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    Default How to Hire Part-Time Help Without Having to Provide Benefits

    My question involves labor and employment law for the state of: WA

    Hello, I'm in a position to hire part time seasonal workers. Is there any maximum number of hours I need to be concerned with as in 'not to exceed' for these employees? Their schedules could range from 20 to 40 hours per week with no benefits. This 'shop' only has 12 employees, some are year around full time with benefits but again, the 2 or 3 seasonal (summer jobs) won't have benefits and the thought occurred to me that with Obamacare or something similar, I may need to watch the high end of their hours. thanks for any pointers.

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    Default Re: How to Hire Part-Time Help Without Having to Provide Benefits

    As long as you have under 50 employees you are not required to offer health insurance.

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    Default Re: How to Hire Part-Time Help Without Having to Provide Benefits

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    As long as you have under 50 employees you are not required to offer health insurance.
    I believe that's in the whole company, not just reporting to the OP, right?

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    Default Re: How to Hire Part-Time Help Without Having to Provide Benefits

    It's 50 Full Time equivalent employees, so you can have 100 half time employees. Full time is determined at 30 hours or more a week.
    There are special rules for seasonal workers as well. And yes it is over the ENTIRE company and it follows the determination that similar laws (like EEOC) follow that companies owned by the same owner are counted as the same company for this.

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    Default Re: How to Hire Part-Time Help Without Having to Provide Benefits

    I read it as 12 in the company. If I misread, I apologize for a mis-leading answer. Yes, that is 50 in the entire company. Or, as Ron says, 100 half time.

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    Default Re: How to Hire Part-Time Help Without Having to Provide Benefits

    Thanks for the clarification. I just thought that when OP said "This shop" when describing his workplace instead of "The shop", there was a small possibility that his shop is one of several others within a single company.

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