"jmcquown" > wrote in message
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> 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.
Currently they don't have to pay extra for Sundays and holidays or give sick
leave or vacations either.