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ObamaCare is Hurting Families and Destroying Jobs Across the Country

Date: September 25, 2013

By: Rep. Marlin Stutzman

ObamaCare is hurting families and destroying jobs across the country. The list below highlights layoffs nationwide that were specifically attributed to ObamaCare, as reported by Investor’s Business Daily. Unfortunately, 47 out of the 301 announcements (as of 9/18/13) represent layoffs in Indiana. It’s clear that Obamacare’s tax hikes, regulations, and mandates are making things worse and that’s exactly why it’s time to stop ObamaCare.

Full list: ObamaCare Employer Mandate: A List Of Cuts To Work Hours, Jobs, Jed Graham, Investor's Business Daily, 9/18/2013.

The most recent 100 announcements (as of 9/18/13) appear below:

State	Employer		Action	Jobs with fewer hours, if specified	Date of Action or Report
Alabama	Houston County	Public	Cut hours of part-time employees to fewer than 30 per week		Sep-13
California	Biola University	Private	Cut student work hours to a maximum of 25 per week; suspended limit due to employer mandate delay		Sep-13
Florida	Bealls Inc. (Department Stores)	Private	Restricted part-time hours to fewer than 30 per week		Sep-13
Florida	SeaWorld Entertainment	Private	Cut hours for part-time workers from a maximum of 32 to 28 per week		Sep-13
Illinois	Palmer Place Restaurant	Private	Cut hours for some workers below 30 per week		Sep-13
Kansas	Salina Family YMCA	Private	Cut part-time employee schedules to a maximum of 25 hours per week	20	Sep-13
New Jersey	Middletown Township Public Schools	Public	Cut hours for paraprofessionals below 30 per week	178	Sep-13
Texas	Sam Houston State University	Public	Limited student work hours to 29 per week, impacting multiple-job holders		Sep-13
Michigan	Auburn Hills	Public	Reduced hours for part-time, seasonal workers to fewer than 30 per week		Sep-13
Pennsylvania	Friendship Community (group home for adults with disabilities)	Private	Cut part-time hours below 30 per week	20	Sep-13
Michigan	Meridian Public Schools		Cut schedules of hourly workers to fewer than 30 hours per week	15	Sep-13
Arizona	Arizona State University	Public	Limited course loads for non-tenured associate faculty members		Aug-13
Maine	Mainesubway (Subway franchisee)	Private	Reduced worker hours to no more than 29 per week	50	Aug-13
New York	Finger Lakes Community College	Public	Capped course loads for adjunct faculty		Aug-13
South Carolina	Tsunami Surf Shops	Private	Will limit workers to fewer than 30 hours per week		Aug-13
Illinois	Southern Illinois University	Public	Limited graduate teaching assistants to 20 hours per week		Aug-13
Indiana	Vincennes	Public	Cut hours of part-timers to 29 per week		Aug-13
California	Mexican American Opportunity Foundation	Private	Cut hours of employees working up to 39 hours a week to less than 30		Aug-13
Georgia	Georgia Military College	Public	Cut hours of adjunct faculty to below 30 per week		Aug-13
Illinois	Vcm Inc. (Subway franchisee)	Private	Reduced hours for hourly wage earners to below 30 per week		Aug-13
Indiana	Ball State University	Public	Limited work hours for graduate assistants		Aug-13
New Jersey	Tom's River	Public	Will cut part-time hours to 25 per week, effective July 2014		Aug-13
North Carolina	Forsyth Technical Community College	Public	Reduced hours for adjunct faculty to below 30 per week		Aug-13
North Carolina	Wilkes Community College	Public	Reduced teaching loads for adjunct faculty to below 30 hours per week and had to cut some courses as a result		Aug-13
Texas	Consolidated Restaurant Operations Inc	Private	Limiting hours for new employees		Aug-13
Texas	Dave & Buster's	Private	Cut hours of some employees to 28 per week		Aug-13
Pennsylvania	Philadelphia University	Private	Capped hours for adjunct faculty at fewer than 30 per week, effective 2015		Aug-13
Virginia	K-VA-T Food Stores	Private	Capped hours for part-time employees at under 30 per week		Aug-13
Missouri	Three Rivers College	Public	Capped teaching loads for adjunct faculty		Aug-13
Alabama	University of Alabama	Public	Capped student work hours at 20 per week		Jul-13
Florida	Brevard County	Public	Reducing hours for most of 138 part-time workers who work more than 30 hours per week	37	Jul-13
Florida	Buca di Beppo restaurant chain	Private	Reduced hours to below 30 per week	400	Jul-13
Florida	Hillsborough Community College	Public	Cut hours of some part-time faculty members	100	Jul-13
Florida	St. Petersburg College	Public	Capped courseloads for adjunct facutly to equivalent of 27 hours per week	91	Jul-13
Georgia	Cherokee County School Board	Public	Outsourced custodial services and ground maintenance		Jul-13
Indiana	Hancock County	Public	Capped hours for part-time workers at 29 per week		Jul-13
Indiana	Morgan County	Public	Cut part-time hours from a maximum of 35 to 28 per week		Jul-13
Michigan	Central Michigan University	Public	Limited hours for student workers to 25 per week	140	Jul-13
New Jersey	NEMF trucking company	Private	Cut hours for dock workers and customer service reps from 33 per week to a maximum of 29	400	Jul-13
North Carolina	Henderson	Public	Limited hours part-timers can work to less than 30 per week		Jul-13
Ohio	White Castle	Private	Will limit new hires to part-time		Jul-13
Oregon	Shari's restaurants	Private	Adding part-time workers, cutting hours for some working more than 30 hours per week		Jul-13
Pennsylvania	Carnegie Museum	Private	Reduced hours for some part-time employees below 30 per week	48	Jul-13
Tennessee	Oneida Special School District	Public	Cut most non-certified employees to 29 hours per week, but kept pay the same	65	Jul-13
Tennessee	Scott County School System	Public	Capped hours of new non-certified hires below 30 per week		Jul-13
Tennessee	Stewart County School System	Public	Reduced hours for school support staff to 28 per week	120	Jul-13
Texas	Jim's Restaurants	Private	Intends to reduce hours of some workers; put plan on hold due to employer mandate delay		Jul-13
Virginia	Christoper Savvides restaurant & catering co.	Private	Stopped hiring full-time and limited part-timers’ hours		Jul-13
Wisconsin	Minocqua-Hazelhurst-Lake Tomahawk School District	Public	Capped part-time hours below 30 per week		Jul-13
Wisconsin	Trig's Supermarkets	Private	Cut hours for part-time workers below 30 per week.		Jul-13
Alabama	University of North Alabama	Public	Capped work hours at 29 per week for student employees		Jul-13
California	Fatburger	Private	Cut some workers to sub-30 hours per week		Jul-13
Iowa	Lee County	Public	Enforced existing part-time cap of 28 hours per week		Jul-13
Michigan	Delta County	Public	Capped part-time hours at 29 per week; made temporary exemption for corrections officers after mandate delay		Jul-13
Texas	Bee County	Public	Reduce part-time employee hours to 24 per week.		Jul-13
Idaho	Boundary County	Public	Cut hours for part-timers to fewer than 30 per week		Jul-13
North Carolina	Rutherford County	Public	Lowered cap on part-time hours from 37 to 29 per week		Jul-13
Pennsylvania	Lawrence County	Public	Capped part-time hours at 28 per week; later reversed move for deputies		Jul-13
Michigan	Kenowa Hills Public Schools	Public	Outsourced school bus transportation, partly to avoid providing health benefits to 30 drivers		Jul-13
New Jersey	City of Burlington Public Schools	Public	Outsourced provision of paraprofessionals and substitute teachers		Jul-13
Texas	Lion & Rose British Restaurant and Pub	Private	Cut hourly full-time workers' schedules to 28 hours per week		Jul-13
Texas	MTC Inc. restaurant management	Private	Shifted to only hiring part-time workers		Jul-13
Utah	Millard School District	Public	Cut hours for paraprofessionals from 6 to 5.75 per day	6	Jul-13
Arkansas	Area Agency on Aging of Western Arkansas, Inc.	Private	Cut hours for staff of 500 home health aides and drivers to 28 per week		Jun-13
Arkansas	Wal-Mart Stores Inc.	Private	Increased temp share of workforce to "fewer than 10%" from 1-2% before this year		Jun-13
California	CKE Restaurants Inc.	Private	Increasing part-time workforce by replacing full-time workers through attrition		Jun-13
California	Kern County	Public	Will limit work schedules for up to 800 extra-help workers or reduce workforce		Jun-13
California	Rancho Cucamonga	Public	Cut hours for most part-time workers below 30 per week	30	Jun-13
California	San Gabriel	Public	Reduced hours for part-timers to fewer than 30 per week.		Jun-13
Florida	Palm Beach State College	Public	Cut hours for 100 part-timers to 27.5 per week; 895 adjuncts limited to 60% of a full-time course load	200	Jun-13
Florida	Santa Fe College	Public	Capped part-time hours at 27.5 per week and enforced limits on adjunct course loads		Jun-13
Florida	Tallahassee Community College	Public	Cut hours of some part-time workers to as low as 24 per week		Jun-13
Illinois	Parkland College	Public	Limited hours for part-time, non-teaching employees to 27.5 per week		Jun-13
Indiana	Clay County	Public	Capped part-time work at 28 hours per week		Jun-13
Indiana	DeKalb County	Public	Limited part-timers to 28 hours per week		Jun-13
Indiana	Eastbrook Community Schools	Public	Cut hours for instructional aides to 29.5 per week from between 32.5 and 35.	39	Jun-13
Indiana	Floyd County	Public	Cutting hours for up to 72 part-timers to 28 hours per week		Jun-13
Indiana	Highland	Public	Limited hours part-time employees can work to fewer than 30 per week; suspended limit due to employer mandate delay		Jun-13
Indiana	Indiana University	Public	Capped hours for part-timers at 29 per week; outsourced 50 maintenance personnel		Jun-13
Indiana	Ivy Tech Community College	Public	Limited hours for adjunct faculty at 23 campuses to avoid estimated $10 million in Affordable Care Act costs for those who work 30 or more hours		Jun-13
Indiana	Kosciusko County	Public	Capped part-time hours at 25 per week		Jun-13
Indiana	Lakeview Christian School	Private	Limited new part-timers to 29 hours per week		Jun-13
Indiana	Madison Consolidated Schools	Public	Cut hours for cafeteria workers, instructional aides and bus drivers below 30 per week		Jun-13
Indiana	Madison-Grant United School Corp.	Public	Cut hours for non-certified staff from up to 35 hours per week to below 30		Jun-13
Indiana	Marshall County	Public	Cut hours for part-times to 28 per week		Jun-13
Indiana	Mississinewa Community Schools	Public	Cut 15 minutes per day for three teacher aides	3	Jun-13
Indiana	Perry Central School Corp.	Public	Cut hours of part-time instructional assistants by 6 per week, with offsetting wage hike		Jun-13
Indiana	Shelbyville Central School System	Public	Cut hours instructional aides, substitute teachers, bus drivers and coaches below 30 per week	100	Jun-13
Indiana	Speedway Schools	Public	Cut hours for teaching assistants to 29 per week with offsetting pay hike	30	Jun-13
Indiana	Starke County	Public	Cut hours for part-timers to maximum of 130 per month		Jun-13
Indiana	Wolfe’s Auto Auction	Private	Some full-time workers cut to part-time; part-time hours capped at 28 per week	10	Jun-13
Iowa	Spencer Community School District	Public	Reduced hours for some part-timers from 32 to below 30 per week	65	Jun-13
Kentucky	Lexington Board of Education	Public	Cut hours of some part-timers to 28.5 per week, providing offsetting raise	20	Jun-13
Maryland	Howard Community College	Public	Lowered limit on course loads and hours worked for adjunct faculty		Jun-13
Michigan	Russ' Restaurant	Private	Cut hours of non-managing employees to maximum of 25 hours per week		Jun-13
Missouri	Maritz Research	Private	Cut part-time hours to 25 per week		Jun-13
Nebraska	Blair Community Schools	Public	Cut hours for bus drivers and teacher aides to no more than 29 per week		Jun-13
Nebraska	Plattsmouth Board of Education	Public	Capped hours of non-certified employees at 29 per week		Jun-13
New Jersey	Little Falls Board of Education	Public	Capped hours of paraprofessionals below 30 per week		Jun-13
Ohio	Lake Township	Public	Capped part-time hours at 28.8 per week		Jun-13