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Old 05-19-2013, 02:11 PM
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Originally Posted by tainsley View Post
Before National health care so many
businesses only hired PT so they wouldn't have to pay any benefits at all! This has been going on for years! Especially in those "right to work states" like VA where I moved from. I believe it is because of the snowbirds returning north!
Absolutely correct. Companies long ago figured out that it is cheaper to have 2 part time employees without benefits than it is to have one full timer with benefits. Sometimes the free market isn't very pretty.