Regal Entertainment Group suffered an undeserved PR black eye last month after news surfaced that it cut some of its non-salaried employees' hours to skirt Obamacare.
It was only the latest company to do the same, moving to shore up bottom lines — and at least save jobs, rather than eliminate them entirely — instead of extending health insurance to workers who put in more than 30 hours a week.
Along these lines, Papa John's CEO John H. Schnatter said some of his franchisees are expected to reduce their employees' hours to avoid providing coverage. Also, in Florida, a Denny's franchise owner said he planned to raise prices 5 percent as a "surcharge" to offset the costs of coverage.
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