The health care bill signed into law by President Obama may be having an unanticipated effect. To avoid providing health insurance for full-time workers, a number of low-paying employers are increasing their numbers of part-time workers instead.
A shift toward part-time workers is most evident in industries that employ large number of hourly workers, including hospitality, retail stores and food service operations. Companies in those businesses are reducing worker schedules to less than 30 hours per week, making them part-time workers, The Wall Street Journal notes.
