Employer Mandate

#6 Restaurants Refuse to Add Obamacare to Menus

In 2014, companies with over 50 employees working 30 hours or more (per week) will be required to offer health coverage to all eligible employees. Otherwise, the employer will face penalties ranging from $2,000 to $3,000 per employee per year. In the fall of 2012, Darden Restaurants, the parent company of Olive Garden and Red …

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To Be or Not To Applebee’s? – Businesses Question Obamacare

It started with Papa John’s stating that Obama’s healthcare reform bill called the Affordable Care Act (ACA) would raise the prices of pizza by $0.11 to $0.14 cents. CEO, John Schnatter, stated that as a result the pizza chain would be forced to find ways to cut these new costs. Then Darden Restaurants, the largest …

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