Target drops coverage plans for part-time employees Famed retailer Target has announced that it will be dropping its health insurance benefits for part-time employees. The company joins several other retailers that have opted to drop coverage for part-time workers in order to avoid some of the costlier provisions of the health care reform law. Target employees that lose their benefits from the company are likely to be able to find coverage through state and federal exchanges, but this coverage may be more expensive than what they were receiving through their…
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Retail stores in California hit by slew of lawsuits
In California, almost every national chain is experiencing some form of lawsuit addressing a failure to offer employees and customers “suitable seating” when the workers perform the majority of their daily tasks standing up. A California labor law has been dug out of the bowels of the legal archives and has creative trial attorneys across the state using it for legal attacks. The law requires retailers such as Target, Home Depot, and Wal-Mart to have enough seats available for all of their workers. Outwardly, it would seem that there isn’t…
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