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Half or more of workers at companies like Starbucks, Target, and Kohl’s are working part-time hours — in Starbucks’s case, one hour fewer per week than they would need to qualify for benefits.

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[–] Rhaedas@fedia.io 8 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

Separate health benefits from employment.

Makes an employer have to be more competitive to keep workers, like other financial benefits or (gasp) higher wages/more hours.

[–] HubertManne@piefed.social 3 points 4 hours ago

this. health care and retirement and such should not be tied to work.

[–] Deconceptualist@leminal.space 7 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

Normalize 32 hours as full-time with benefits.

Actually, folks should get benefits at 20 hours. People with young kids or something else major going on in their lives would be better able to work then.

[–] antlion@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 4 hours ago

24 hours is the perfect full time amount. That’s three 8h shifts, or four 6h shifts (without lunch), or maybe even two 12h shifts.

[–] Jake_Farm@sopuli.xyz 14 points 9 hours ago

Or expand benefits