Mealey's (June 10, 2015, 9:38 AM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. House of Representative on April 3, 2104, passed legislation redefining a full-time employee for purposes of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA)’s employer mandate as an individual who works on average 40 hours per week.

(Legislation available. Document #93-140423-011L.)

The ACA amended the Internal Revenue Code to define a full-time employee as an individual who works 30 hours per week. House Resolution 2575, the Save American Workers Act of 2014, would repeal that definition and replace it with a...