Here’s the likely impact of Obamacare on our small business, as well as others that do what we do. For those who may not know, the Department of Labor defines part-time workers as those scheduled less than 30 hours a week. Also, while initially Obamacare affects businesses with 50 or more employees, its next wave would be to include businesses with 15 or more. If we're still in business by then, hopefully that’s us.
Here’s a simple definition of Obamacare, and how it affects Leaps’n Bounds in practical terms:
“Businesses with 50 or more employees will have a choice beginning in 2014: they can sponsor a health plan for 100% of their workers (even those signed up for government-subsidized health insurance) or pay $750 per worker in penalties to the federal government. A business might opt to take the penalty and do away with health insurance. Paying the annual penalty might be cheaper. So that would leave the employees uninsured, and they would have to go to state health plan exchanges to buy health coverage that could be more expensive.”
http://www.billlosey.com/articles/how-will-obamacare-affect-your-small-business.php
We have set our small business up to serve parents 12 hours every weekday, only closing 6 holidays so that parents can provide for their families. One way we could eliminate this problem with our 12 hour business model would be to do 6 hour shifts – do a shift change at noon when the children are down for their naps, and employ a morning teacher and an afternoon teacher. That would also eliminate our current need to add staff to cover breaks.
While our mission is to attract full-time, professional staff, it appears the the Obama plan may render that plan unsustainable. That's sad.
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