Full title: BREAKING: Bernie Sanders just introduced the Guaranteed Paid Vacation Act — a bill to guarantee at least two weeks of paid vacation to every full-time worker in America. Over 90 other members of Congress have already signed on to the legislation.

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[–] 17 points 3 months ago (4 children)

"Rise in the number of part time employees surges as employers exploit this one loophole."

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  • [–] 5 points 3 months ago

    The jobs that are easy to part time to avoid benefits are already doing so. This doesn't really move the needle on that.

    Though, it would be a good thing to address that at some point.

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  • [–] 8 points 3 months ago (1 child)

    Didn't this already happen under Obamacare?

    A bunch of service sector employers tried to schedule their staff at under 32 hours while still squeezing them for 40+ hours of work. Everyone hated the system, because it continued to leave the onus of health care on individual employers, while private premiums climbed. And then the courts + Trump Admin defanged any effective enforcement.

    What a great system. So glad we weren't simply covering everyone with Medicaid by default.

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