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How employers use scheduling to deny benefits

I work three part-time jobs with no benefits and my manager at the grocery store schedules me for 39 hours to avoid giving me health insurance.

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What we've seen

Strategic underemployment allows companies to extract full-time labor while avoiding the legal obligations of employment.

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“Where Are You with Labor rights and worker justice?”

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