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appleannie1

(5,068 posts)
Tue Jan 8, 2013, 06:51 PM Jan 2013

Taco Bell Franchise Cuts Single Mom Johnna Davis' Hours Because Of Obamacare

A Taco Bell employee in Guthrie, Okla., is speaking out after the fast-food franchise cut her hours to avoid costs associated with Obamacare, reports News9.

For Johnna Davis, a single mother of three who saw her hours fall in December to 28 hours a week, the change not only means a smaller paycheck. It also strips her of the right to receive health benefits from Taco Bell, a right that would have kicked in under Obamacare in 2014 had the franchise continued to give Davis a full-time schedule of hours.

Owners of fast-food franchises across the nation are blind-siding hourly employees like Davis by cutting their weekly hours -- and, in turn, their paychecks -- to dodge Obamacare costs.

The new law, which obliges businesses with more than 50 employees to offer benefits to staffers averaging at least 30 hours of work per week, doesn’t take effect until Jan. 1, 2014. But to determine whether employees work enough hours on average to receive benefits, businesses must track schedules at least three months in advance of 2014, prompting some bosses to begin restructuring payrolls now.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/01/08/taco-bell-obamacare_n_2433947.html?ir=Politics&ncid=edlinkusaolp00000009

I don't eat at Taco Bell but for those that do, here is another place to boycott

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Taco Bell Franchise Cuts Single Mom Johnna Davis' Hours Because Of Obamacare (Original Post) appleannie1 Jan 2013 OP
not because of Obamacare, because they're assholes. spanone Jan 2013 #1
Yup Proud Liberal Dem Jan 2013 #7
It's not company policy, just the franchisee's. The Velveteen Ocelot Jan 2013 #2
These rogue franchises are forcing corporate to commit to the program Generic Other Jan 2013 #4
Thanks, as the post above states.. it's not the company, taco bell's, policy.. Cha Jan 2013 #3
But dontcha think ... 1StrongBlackMan Jan 2013 #5
Maybe they will if Protests start shrinking their Cha Jan 2013 #8
I talked to a local Pizza Hut manager I know right before New Year's, they are doing this too Fumesucker Jan 2013 #6

The Velveteen Ocelot

(115,783 posts)
2. It's not company policy, just the franchisee's.
Tue Jan 8, 2013, 06:55 PM
Jan 2013
Taco Bell Corp. spokesman Rob Poetsch said Treadwell's recent actions are not those of the parent company. "These are actions by an independent franchisee, not Taco Bell Corp., and do not represent the company’s views," Poetsch wrote.


So boycotting all Taco Bells wouldn't make any sense - just boycott this one. (I don't eat at any Taco Hell, either, but for entirely different reasons relating to fattening, greasy food.)

Generic Other

(28,979 posts)
4. These rogue franchises are forcing corporate to commit to the program
Tue Jan 8, 2013, 07:03 PM
Jan 2013

The higher-ups don't seem to like the bad publicity. Good.

Fumesucker

(45,851 posts)
6. I talked to a local Pizza Hut manager I know right before New Year's, they are doing this too
Tue Jan 8, 2013, 07:11 PM
Jan 2013

All employees will be under thirty hours a week at her franchise.

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