 Posted: Fri Nov 20, 2009 4:50 pm Post subject: I have been working for |
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I have been working for a large corporation for a year and a half. We have two tiers of health plans.
The first is considered "Day One". Meaning you can enroll first day on the job, but it is only for 10k of coverage for the year. great for minor emergencies etc.
The second one is for a much larger plan. I can't remember the numbers, but basically much more normal full covergae.
Because of the nature of my industry, hospitality, I cannot seen to get over 27 hours per week.
This is upsetting because I want to move up to the next level, but can't because I can't get 30 hrs and they say that you must have this to move to the next level.
I have a friend that owns a small company and he was looking to move some of his employees to smaller weekly hours.
His insurance guy told him that 25(maybe he said 24) hours is the limit here in Florida to be considered full time and have to offer the insurance benefits.
In other words, he would have to cut them to lower than 25(24) hours to accomplish what he wanted to accomplish.
So my question is...what is considered full time in Florida? And if it is lower than 30, how is my company getting out of allowing me to move up plans? Is it different for restaurants?
I know that the restaurant industry has exceptions to lots of labor laws due to the tipping nature of the jobs. Is this somehow one of them?
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| There are no definitions for full time working hours as per the Federal Law. This has to be decided by your company. However, once you put in for more than 40 hours, you become eligible for the federal overtime. Under such circumstances, you may either ask for the back pay or file a lawsuit. Roddick |
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