Thread regarding Sears layoffs

We just got a few days payed sick leave in our state. the problem is that SHC now cut our vacation time by 90% and got rid of our personal time. So now we have payed sick leave , I think 4 days, but we lost a week of vacation and personal leave. Is this legal? Why get a state mandated paid sick leave and lose more vacation time and personal leave. Lost over 40 hours of leave but only gained 4 days paid sick leave. How is this fair?

The problem is that the politicians damn well knew that companies would axe FT40 to avoid giving benefits and did nothing to stop them from doing so.

Honestly, it's done nothing but create more arguments for single-payer, IMO. Working two jobs that add up to 40 hours right now? You're screwed on benefits. Single-payer, you'd be safe.

As much as I feel Obama was overrated and that the ACA is still pretty flawed let's be real here. It's not really the reason why Sears is failing. Its failure was well on the way to happening.

I know...and it's Obama's fault you're unemployed, your spouse is cheating on you, you burned your bacon and your toilet is clogged up, right?

Still waiting on The Ultimate Deal Maker AKA Trump to give us the best healthcare ever, not just jobs, but Great Jobs Galore, and to drain that swamp, and to set term limits for the sorry assed people in Congress.

I couldn't afford Sears health benefits before, or after ACA. I work in Home Services Illinois. Don't blame ACA for Sears shortcomings.

30 hours has made you FT at SHC long before the ACA.

Losing FT40 status was the straw that broke the camel's back and caused a couple of long term associates in our store to quit and find full time 40 jobs elsewhere....Their hours got cut to 30-32 hours which is 25% pay cut equivalent.....Bills still need to be paid at home

@Sf97QsQ-1dwt I'm not even trying to excuse what the "CEO" of SHLD has been up to in trying to "rescue" the company, but what I do know is that increased regulation do not help the situation of an already fragile company!!

@1dso - "I just think Obamacare was a HUGE mistake, a sick socialist experiment and its certainly not affordable." Okay big talker, then describe a better plan or system! If you're not part of the solution, then you're part of the problem.

I am a former Sears associate who lost my job and health insurance when our store was closed. The ACA was an affordable medical lifeline that sustained me during my period of transition.

Obamacare was a bad idea, through and through, for people and for businesses. Even though Sears is going through bad times financially, I'm sure that the number of FT associates would have been reduced anyways even if their financial situation was in better shape.

Healthier retailers (and other employers employing hourly workers) are eliminating the amount of full time employees they have solely to ease the burden of bankrolling the benefits mandated by Obamacare, aka the "Affordable" Care Act (Ha! Fat chance!).

Before you think I'm "Eddie Lampert" or some other wealthy businessperson, I'm not. I'm a lowly zone supervisor earning less than $45k a year. I just think Obamacare was a HUGE mistake, a sick socialist experiment and its certainly not affordable.

If this is an attempt to not blame Sears for reducing their hours, it's not going to work.

Sears hired me 1998, and I was considered full-time FTA 30 hours a week. By the grace of God, I was able to get 35-40 hours a week. You can not make it on 30 hours a week. If you happened to be one of the few to be grandfathered in you received 40 hours a week. I know longer work for Sears, my store was closed last year.