WASHINGTON – As the U.S. House of Representatives
prepares to vote this afternoon on H.R. 2575, You can encourage your
representative to vote for H.R. 2575, the Save American Workers (SAW) Act,
there’s still time to make your voice heard.
NACS supports the bill,
which would return the definition of a full time employee to the traditional 40
hours per week threshold. This change would make it significantly easier to
provide flexible schedules and better manage your workforce. NACS also
communicated to House members this week that a common characteristic among
convenience retailers is that most businesses do not employ a traditional
9-to-5 workforce. This makes Obamacare’s definition of a full-time employee of
particular concern because of the industry’s unique reliance on a workforce
with fluctuating and unpredictable work hours, as well as unpredictable lengths
of service.
To date more than 920 convenience store industry
stakeholders have sent more than 1,130 letters to 317 U.S. representatives.
NACS encourages members to continue sending
letters and ask Congress to vote “yes” on H.R. 2575. Our grassroots system
will identify your legislators based on your business and home address.
NACS supports H.R. 2575 because it amends the
health-care law to establish 40 hours per week as the threshold for determining
full-time employment. Also, aligning the health-care law’s definition of
full-time employee status with current levels would help avoid any unnecessary
disruptions to employees' wages and hours, and would provide significant relief
to employers.
Furthermore, increasing Obamacare’s 30-hour per
week definition for full-time status would:
- Make it easier for employers to provide more hours to all
employees, thereby increasing their take-home pay.
- Help employers offer more generous health-care coverage to
full-time employees without making premiums prohibitive.
- Help ensure that lower-income employees have access to more
affordable health-care coverage options.
Make your voice
heard today — it only takes 2 minutes to tell your members of Congress to
support H.R. 2575.