. It has nothing to do with being entitled to cheap labor. The fact is that the employer can save money by reducing the hours of the workers so as to avoid obamacare cost increases. It's completely logical for them to do that. Competitors will be doing the same thing.
 
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This is exactly what happens when the government gets involved and raises the costs for businesses. Obviously they will have to find some way to deal with the cost. People should not be surprised at all by this
 

soundforbjt

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You don't seem to understand how things work. It has nothing to do with being entitled to cheap labor. The fact is that the employer can save money by reducing the hours of the workers so as to avoid obamacare cost increases. It's completely logical for them to do that. Competitors will be doing the same thing.

Did you check out Highland's link, other competitors can absorb it easier.
 

IronWing

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You don't seem to understand how things work. It has nothing to do with being entitled to cheap labor. The fact is that the employer can save money by reducing the hours of the workers so as to avoid obamacare cost increases. It's completely logical for them to do that. Competitors will be doing the same thing.
The pursuit of cheap labor more than any other factor that has driven this country's economic decline. Wendy's will price themselves out of the labor market, blaming everyone but their own greed.
 

highland145

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Did you check out Highland's link, other competitors can absorb it easier.
They could but I bet they don't. They don't have to.

Wendy's can't absorb it and if they raise their prices, they'll lose business and then they'll be out of business. Along with a ton of unemployed. McD's, etc., will pick up the extra business with about the same # of employees. Profit........stock pick of the day?
 

conehead433

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Many businesses have for years had part time workers to avoid paying benefits, including and most notably Walmart. This is nothing new. Although WM does allow their PT employees to participate in their health care insurance after working there a certain length of time. It's a shame so many businesses want to deny lower cost insurance to their employees when all they have to do is adjust the price of their goods to be able to support their employees. The losing business argument is BS.
 

waggy

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no surprise at all. I will be surprised if this is the last one we hear about.