As I was searching for current news topics, I came across on the main screen of MSN.com through the slide show, there is a story titled Wal-Mart to stop health benefits for some. In the story it states that because of the Affordable Care Act all companies are faced with rising health care costs. Because of these rising costs many companies have to make a change to their employee's wages and benefits. Arguments could be made on both sides: It is because of Obamacare that these companies need to make cuts. Or, the company needs to make adjustments on their own expense to give to their employees. The cuts that are being made are to the part-time employees that work less than 30 hours a week. They somewhat hint that it is the fault of Wal-Mart and not because of Obamacare. I feel this is cogent. Wal-Mart needs to make a change to continue with the benefits of their employees.
Whether it is because of Obamacare or not I think the company needs to figure it out. Stopping health benefits to part-time employees is not the solution to this. Wal-Mart brings in so much money that they should be able to give more to their employees. I think the executive board could cut their wages and trickle it down to everyone else that makes their company succeed. If they ONLY make 1,000,000 dollars instead of 5,000,000 annually they could give more to their employees. Yes, health care costs have increased, but I think the responsibility comes down to the company.
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