WTVT reports:
Michael Wilson, general manager at Hamburger Mary's in Ybor City, said his restaurant currently has 45 workers, almost all of whom work part-time hours.
"It's definitely a major concern now of making sure we don't go over that 50 threshold," said Wilson, adding the restaurant might also cut back shifts to make sure employees don't cross into the full-time category, which by law is now a 30-hour workweek. "I want health insurance, we all deserve health insurance, but at what cost?"
Wilson believes many locally-owned restaurants might make similar decisions and cut back staff when the restaurant is busiest, which he admits could affect service. He said the Affordable Care Act is just an unfair law.
"It is a frustrating scenario in regards to we're being forced to carry something and we're being forced to adopt into a program that we have no choice over," he said
