Dunkin' Brands Takes Stand Against Obamacare
The Canton-based company is lobbying the White House to change its definition of full-time work from 30 hours a week to 40 or more per week, according to reports.
Canton-based Dunkin' Brands, with locations in Foxborough, has joined the fight against Obamacare. The coffee and baked goods company is working to overturn a major provision of Obamacare, according to a Newsmax.com report this week. Specifically, Dunkin' is lobbying the White House to change its definition of full-time work from at least 30 hours a week to 40 or more per week, CEO Nigel Travis told the Financial Times, according to The Huffington Post. The change would leave Dunkin', as well as other companies, with fewer workers to insure under the health care reform law, which requires large employers to provide health coverage to all full-time workers and their dependents. Those companies who fail to provide coverage could face a …
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R. Hood
11:08 am on Wednesday, February 27, 2013
Steve, your first mistake is calling this man a leader. this country will never have a political solution to an economic problem, just look at Europe! just think a reitried public employee has hit the lottery when he/she retires. The average male will live to age 75. the average state employee retires after 25 years and earns more in retirement on a yearly basis than when working. that means that… more ›