White House Disputes ObamaCare Reducing Full-Time Employment
Spokesman Jay Carney says suggestion law is slowing full-time hiring ‘belied by the facts’
Carney: Suggestion ObamaCare Reduces Full-Time Hiring 'Belied by the Facts' (The Hill)
White House press secretary Jay Carney on Tuesday dismissed reports that some employers were hiring more part-time employees because of the president's signature healthcare law.
"The data reflects that there is not support for the proposition that businesses are not hiring full-time employees because of the Affordable Care Act," Carney told reporters.
According to The Wall Street Journal, employers have added more part-time employees — about 93,000 a month — in 2013 than full-time workers — averaging about 22,000 per month. That's a reversal from 2012, when employers hired 31,000 part-time workers and 171,000 full-time ones per month.
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