US House Approves 40 Hour Work Week As Full-Time

Yesterday, the US House of Representatives took the first steps toward re-establishing 40 hours as the standard threshold to determine fulltime employment when by a roll call vote of 248 – 179, they passed HR 2575, the Save American Workers Act of 2014.  Simply put, the bill amends the Internal Revenue Code, as amended by…

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Glossary of ACA-Related Terms

Affordable Care Act (ACA): The Affordable Care Act (ACA) is also known formally as the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) and informally as Obamacare or federal health care. President Barack Obama signed the Act into law on March 23, 2010. Together with the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act (enacted by Congress to…

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