The Canton-based company is lobbying the White House to changes its definition of full-time work from 30 hours a week to 40 or more per week, according to reports.
Canton-based Dunkin' Brands has joined the fight against Obamacare. The coffee and baked goods company is working to overturn a major provision of Obamacare, according to a Newsmax.com report this week. Specifically, Dunkin' is lobbying the White House to change its definition of full-time work from at least 30 hours a week to 40 or more per week, CEO Nigel Travis told the Financial Times, according to The Huffington Post. The change would leave Dunkin', as well as other companies, with fewer workers to insure under the health care reform law, which requires large employers to provide health coverage to all full-time workers and their dependents. Those companies who fail to provide coverage could face a penalty of $2,000 per worker. The …
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Dunkin' Donuts
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Woburn Police Officer Mark Gibbons honored at National Police Week.
Woburn Police Officer Mark Gibbons was named a "Top Cop" by President Barack Obama earlier this week in Washington, D.C. Officer Gibbons was one of 34 police officers honored during a White House ceremony Saturday, reported Reuters. President Obama said the "Top Cops" conducted "extraordinary acts of bravery," according to Reuters. On Sept. 6 of 2011, Officer Gibbons responded to the Four Corners jewelry robbery in which Officer Robert DeNapoli was shot several times by a suspect. Officer Gibbons returned fire and shot the suspect, Antonio Matos, who was captured and hospitalized. Matos has since been arraigned on charges stemming from the robbery and shooting. During the ceremony, President Obama said, "I hope that we also pledge to …
Jeremy
1:53 pm on Wednesday, February 27, 2013
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