Senate Legislation Would Amend Definition of Full-Time Worker under ACA

Legislation recently introduced by Senators Susan Collins (R-ME) and Joe Donnelly (D-IN) would amend the definition of a full-time employee for purposes of the employee shared-responsibility provisions of the Affordable Care Act.

The “Forty Hours is Full Time Act of 2013” (S. 701) would amend the Internal Revenue Code by defining a "full-time employee" as an employee who is employed on average at least 40 hours per week, instead of the current 30 hours, and it would modify the number of hours considered to be equal to one “full-time equivalent” employee from 120 hours a month to 174.

S. 701, “Forty Hours Is Full Time Act of 2013” is available here.

Letter to President Obama is available here.

ERIC members and trial members can read more here.