Q.- Our company just hired an employee into a part-time position. He will be working 20 hours per week. He said since he was a full-time employee at his last employer, the Affordable Care Act requires us to offer him health coverage through the end of this year. Is that true?
A.- No. If you are hiring a new employee into a part-time position (under 30 hours/week), the employee did not transfer to your employment from an affiliated company, and you do not otherwise offer employees in his classification health coverage, the Affordable Care Act does not require you to offer him health coverage simply because he had coverage at his prior employer. If your company is a large employer, you should make sure to track his working hours using either the monthly measurement method or the look back measurement method to determine if he should be offered health coverage in the future.
