The Internal Revenue Service this month issued proposed rules for employers that acknowledge the special work circumstances of adjuncts—among them, the way adjuncts rack up work hours outside of the classroom—that need to be considered when evaluating whether their employers must provide them with health benefits.
Under the new law, which takes effect in January 2014, employees who work at least a 30-hour work week must receive health benefits from their employers. Some colleges are concerned about how to tally up the hours adjuncts spend on the job to determine if they have reached that full-time status. Most adjuncts don't receive health benefits, and the legislation appeared to pave the way for them to finally get access….
4 comments:
i think it's safe to say that adjunct who teach 2-3 classes per semester spend at least 30 hours a week in the classroom, preparing for the classroom and grading.
Healthcare for all.
It all runs down hill. Cut the adjunct because now it cost too much to provide healthcare. As such, full time faculty will no longer engage admin or release time positions because they wont be offered them because they will be needed in the classroom. Administrators will hire more administrators because there's more work to do. Healthcare for all indeed.
Any adjuncts reading this?
Anon at 3:19 doesn't understand how a teaching contract works nor classroom hours.
Adjunct faculty deserve just compensation AND health care - just like staff, and administrators.
Perhaps this will be addresses during the union meeting during FLEX week.
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