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On April 17th, the Grand Haven Tribune published an editorial calling for the Senate to follow the House's lead and repeal the 30 hour work week requirement created by ObamaCare.  Excerpts from the editorial can be found below, the full piece can be found HERE. 

While the White House rolled back until 2015 a mandate that employers offer health insurance to any employee working 30 hours or more per week — or else — this didn’t roll back the cut in hours for part-timers everywhere.

The loss in hours for folks who previously worked 35-39 hours per week has proven substantial as employees — many of whom work in service industries such as restaurants and retail shops — have suffered as their hours have been slashed to below 30. Many workers have since had to cobble together two or three part-time jobs to maintain their prior levels of income. An estimated 2.6 million workers with annual incomes of less than $30,000 have been affected by the 30-hour rule.
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Legislation initially introduced last June has made its way through the U.S. House of Representatives and now rests with the U.S. Senate. HR 2575 is dubbed the Save American Workers Act of 2014. It would amend the Internal Revenue Code, as amended by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, to redefine “full-time employee” as being an employee who works at least 40 hours per week.
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Our U.S. Rep. Bill Huizenga, R-Zeeland, rightly supported the measure, saying that the “poorly designed rule is responsible for slashing take-home pay of those who can least afford it by forcing employers to cut jobs and hours or risk triggering the law’s 30-hour penalty.” 

Read the full editorial HERE.