Employers Push Bill Changing ACA Definition Of Full-Time To 40 Hours

A coalition of employer associations representing restaurant, retail, hotel and other workers applauds a bipartisan, bicameral effort to repeal the Affordable Care Act’s definition of a full-time employee, currently set at 30 hours a week for the employer mandate, so that it aligns with the traditional 40-hour threshold, and hopes the Employer Flexibility Act will be included in a must-pass bill. An employer source says that, if lawmakers are unwilling to set the workweek threshold at 40 hours, stakeholders will...