On 1/1/14, the PPACA - "Obamacare" - will require that most employers offer health insurance for employees working 30 hrs/week. Over the years, colleges have reacted to budget short-falls by hiring part-time faculty. Today, over 70% of college faculty is part time. The IRS has recognized that adjunct hours of service are mostly untracked. Instead, most institutions compensate adjuncts only for credit hrs taught. As the IRS prepares to issue regulations, colleges have already reacted, imposing credit hour limits on each instructor. Some have cut as many as half the hours taught. If all remain, it spells financial disaster for many. The institutions, most with more full-time administrators than full-time faculty, are taking the easy way out. Please explore all preventative options available.
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