Friday, October 04, 2013
Breaking: Mother Shot Dead by DC Police Thought ‘Obama was stalking her’
The Connecticut mother who shot by police yesterday after ramming a White House barrier with her young daughter in the car thought President Obama was stalking her, law sources said today.
Investigators have found indications that Miriam Carey suffered delusions due to a history of mental illness, NBC Connecticut reports.
She believed the President was electronically monitoring her Connecticut home in order to broadcast her life on television, sources said.
ABC News reports that Connecticut police had twice in 2012 been called by Miriam Carey's boyfriend, who reported the woman was delusional, acting irrationally and putting her infant daughter in danger.
These revelations are the first clues as to what led a seemingly happy dental hygienist to snap and drive her Infiniti luxury sedan 270 miles from her home in suburban Stamford to Washington, DC – where her rampage put the nation’s capital on lock-down Thursday.
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2442703/Miriam-Carey-Dental-hygienist-shot-dead-Capitol-Hill-suffered-postpartum-depression.html#ixzz2gmaTZuUm
Video: Shooting On Capitol Hill As It Was Happening
Alhurra Television provides this footage of the police chase that occured in Washington D.C. yesterday, October 3rd. The driver of a black sedan rammed a barricade near the White House, turned around and eventually crashed into another barricade near the U.S. Capitol building.
Wednesday, October 02, 2013
ObamaCare Exchanges: 7 Things You Need To Know
Here it comes, ready or not, enrollment in the ObamaCare Affordable Healthcare Exchanges has begun as of October 1. You are required to sign up for a plan by March 31, 2014 if you don't get your insurance from your employer, Medicare, or Medicaid.
How will I buy insurance through an exchange?
Each state, and the District of Columbia, will have a health insurance exchange online. Individual consumers will be able to go online and compare various insurance policies, pick a plan, and enroll.
Some states, like New York and California, will run their own exchanges, with insurance companies offering dozens of qualified plans, each with varying costs. Others, like Florida and Texas, will be run by the federal government. Still others, such as Illinois and Michigan, are partnering with the federal government to run their marketplaces.
For information on what your home state is doing, to find your exchange, and enroll if the federal government is handling the program in your state, you can log onto the federal government Website: HealthCare.gov and follow the prompts
What happens if you don't enroll in a health plan by the deadline ?
You will be required to pay a tax penalty next year to the IRS:
$95 per individual (or 1 percent of your income, whichever is greater), $285 per family.
$325 per individual (or 2 percent of income), $975 per family in 2015.
$695 per individual (or 2.5 percent of income) and $2,085 per family in 2016 and beyond.
After March 31, you can only apply for insurance if you experience a major life change, such as job loss, divorce, or birth in your family. The next open enrollment period (for 2015) will begin Oct. 15, 2014.
What if I don't have a computer?
Toll-free call centers will be available, with trained experts, to detail your options and enroll you in health coverage.
Toll-free call centers will be available, with trained experts, to detail your options and enroll you in health coverage.
For information, call 1-800-319-2596. The line is open 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
How can I find out if I qualify for a subsidy?
About 26 million Americans may be eligible for federal tax subsidies to help defray the cost of their insurance premium. Only qualified individuals who sign up for insurance through the exchanges will be able to receive the subsidies, which take effect next year.
If you earn less than 400 percent of the poverty level — about $46,000 for an individual; $90,000 for a family of four— you may qualify for a subsidies. In example:
About 26 million Americans may be eligible for federal tax subsidies to help defray the cost of their insurance premium. Only qualified individuals who sign up for insurance through the exchanges will be able to receive the subsidies, which take effect next year.
If you earn less than 400 percent of the poverty level — about $46,000 for an individual; $90,000 for a family of four— you may qualify for a subsidies. In example:
- A family of four on the high end of the scale — with an annual household income of $88,200 — will pay a maximum of 9.5, which amounts to $8,379 per year for a health insurance premium, and the rest would be subsidized
- On the bottom end of the scale, a family of four with an income of $29,327 will only have to pay 2 percent of household income — or $587 per year for the same plan that will cost the higher-income family $8,379.
Low income residents in about half the states that plan to expand Medicaid under Obamacare will also qualify for free or low-cost healthcare through the federal program for the poor. Applicants earning up to 133 percent of the poverty line — just under $30,000 a year for a family of four — who log onto HealthCare.gov will be directed to Medicaid or the Children's Health Insurance Program.
What kinds of plans will be offered?
Insurers will offer four standardized plans designated as bronze, silver, gold, platinum. Each plan will cover 10 categories of essential benefits, set by the federal government, such as emergency service, prescription drug coverage, preventive care, and mental health treatment, each will vary in cost:
Bronze plans: Offer the lowest amount of coverage , 60 percent of medical costs on average , but will have the lowest premiums.
Insurers will offer four standardized plans designated as bronze, silver, gold, platinum. Each plan will cover 10 categories of essential benefits, set by the federal government, such as emergency service, prescription drug coverage, preventive care, and mental health treatment, each will vary in cost:
What is the application process?
The U.S. Department of Health and Humans Services has devised a three-page application for individuals to apply online or on paper.
You will need to provide the following information:
Name and personal facts (address, Social Security number, date of birth).
What about small business Owners?
Small businesses, those with fewer than 50 workers, will eventually be able to shop for coverage for their employees through the Small Business Health Options Program or SHOP, that is a part of the healthcare exchanges.
The SHOP exchanges pool small employers together so they bargain with insurance coverage as a group. But there are some problems with the rollout of the SHOP exchanges.
Federal officials announced that small businesses will not be able to enroll directly on Oct. 1, as planned, unless they work through an insurance agent. Officials expect the exchanges will be open to small businesses by Nov. 1.
The Obama administration recently said it is delaying the full implementation of the SHOP program. In most states where federal officials are running the exchanges or operating them in partnership with the states, small businesses will not be able to provide workers with a choice of health plans as the law intended until 2015.
For more information: HealthCare.gov, or 1-800-318-2596.
Read More Here: http://www.newsmax.com/newswidget/obamacare-healthcare-exchanges-consumer/2013/09/30/id/528369?promo_code=1233E-1&utm_source=1233EBlog_Talk_Show_America&utm_medium=nmwidget&utm_campaign=widgetphase1#ixzz2gafix4Uz
Tuesday, October 01, 2013
What You Need To Know About The Government Shutdown
Here are 8 facts you should know about the Government shutdown:
It won't be the first time
Since a new budgeting process was put into place in 1976, the U.S. government has shut down 17 times. Presidents Jimmy Carter and Ronald Reagan each dealt with six shutdowns during their terms in office, lasting anywhere from one day to 2 1/2 weeks.
The last actual shutdown came in 1996 — though the government came close during budget negotiations in 2011.
The last shutdown lasted three weeks
The three-week shutdown that lasted from Dec. 16, 1995, to Jan. 6, 1996, ranks as the longest in U.S. history. As a result, about 284,000 federal workers were furloughed, and around 475,000 essential employees went without a paycheck, although they were eventually reimbursed.
Some benefits for military veterans were delayed, and cleanup at more than 600 toxic waste sites was stopped. The government also shut down for six days in mid-November 1995, initially resulting in the furlough of 800,000 federal employees. The Congressional Research Service reported the shutdowns cost taxpayers a combined $1.4 billion.
Only the "essentials"
Only federal employees deemed "essential" would continue to come to work during a shutdown. Employees who qualify as essential include those involved in national security, protecting life and property and providing benefit payments. That means members of the military, border control agents, air traffic controllers, the FBI and the TSA are among those who would remain on duty. The president and members of Congress are also exempt from furlough and must decide which of their respective staff members to keep around during a shutdown.
The checks are in the mail
Social Security beneficiaries will still find their checks in their mailboxes and doctors and hospitals will receive Medicare and Medicaid reimbursements. However, if the government does not resolve the budget situation by Nov. 1, those entitlement program payments could be delayed by up to two weeks.
Even in a shutdown, the Postal Service delivers
One reason Americans will get their entitlement checks: A government shutdown would not hit the operations of the U.S. Postal Service. Government agencies that the Treasury Department does not directly fund, like USPS, would be relatively unaffected in the short term by a shutdown . Some postal employees would very likely face furlough, but it wouldn't be enough to completely close down the agency.
National parks and museums? Forget it
Have plans to visit a national park or go sightseeing in the nation's capital? You might want to cancel them. During the Clinton-era shutdowns, 368 national parks closed, resulting in the loss of 7 million visitors. In Washington, D.C., the public would be unable to visit the monuments and museums that millions of tourists flock to every year. The Capitol building would remain open, though.
Visa and passport delays
Those hoping to enter or leave the country during a shutdown would most likely experience some difficulty. The government was unable to process around 200,000 pending passport applications and a daily average of 30,000 visa and passport applications by foreigners during the 1995-96 shutdowns. This would result not only in a headache for would-be travelers but a loss in millions for the airline and tourism industries.
Who would be blamed for a shutdown?
Generally speaking, no one comes out looking good if the government shuts down. A Pew Research poll conducted Sept. 19-22 shows 39 percent of Americans would blame Republicans if a shutdown were to occur, compared with 36 percent who would fault the Obama administration and 17 percent who would hold both sides responsible. According to a Pew poll from a comparable period during the 2011 budget battle, the public spread the blame around nearly identically.
Read More Here: http://www.npr.org/blogs/itsallpolitics/2013/09/23/225462813/8-things-to-know-about-a-government-shutdown
Sunday, September 29, 2013
A List of Cuts To Work Hours and Jobs As A Result Of The ObamaCare Employer Mandate
Investors Business Daily has compiled a list of job actions with strong proof that ObamaCare's employer mandate is behind cuts to work hours or staffing levels:
State | Employer | Action | Jobs with fewer hours, if specified | Date of Action or Report | |
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Alabama | Houston County | Public | Cut hours of part-time employees to fewer than 30 per week | Sep-13 | |
California | Biola University | Private | Cut student work hours to a maximum of 25 per week; suspended limit due to employer mandate delay | Sep-13 | |
Florida | Bealls Inc. (Department Stores) | Private | Restricted part-time hours to fewer than 30 per week | Sep-13 | |
Florida | SeaWorld Entertainment | Private | Cut hours for part-time workers from a maximum of 32 to 28 per week | Sep-13 | |
Illinois | Palmer Place Restaurant | Private | Cut hours for some workers below 30 per week | Sep-13 | |
Kansas | Salina Family YMCA | Private | Cut part-time employee schedules to a maximum of 25 hours per week | 20 | Sep-13 |
New Jersey | Middletown Township Public Schools | Public | Cut hours for paraprofessionals below 30 per week | 178 | Sep-13 |
Texas | Sam Houston State University | Public | Limited student work hours to 29 per week, impacting multiple-job holders | Sep-13 | |
Michigan | Auburn Hills | Public | Reduced hours for part-time, seasonal workers to fewer than 30 per week | Sep-13 | |
Pennsylvania | Friendship Community (group home for adults with disabilities) | Private | Cut part-time hours below 30 per week | 20 | Sep-13 |
Michigan | Meridian Public Schools | Public | Cut schedules of hourly workers to fewer than 30 hours per week | 15 | Sep-13 |
Arizona | Michael Monti's La Casa Vieja steakhouse | Private | Shifting more workers to fewer than 30 hours per week | Sep-13 | |
Pennsylvania | Hollywood Casino | Private | Cut part-timers to fewer than 30 hours per week | Sep-13 | |
Arizona | Arizona State University | Public | Limited course loads for non-tenured associate faculty members | Aug-13 | |
Maine | Mainesubway (Subway franchisee) | Private | Reduced worker hours to no more than 29 per week | 50 | Aug-13 |
New York | Finger Lakes Community College | Public | Capped course loads for adjunct faculty | Aug-13 | |
South Carolina | Tsunami Surf Shops | Private | Will limit workers to fewer than 30 hours per week | Aug-13 | |
Illinois | Southern Illinois University | Public | Limited graduate teaching assistants to 20 hours per week | Aug-13 | |
Indiana | Vincennes | Public | Cut hours of part-timers to 29 per week | Aug-13 | |
California | Mexican American Opportunity Foundation | Private | Cut hours of employees working up to 39 hours a week to less than 30 | Aug-13 | |
Georgia | Georgia Military College | Public | Cut hours of adjunct faculty to below 30 per week | Aug-13 | |
Illinois | Vcm Inc. (Subway franchisee) | Private | Reduced hours for hourly wage earners to below 30 per week | Aug-13 | |
Indiana | Ball State University | Public | Limited work hours for graduate assistants | Aug-13 | |
New Jersey | Tom's River | Public | Will cut part-time hours to 25 per week, effective July 2014 | Aug-13 | |
North Carolina | Forsyth Technical Community College | Public | Reduced hours for adjunct faculty to below 30 per week | Aug-13 | |
North Carolina | Wilkes Community College | Public | Reduced teaching loads for adjunct faculty to below 30 hours per week and had to cut some courses as a result | Aug-13 | |
Texas | Consolidated Restaurant Operations Inc | Private | Limiting hours for new employees | Aug-13 | |
Texas | Dave & Buster's | Private | Cut hours of some employees to 28 per week | Aug-13 | |
Pennsylvania | Philadelphia University | Private | Capped hours for adjunct faculty at fewer than 30 per week, effective 2015 | Aug-13 | |
Virginia | K-VA-T Food Stores | Private | Capped hours for part-time employees at under 30 per week | Aug-13 | |
Missouri | Three Rivers College | Public | Capped teaching loads for adjunct faculty | Aug-13 | |
New Jersey | Bergen Community College | Public | Limited adjunct course loads | Aug-13 | |
Alabama | University of Alabama | Public | Capped student work hours at 20 per week | Jul-13 | |
Florida | Brevard County | Public | Reducing hours for most of 138 part-time workers who work more than 30 hours per week | 37 | Jul-13 |
Florida | Buca di Beppo restaurant chain | Private | Reduced hours to below 30 per week | 400 | Jul-13 |
Florida | Hillsborough Community College | Public | Cut hours of some part-time faculty members | 100 | Jul-13 |
Florida | St. Petersburg College | Public | Capped courseloads for adjunct facutly to equivalent of 27 hours per week | 91 | Jul-13 |
Georgia | Cherokee County School Board | Public | Outsourced custodial services and ground maintenance | Jul-13 | |
Indiana | Hancock County | Public | Capped hours for part-time workers at 29 per week | Jul-13 | |
Indiana | Morgan County | Public | Cut part-time hours from a maximum of 35 to 28 per week | Jul-13 | |
Michigan | Central Michigan University | Public | Limited hours for student workers to 25 per week | 140 | Jul-13 |
New Jersey | NEMF trucking company | Private | Cut hours for dock workers and customer service reps from 33 per week to a maximum of 29 | 400 | Jul-13 |
North Carolina | Henderson | Public | Limited hours part-timers can work to less than 30 per week | Jul-13 | |
Ohio | White Castle | Private | Will limit new hires to part-time | Jul-13 | |
Oregon | Shari's restaurants | Private | Adding part-time workers, cutting hours for some working more than 30 hours per week | Jul-13 | |
Pennsylvania | Carnegie Museum | Private | Reduced hours for some part-time employees below 30 per week | 48 | Jul-13 |
Tennessee | Oneida Special School District | Public | Cut most non-certified employees to 29 hours per week, but kept pay the same | 65 | Jul-13 |
Tennessee | Scott County School System | Public | Capped hours of new non-certified hires below 30 per week | Jul-13 | |
Tennessee | Stewart County School System | Public | Reduced hours for school support staff to 28 per week | 120 | Jul-13 |
Texas | Jim's Restaurants | Private | Intends to reduce hours of some workers; put plan on hold due to employer mandate delay | Jul-13 | |
Virginia | Christoper Savvides restaurant & catering co. | Private | Stopped hiring full-time and limited part-timers’ hours | Jul-13 | |
Wisconsin | Minocqua-Hazelhurst-Lake Tomahawk School District | Public | Capped part-time hours below 30 per week | Jul-13 | |
Wisconsin | Trig's Supermarkets | Private | Cut hours for part-time workers below 30 per week. | Jul-13 | |
Alabama | University of North Alabama | Public | Capped work hours at 29 per week for student employees | Jul-13 | |
California | Fatburger | Private | Cut some workers to sub-30 hours per week | Jul-13 | |
Iowa | Lee County | Public | Enforced existing part-time cap of 28 hours per week | Jul-13 | |
Michigan | Delta County | Public | Capped part-time hours at 29 per week; made temporary exemption for corrections officers after mandate delay | Jul-13 | |
Texas | Bee County | Public | Reduce part-time employee hours to 24 per week. | Jul-13 | |
Idaho | Boundary County | Public | Cut hours for part-timers to fewer than 30 per week | Jul-13 | |
North Carolina | Rutherford County | Public | Lowered cap on part-time hours from 37 to 29 per week | Jul-13 | |
Pennsylvania | Lawrence County | Public | Capped part-time hours at 28 per week; later reversed move for deputies | Jul-13 | |
Michigan | Kenowa Hills Public Schools | Public | Outsourced school bus transportation, partly to avoid providing health benefits to 30 drivers | Jul-13 | |
New Jersey | City of Burlington Public Schools | Public | Outsourced provision of paraprofessionals and substitute teachers | Jul-13 | |
Texas | Lion & Rose British Restaurant and Pub | Private | Cut hourly full-time workers' schedules to 28 hours per week | Jul-13 | |
Texas | MTC Inc. restaurant management | Private | Shifted to only hiring part-time workers | Jul-13 | |
Utah | Millard School District | Public | Cut hours for paraprofessionals from 6 to 5.75 per day | 6 | Jul-13 |
Arkansas | Pulaski Technical College | Public | Capped course loads for adjunct faculty | Jul-13 | |
California | San Diego Community College District | Public | Restricted student employees and other non-academic workers to no more than 25 hours per week | Jul-13 | |
Missouri | Drury University | Private | Limited adjunct course loads | Jul-13 | |
Tennessee | Cumberland University | Private | Capped course loads for adjunct faculty at 27 hours per week | Jul-13 | |
Arkansas | Area Agency on Aging of Western Arkansas, Inc. | Private | Cut hours for staff of 500 home health aides and drivers to 28 per week | Jun-13 | |
Arkansas | Wal-Mart Stores Inc. | Private | Increased temp share of workforce to "fewer than 10%" from 1-2% before this year | Jun-13 | |
California | CKE Restaurants Inc. | Private | Increasing part-time workforce by replacing full-time workers through attrition | Jun-13 | |
California | Kern County | Public | Will limit work schedules for up to 800 extra-help workers or reduce workforce | Jun-13 | |
California | Rancho Cucamonga | Public | Cut hours for most part-time workers below 30 per week | 30 | Jun-13 |
California | San Gabriel | Public | Reduced hours for part-timers to fewer than 30 per week. | Jun-13 | |
Florida | Palm Beach State College | Public | Cut hours for 100 part-timers to 27.5 per week; 895 adjuncts limited to 60% of a full-time course load | 200 | Jun-13 |
Florida | Santa Fe College | Public | Capped part-time hours at 27.5 per week and enforced limits on adjunct course loads | Jun-13 | |
Florida | Tallahassee Community College | Public | Cut hours of some part-time workers to as low as 24 per week | Jun-13 | |
Illinois | Parkland College | Public | Limited hours for part-time, non-teaching employees to 27.5 per week | Jun-13 | |
Indiana | Clay County | Public | Capped part-time work at 28 hours per week | Jun-13 | |
Indiana | DeKalb County | Public | Limited part-timers to 28 hours per week | Jun-13 | |
Indiana | Eastbrook Community Schools | Public | Cut hours for instructional aides to 29.5 per week from between 32.5 and 35. | 39 | Jun-13 |
Indiana | Floyd County | Public | Cutting hours for up to 72 part-timers to 28 hours per week | Jun-13 | |
Indiana | Highland | Public | Limited hours part-time employees can work to fewer than 30 per week; suspended limit due to employer mandate delay | Jun-13 | |
Indiana | Indiana University | Public | Capped hours for part-timers at 29 per week; outsourced 50 maintenance personnel | Jun-13 | |
Indiana | Ivy Tech Community College | Public | Limited hours for adjunct faculty at 23 campuses to avoid estimated $10 million in Affordable Care Act costs for those who work 30 or more hours | Jun-13 | |
Indiana | Kosciusko County | Public | Capped part-time hours at 25 per week | Jun-13 | |
Indiana | Lakeview Christian School | Private | Limited new part-timers to 29 hours per week | Jun-13 | |
Indiana | Madison Consolidated Schools | Public | Cut hours for cafeteria workers, instructional aides and bus drivers below 30 per week | Jun-13 | |
Indiana | Madison-Grant United School Corp. | Public | Cut hours for non-certified staff from up to 35 hours per week to below 30 | Jun-13 | |
Indiana | Marshall County | Public | Cut hours for part-times to 28 per week | Jun-13 | |
Indiana | Mississinewa Community Schools | Public | Cut 15 minutes per day for three teacher aides | 3 | Jun-13 |
Indiana | Perry Central School Corp. | Public | Cut hours of part-time instructional assistants by 6 per week, with offsetting wage hike | Jun-13 | |
Indiana | Shelbyville Central School System | Public | Cut hours instructional aides, substitute teachers, bus drivers and coaches below 30 per week | 100 | Jun-13 |
Indiana | Speedway Schools | Public | Cut hours for teaching assistants to 29 per week with offsetting pay hike | 30 | Jun-13 |
Indiana | Starke County | Public | Cut hours for part-timers to maximum of 130 per month | Jun-13 | |
Indiana | Wolfe’s Auto Auction | Private | Some full-time workers cut to part-time; part-time hours capped at 28 per week | 10 | Jun-13 |
Iowa | Spencer Community School District | Public | Reduced hours for some part-timers from 32 to below 30 per week | 65 | Jun-13 |
Kentucky | Lexington Board of Education | Public | Cut hours of some part-timers to 28.5 per week, providing offsetting raise | 20 | Jun-13 |
Maryland | Howard Community College | Public | Lowered limit on course loads and hours worked for adjunct faculty | Jun-13 | |
Michigan | Russ' Restaurant | Private | Cut hours of non-managing employees to maximum of 25 hours per week | Jun-13 | |
Missouri | Maritz Research | Private | Cut part-time hours to 25 per week | Jun-13 | |
Nebraska | Blair Community Schools | Public | Cut hours for bus drivers and teacher aides to no more than 29 per week | Jun-13 | |
Nebraska | Plattsmouth Board of Education | Public | Capped hours of non-certified employees at 29 per week | Jun-13 | |
New Jersey | Little Falls Board of Education | Public | Capped hours of paraprofessionals below 30 per week | Jun-13 | |
Ohio | Lake Township | Public | Capped part-time hours at 28.8 per week | Jun-13 | |
Ohio | Lebanon City | Public | Cut hours of part-time firefighters/paramedics | 18 | Jun-13 |
Ohio | Mason | Public | Cut part-time workers to 20 hours per week | 200 | Jun-13 |
Ohio | Scrambler Marie's Restaurants | Private | Cut some workers' hours to less than 30 per week | Jun-13 | |
Ohio | Westlake | Public | Limit part-timers to 25 hours per week | 23 | Jun-13 |
Pennsylvania | East Penn School District | Public | Reduced hours for 11 food service workers to 29.75 per week | 11 | Jun-13 |
Pennsylvania | Southern Lehigh School District | Public | Cut hours of 51 part-time employees to under 30 per week | 51 | Jun-13 |
Pennsylvania | Tredyffrin-Easttown School District | Public | Cut hours for part-time aides and paraprofessionals to 27.5 per week; suspended cuts due to employer mandate delay | 135 | Jun-13 |
South Carolina | Kelly Professional Cleaning Services | Private | ObamaCare employer penalties "will have to be recovered from existing employees in the reduction of hours, wage rates and layoffs" | Jun-13 | |
South Carolina | Spartanburg Community College | Public | Cut hours for most adjunct faculty below 30 | 90 | Jun-13 |
Texas | Matagorda County | Public | Cut hours part-timer can work from 40 per week to 29 | Jun-13 | |
Texas | Wilson County | Public | Cut part-timers to a maximum of 29 hours per week | Jun-13 | |
Utah | Murray School District | Public | Cut part-time hours to a maximum of 20 per week | Jun-13 | |
Utah | Nebo School District | Public | Cut hours for part-timers to 28.75 per week and stop providing insurance for some | 40 | Jun-13 |
Virginia | Henrico Country School District | Public | Limit hours for part-timers and temps to 29 per week | Jun-13 | |
Virginia | Lynchburg | Public | Cut hours for part-timers from about 32 per week to 28 | 35 | Jun-13 |
Washington DC | Clyde's Restaurant Group | Private | Shifting mix of workers toward more part-timers | Jun-13 | |
Indiana | Eminence Community Schools | Public | Cut hours for part-timers to a maximum of 29 per week | Jun-13 | |
Minnesota | Faribault | Public | Cut hours of employees working 30-to-38 hours per week to 29; temporarily delayed move due to delay of employer mandate | 4 | Jun-13 |
Indiana | Lafayette School Corp. | Public | Cut part-time hours below 30 per week | 235 | Jun-13 |
Indiana | Martin County | Public | Capped part-time hours at 28 per week | Jun-13 | |
Michigan | Baldwin Public Library | Public | Capped part-time hours at 28 per week | Jun-13 | |
Minnesota | Hayfield Community Schools | Public | Cut hours of paraprofessionals to fewer than 30 per week, with $1/hr raise; rescinded policy after mandate delay | 20 | Jun-13 |
Virginia | Rappahannock Area Community Services Board | Public | Cut hours for part-timers to a maximum of 29 per week | 45 | Jun-13 |
Indiana | Benton Community Schools | Public | Cut hours for uninsured part-timers to fewer than 30 per week with offsetting pay hike | Jun-13 | |
New Jersey | Pompton Lakes Board of Education | Public | Cut hours for instructional aides below 30 per week, with offsetting pay hike | 48 | Jun-13 |
New Jersey | Sparta Area Schools | Public | Cut hours for paraprofessionals below 30 per week; postponed cuts after one-year delay of employer mandate | Jun-13 | |
Pennsylvania | Brandywine Heights Area School District | Public | Outsourced instructional aides working 30 hours per week | Jun-13 | |
Utah | Southern Utah Unversity | Public | Limited hourly workers, including students, to 20 hours per week and capped adjunct teaching loads | Jun-13 | |
Arkansas | Arkansas State University | Public | Limited adjunct course loads and reduced hours for part-time employees, including students, to a maximum of 28 per week | Jun-13 | |
Texas | Texas Christian University | Private | Reduced hours for adjunct faculty and part-time employees, including students, to fewer than 30 per week | Jun-13 | |
Arizona | Maricopa Community Colleges | Public | Reduced hours of 700 adjunct faculty and 600 part-time workers below 30 per week | 1300 | May-13 |
Arizona | University of Arizona in Tucson | Public | Limited hours temporary employees may work in a year | 500 | May-13 |
California | Long Beach | Public | Reducing hours to 27 per week for up to 200 part-timers | May-13 | |
Georgia | Circle K Southeast | Private | Cut hours of some full-time employees below 30 | May-13 | |
Illinois | College of DuPage | Public | Cut course loads for some adjunct faculty | May-13 | |
Illinois | McHenry County College | Public | Cut course loads for adjunct faculty to 24 hours per week | May-13 | |
Indiana | Eastern Hancock School Board | Public | Limit most non-contract employees who worked 30 to 39 hours per week to 29. | May-13 | |
Indiana | Fayette County School Corp. | Public | Cut hours for some part-timers to 27.5 per week | 90 | May-13 |
Indiana | Fort Wayne Community Schools | Public | Cut hours of part-time teaching aides and cafeteria workers from 30 to 25 per week | 610 | May-13 |
Indiana | Gibson County | Public | Cut part-time hours from a maximum of 40 to 23.5 per week | May-13 | |
Indiana | Greencastle Community Schools | Public | Cut hours of instructional aides and cafeteria workers to 29.5 per week | 54 | May-13 |
Indiana | Hancock Madison Shelby Educational Services | Public | Cut hours for special ed assistants from 35-37.5 per week to 28 | 48 | May-13 |
Indiana | Tipton County | Public | Cut maximum number of hours to 28 per week from 32 | May-13 | |
Indiana | Vigo County School Corp. | Public | Cut hours of non-certified employees below 30 per week, leading to sharp cut-backs in field trips; suspended hour cuts in response to delay of employer mandate | May-13 | |
Indiana | White River Valley School District | Public | Cut hours of non-certified employees from 30 to 29 per week | 11 | May-13 |
Indiana | Zionsville Community Schools | Public | Cut hours for instructional aides, coaches, and substitutes to a maximum of 29 per week | 100 | May-13 |
Iowa | Indianola Community School District | Public | Part-time hours cut for up to 125 below 30 per week | May-13 | |
Iowa | Tama County | Public | Cut hours for part-time employees to less than 30 per week | May-13 | |
Kansas | Kansas Turnpike Authority | Public | Toll collectors limited to 24 hours per week; up to 93 will see hours cut | May-13 | |
Maryland | Republic Foods (Burger King franchise operator) | Private | All new hires capped at 29 hours per week | May-13 | |
Michigan | Birmingham | Public | Cut seasonal employee hours below average of 30 per week | May-13 | |
Michigan | Dearborn | Public | Capped hours of part-time and seasonal employees at average of 28 per week | May-13 | |
Michigan | Iosco County | Public | apped hours of part-time employees at 28 per week | May-13 | |
Michigan | Tuscola County | Public | Capped part-time hours at less than 30 per week | May-13 | |
Nebraska | Douglas County West Community Schools | Public | Cut part-time shifts by about 45 minutes a day | 12 | May-13 |
Nebraska | Papillion-La Vista school district | Public | Cut part-time hours below 30 per week | 281 | May-13 |
Nebraska | Westside Community Schools | Public | Capped hours of most part-time employees below 30 per week | May-13 | |
North Carolina | Carlie C’s | Private | Cut part-time hours below 30 per week for up to 150 workers | May-13 | |
Ohio | Sinclair Community College | Public | Reduced hours for part-timers to maximum of 28 per week and cut course loads for adjunct faculty | May-13 | |
Ohio | Tipp City | Public | Cut hours for part-timers to fewer than 30 per week | 18 | May-13 |
Pennsylvania | Ephrata Area School District | Public | Capped hours of part-time workers below 30 per week. | May-13 | |
Texas | Dallas County Community College District | Public | Capped courseloads for 2,500 adjunct faculty members | May-13 | |
Texas | Plano | Public | Cut part-time hours below 30 per week | 45 | May-13 |
Utah | Alpine School District | Public | Cut part-time hours to a maximum of 27.5 per week, avoiding $4.2 million cost | 800 | May-13 |
Utah | Deseret Industries (work training for war refugees) | Private | Cut hours of most workers below 30 per week | May-13 | |
Virginia | Wise County School Board | Public | Limit hours for part-time workers to fewer than 30 per week | May-13 | |
Wisconsin | Mount Horeb Area School District | Public | Cut paraprofessional hours to 25 per week | 36 | May-13 |
California | Tehama County | Public | Limited extra-help employee work hours to fewer than 30 per week | May-13 | |
Indiana | Crawford County | Public | Lowered cap on part-time hours from 32 to 29 per week | May-13 | |
Indiana | Vanderburgh County | Public | Lowered cap on part-time hours from 39 to 29 per week | May-13 | |
Virginia | Campbell County Social Services Dept. | Public | Cut hours of family educators, companion providers and part-timers to 29 per week | May-13 | |
Virginia | Dickenson County Public Schools | Public | Cut hours for part-timers to a maximum of 29 per week | May-13 | |
Virginia | Grayson County | Public | Cut hours for part-timers to a maximum of 28 per week | May-13 | |
Virginia | Strasburg | Public | Lowered cap on part-time hours from 35 to 29 per week | May-13 | |
Virginia | Wythe County | Public | Cut hours for part-timers to a maximum of 28 per week | May-13 | |
Indiana | North Putnam Community Schools | Public | Cut hours of noncertified employees to a maximum of 29 per week | May-13 | |
Indiana | Northwestern School Corp. | Public | Cut hours of instructional assistants to 25 per week | 12 | May-13 |
Indiana | Taylor Community Schools | Public | Cut hours of cafeteria workers, custodians and teaching aides to 28 per week | 31 | May-13 |
New Jersey | Hanover Township | Public | Cut part-time hours to a maximum of 28 per week; rescinded rule after delay of mandate | May-13 | |
New Jersey | Middletown Township | Public | Cut part-time hours to fewer than 30 per week | 25 | May-13 |
Utah | Cedar City | Public | Capped hours for part-timers and seasonal workers at 28 per week | May-13 | |
Pennsylvania | Dallas School District | Public | Capped hours for teacher aides at fewer than 30 per week | May-13 | |
New Mexico | New Mexico State University | Public | Capped graduate-student work hours at 25 per week | May-13 | |
Pennsylvania | General McLane School District | Public | Capped part-time hours below 30 per week, affecting secretaries, instructional and library aides, and cafeteria and custodial workers | May-13 | |
West Virginia | Blue Ridge Community And Technical College | Public | Capped adjunct teaching loads, limiting work hours to no more than 29 per week | May-13 | |
Colorado | Fountain Fire Dept. | Public | Cut hours of part-timers to a maximum of 29 per week | 6 | May-13 |
California | North of the River Recreation and Park District | Public | Cut hours for part-time workers below 30 per week | 12 | Apr-13 |
Colorado | Charco Broiler | Private | Trimmed work hours to stay below 50 full-time equivalent threshold | 3 | Apr-13 |
Colorado | Durango | Public | Limiting part-timers to 27 hours per week to avoid $900,000 in additional health care costs. | Apr-13 | |
Colorado | Mountain Del (Del Taco franchisee) | Private | cutting full-time workforce by 100; capping part-timers at 28 hours per week | 100 | Apr-13 |
Florida | Daytona State College | Public | Reduced hours for adjunct faculty | Apr-13 | |
Illinois | Moraine Valley Community College | Public | Cutting course loads for adjunct faculty | Apr-13 | |
Indiana | Bartholomew County | Public | Cut part-time hours to 28 hours per week | 40 | Apr-13 |
Indiana | Delaware County | Public | Limited part-time employees to 29 hours per week | Apr-13 | |
Indiana | Northwestern Consolidated School District | Public | Cut part-time hours to a maximum of 29 per week | 41 | Apr-13 |
Indiana | Richland-Bean Blossom Community School Corp. | Public | Instructional aides limited to 29.5 hours per week | Apr-13 | |
Iowa | Clear Lake School Board | Public | Outsourced provision of substitute teachers and paraprofessionals | Apr-13 | |
Maryland | Ocean City | Public | Reduced hours for part-time workers to a maximum of 28 per week | 40 | Apr-13 |
Michigan | Kalamazoo Valley Community College | Public | Reduced maximum hours for part-time faculty | Apr-13 | |
Michigan | St. Clair Community College | Public | Limited hours of adjunct professors and part-time support staff to fewer than 30 per week | Apr-13 | |
Missouri | Moberly Area Community College | Public | Reduced number of courses adjunct faculty are eligible to teach. | Apr-13 | |
Nebraska | Ralston School District | Public | Cut hours for paraprofessionals to below 30 per week | Apr-13 | |
Nebraska | Springfield Platteview Community Schools | Public | Cut 7.5 hour days to less than 6 hours for paraprofessionals | 43 | Apr-13 |
New Hampshire | Community College System of New Hampshire | Public | Capped adjunct faculty hours at 27 per week | Apr-13 | |
New Jersey | Franklin Township Board of Education | Public | Voted to outsource school aides and child study team services | Apr-13 | |
New York | Waldbaum's Supermarket | Private | Cut hours and health care for most full-time employees below 30 per week | Apr-13 | |
Ohio | Cuyahoga Community College | Public | Capped hours for 1,559 part-timers at 20 per week | Apr-13 | |
Ohio | University of Akron | Public | Cut course loads for part-time faculty | 230 | Apr-13 |
Ohio | Upper Arlington City School District | Public | Cutting hours for aides who work with disabled students from 32.5 per week to 28 | Apr-13 | |
Pennsylvania | Firstaff Nursing Services Inc. | Private | Plans to cut full-time nurses and nursing assistantsto part-time and hire more part-timers | 100 | Apr-13 |
Pennsylvania | Lancaster County School District | Public | Outsourced 100 of classroom aides and food service workers to a private company | Apr-13 | |
Pennsylvania | Penn Manor School District | Public | Outsourced 96 special-ed aides plus provision of substitute teachers to a private firm | Apr-13 | |
Pennsylvania | Susquenita School District | Public | Cut part-time hours from 30 per week to 29.5 | 61 | Apr-13 |
Tennessee | Regal Entertainment Group | Private | Operator of 500+ movie theaters cut non-salaried worker hours below 30 per week | Apr-13 | |
Utah | Brigham Young University | Private | Capped hours for part-timers, including students, at an average of 29 per week. | Apr-13 | |
Virginia | Chesterfield Public Schools | Public | Cut hours for part-timers to a maximum of 28 per week | 2000 | Apr-13 |
Wisconsin | Chippewa County | Public | Cut part-time hours below 30 per week | 15 | Apr-13 |
Virginia | Tazewell County | Public | Lowered cap on part-time hours from 32 to 29 per week | Apr-13 | |
Indiana | Eastern Greene Schools | Public | Cut hours for hourly employees, such as teaching aides, custodians and bus drivers to a maximum of 28 per week | 40 | Apr-13 |
Michigan | Portage | Public | Capped part-time hours at 28 per week | Apr-13 | |
Michigan | Vassar Public Schools | Public | Cut hours for food-service workers to maximum of 29 per week | Apr-13 | |
Virginia | Richmond Public Schools | Public | Cut part-time hours to a maximum of 28 per week | Apr-13 | |
Virgina | Spotsylvania County | Public | Cut hours for part-timers to a maximum of 28 per week | 40 | Apr-13 |
Kentucky | Joe Bologna's Italian Pizzeria & Restaurant | Private | Closed for business on Monday, reducing employees to fall below 50 full-time-equivalent threshold | Apr-13 | |
New Jersey | Clinton-Glen Gardner School District | Public | Cut hours for paraprofessionals from 35 to 28 per week; in July a judge ordered the board to rescind its action | Apr-13 | |
Illinois | Elmhurst College | Private | Cut two courses per semester from maximum adjunct teaching load | Apr-13 | |
Ohio | Columbus State Community College | Public | Reduced hours for adjunct faculty and hourly wage earners to fewer than 30 per week | Apr-13 | |
Georgia | AAA Parking | Private | Moved half of full-time workers to part-time | 250 | Mar-13 |
Illinois | Boone Community School District | Public | Cut hours of part-time employees below 30 per week | 30 | Mar-13 |
Illinois | Joliet Junior College | Public | Cut course loads for adjunct faculty | Mar-13 | |
Michigan | Van Buren Township | Public | Capped part-time hours at 29 per week | Mar-13 | |
Minnesota | Mankato | Public | Limited part-time hours to 29 per week. | Mar-13 | |
New York | Hudson Valley Community College | Public | Cut hours of part-time faculty | Mar-13 | |
North Carolina | Five Guys Burgers and Fries franchise | Private | Plans to cut hours or positions among 60 workers clocking more than 30 hours per week | Mar-13 | |
Ohio | Akron | Public | Limiting part-timers to fewer than 30 hours per week. | Mar-13 | |
Ohio | Baldwin-Wallace University | Private | Limited course load of adjunct faculty | Mar-13 | |
Ohio | Kent State University | Public | Limited course load of adjunct faculty | Mar-13 | |
Ohio | Lakeland Community College | Public | Limited course loads for adjunct faculty | Mar-13 | |
Ohio | Youngstown City Schools | Public | Cut part-time and substitute hours to 25 per week | Mar-13 | |
Pennsylvania | Lori’s Angels home care | Private | Cut hours of part-time workers to 29.5 and shifted to only hiring part-time | Mar-13 | |
Utah | Granite School District | Public | Cut hours for part-time school support staff to below 30 per week | 1000 | Mar-13 |
Virginia | Chesterfield County | Public | Cut hours for up to "several hundred" part-timers to 28 per week | 115 | Mar-13 |
Virginia | Louisa County | Public | Cut hours for part-time and seasonal employees to 29 per week | 140 | Mar-13 |
Ohio | Bowling Green State University | Public | Capped part-time hours at 24 per week and student work hours at 28 | Mar-13 | |
Ohio | Medina City Schools | Public | Cut weekly hours for cafeteria workers and teacher aides from 30 to 28.75 per week | 16 | Mar-13 |
Pennsylvania | Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh | Public | Capped part-time hours at 29 per week | Mar-13 | |
Ohio | Fairview Park | Public | Cut hours of part-time employees to fewer than 30 per week | Mar-13 | |
Ohio | Shawnee State University | Public | Reduced maximum teaching load for adjunct faculty | Mar-13 | |
Florida | Miami Dade College | Public | Enforcing cap of 25 hours per week for part-time workers | Feb-13 | |
Indiana | Putnam County | Public | Cut hours for part-time workers to maximum of 29 per week | Feb-13 | |
Nebraska | Cutchall Management restaurant company | Private | Capped new part-time hires at 28 hours per week; lifted cap after delay of employer mandate | Feb-13 | |
New Jersey | Mount Ephraim Board of Education | Public | Cut paraprofessionals’ hours from 6 per day to 5.5 | Feb-13 | |
New York | CY Farms | Private | Eliminated 20 jobs to stay below 50 full-time-equivalent threshold | 20 | Feb-13 |
Ohio | Brunswick | Public | Capped hours for part-time employees at 28 per week and limited length of employment for seasonal workers | Feb-13 | |
Ohio | Medina | Public | Cut part-time hours from about 35 to 29 per week | 65 | Feb-13 |
Tennessee | Wytheville Town Council | Public | Reduced limit on part-time hours from 39 per week to 28 | Feb-13 | |
Virginia | Christopher Newport University | Public | Cut hours for part-timers and adjunct faculty to 29 per week | 483 | Feb-13 |
Virginia | College of William & Mary | Public | Cut hours for part-timers and adjunct faculty to 29 per week | 331 | Feb-13 |
Virginia | Norfolk State University | Public | Cut hours for part-timers and adjunct faculty to 29 per week | 504 | Feb-13 |
Virginia | Virginia government (all other departments) | Public | Cut hours for part-time and hourly wage workers to 29 per week | 1,235 | Feb-13 |
Virginia | Virginia Commonwealth University | Public | Cut hours for part-timers and adjunct faculty to 29 per week | 883 | Feb-13 |
Virginia | Virginia Community College System | Public | Cut hours for part-timers and adjunct faculty to 29 per week | 1,479 | Feb-13 |
Virginia | Virginia Dept. of Alcoholic Beverage Control | Public | Cut hours for part-time and hourly wage workers to 29 per week | 605 | Feb-13 |
Virginia | Virginia Dept. of Conservation and Recreation | Public | Cut hours for part-time and hourly wage workers to 29 per week | 500 | Feb-13 |
Virginia | Virginia Employment Commission | Public | Cut hours for part-time and hourly wage workers to 29 per week | 433 | Feb-13 |
Tennessee | Washington County | Public | Reduced hours for part-timers to fewer than 30 per week | Feb-13 | |
Virginia | Wytheville | Public | Lowered cap on part-time hours from 39 to 28 per week | Feb-13 | |
Wisconsin | Land's End | Private | Reduced hours for part-timers to a maximum of 29 per week | Feb-13 | |
Virginia | Dept. of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services | Public | Cut hours for wage employees to a maximum of 29 per week | Feb-13 | |
Virginia | Dept. of Motor Vehicles | Public | Cut hours for wage employees to a maximum of 29 per week | Feb-13 | |
Virginia | George Mason University | Public | Cut hourly wage workers, including students and adjuncts, to a maximum of 29 hours per week | Feb-13 | |
Virginia | James Madison University | Public | Cut hourly wage workers, including students and adjuncts, to a maximum of 29 hours per week | Feb-13 | |
Virginia | Longwood University | Public | Cut hourly wage workers, including students and adjuncts, to a maximum of 29 hours per week | Feb-13 | |
Virginia | Old Dominion University | Public | Cut hourly wage workers, including students and some adjuncts, to a maximum of 29 hours per week | Feb-13 | |
Virginia | Radford University | Public | Capped teaching loads for adjunct faculty | Feb-13 | |
Virginia | University of Mary Washington | Public | Cut hourly wage workers, including students and adjuncts, to a maximum of 29 hours per week | Feb-13 | |
Wisconsin | Lomira School District | Public | Reduced hours for classified staff to 29 per week | Feb-13 | |
Pennsylvania | Lancaster County | Public | Limited part-time hours to a maximum of 29 per week | Feb-13 | |
Utah | Utah Valley University | Public | Limited hourly workers to a maximum of 28 hours per week and capped adjunct teaching loads | Feb-13 | |
Georgia | Columbus | Public | Capped hours for part-time and seasonal employees at 29 per week | Jan-13 | |
Illinois | Illinois Valley Community College | Public | Capped hours for part-timers at 29 per week | Jan-13 | |
Michigan | Milford Township | Public | Cut hours for part-timers to 28 per week | Jan-13 | |
Michigan | New Baltimore | Public | Cut hours for part-timers, including police cadets, to 28 per week | Jan-13 | |
Nebraska | Omega Foods Inc. (Wendy's franchisee) | Private | Cut hours to 28 per week for non-management | 100 | Jan-13 |
Ohio | Tallmadge | Public | Cut hours part-timers can work to 29 per week | Jan-13 | |
Oklahoma | Treadwell Enterprises (Taco Bell franchise operator) | Private | Reduced hours for some full-time workers to part-time | Jan-13 | |
California | Lake County | Public | Cut hours for extra-help employees to a limit of 25 per week | Dec-12 | |
Florida | Boca Raton | Public | Cut hours for part-timers to 25 per week. | Dec-12 | |
Illinois | Rock Valley College | Public | Capped hours for part-time workers at 25 per week | Dec-12 | |
Maryland | Royal Farms convenience stores | Private | Cut hours for most full-time and part-time workers below 30 per week | Dec-12 | |
Ohio | Fairlawn | Public | Lowered limit on part-time hours from 35 per week to less than 30 | Dec-12 | |
Maryland | Chesapeake College | Public | Capped adjunct faculty hours at 28 per week | Dec-12 | |
Ohio | Sugarcreek Township | Public | Capped hours at 28 per week and eliminated paid time off for part-timers | Dec-12 | |
Florida | RREMC Restaurants (Denny's franchisee) | Private | Cut hours for part-time workers to 28 per week | Nov-12 | |
Iowa | Cedar Falls | Public | Cut part-time hours from 32 per week to 29 | 59 | Nov-12 |
Michigan | Kga Group (Subway franchisee) | Private | Part-time hours cut below 30 per week | 60 | Nov-12 |
New Jersey | Kean University | Public | Cut adjunct course loads | 210 | Nov-12 |
Ohio | Stark State College | Public | Capped hours of adjunct faculty at 29 per week | Nov-12 | |
Ohio | Youngstown State University | Public | Capped hours of part-time employees and adjunct faculty | Nov-12 | |
Pennsylvania | Community College of Allegheny County | Public | Cut hours for adjunct faculty and other part-time employees | 400 | Nov-12 |
Texas | Pillar Hotels & Resorts | Private | Stepped up hiring of part-time workers among its 5,500 employees | Nov-12 | |
Georgia | PMTD Restaurants LLC (a franchisee of KFC) | Private | Cutting hours for part-timers working 30 hours or slightly above | Oct-12 | |
Illinois | Jimmy John's Gourmet Sandwiches | Private | Cutting hours for part-timers below 30 per week | Oct-12 | |
Illinois | Plainfield Park District | Public | Cut work hours to 27 per week for four part-time workers | 4 | Jun-12 |
New York | Bowlmor Lanes | Private | Plan to shift some full-time workers to part-time and limit hours to fewer than 30 per week | Mar-11 | |
Pennsylvania | West Perry School District | Public | Limit new instructional aides to 27.5 hours per week | Jan-11 |
IBD says that they'll continue to update the list, which they encourage you to share and download into a spreadsheet to sort and analyze. If you know of an employer that should be on the list and can provide supporting evidence, please contact IBD at jed.graham@investors.com.
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