On 12/13/2013 9:28 AM, Gary wrote:
> Janet wrote:
>>
>> In article >, says...
>>>
>>> Cindy Hamilton wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>> We have one too; it's $7.25/hour. However, companies like WalMart
>>>>>> will hire twice as many people at 20 hours per week, so that they
>>>>>> don't have to pay benefits (for example, paid time off, health insurance,
>>>>>> retirement fund) to these part-time employees.
>>>
>>> Someone correct me if I'm wrong but there's no law requiring private
>>> companies to pay extra benefits for full time employees.
>>
>> In the UK there is, and partimers share the same entitlements.
>>
>> Janet UK
>
> Not in the US though. To my knowledge NO company *has* to pay extra
> benefits unless the employees are unionized.
>
> G.
>
Are you talking about health benefits? I don't know that it's a *law*,
but it may depend on the size of the company. A small business with
under 10 employees isn't likely to be able to afford to pay for a even a
portion of health benefits employees. Big companies can and often do.
A larger number of employees means the cost of benefits goes down. In
insurance parlance, it's called "spread of risk". A lot of insurance
companies won't write policies on family-owned businesses at all. They
figure Cousin Fred is on the payroll solely so he can get coverage for
his 6 kids.
Jill