ObamaCare continues to wreak havoc on job creators — and that means we all suffer from the government’s overreach. Meet business owners Rick and Laura Pedersen.
The Seneca Castle, N.Y., proprietor of a produce and grain farm last year rearranged her employees’ schedules and workloads to keep the farm’s full-time staff below 50 workers. Her goal was to avoid having to start providing insurance or pay a penalty in 2015 under the Affordable Care Act.
The Obama administration on Monday delayed that requirement until 2016 for companies with 50 to 99 full-time workers. Still, Ms. Pedersen, who owns Pedersen Farms with her husband Rick Pedersen, said she doesn’t plan to hire more workers since it would create an administrative burden for eventually complying with the law.
“We’re going to continue to stay under the 50 people,” she said.
Mr. Pedersen said he stopped planting cucumbers and tomatoes as a result of the workload reductions.
Tragic news for the people who will NOT be hired by this business.
