“Well that’s why they’re going to part-time. That and the Affordable Care Act. You know, we’ve got to change that because we have built in some unfortunate incentives that discourage full-time employment,” Ms. Clinton said, according to the report.
Ms. Clinton has previously been a staunch advocate of the law. However, at the town hall, she said employers do not feel employees who work less than 40 hours a week are entitled to health benefits, according to the report.
“There is a disincentive in our system that we need to deal with, and I really worry about it because there is a trend to try and move more and more people into part-time work,” Ms. Clinton said, according to the report. “And sometimes you want to work part-time, it fits into your family, it fits into your life obligations, but sometimes you want to work full-time but you can’t get a full-time job. So I want to look at all the employment rules.”
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