This has actually been an ongoing issue and obviously it still is.

Ashley Dobson of Red Alert Politics reports.

Obamacare full-time work definition brings out rift on college campuses

The latest battle over Obamacare is bringing out a sharp divide on college campuses. But it’s not between liberals and conservatives, it’s between the college administrations and their adjunct professors.

And it’s all over the definition of full-time work.

Under the Affordable Care Act, large employers are required to provide health insurance to employees working full time or pay a hefty penalty. Full-time work is currently defined as 30 hours per week, but both the House and Senate are working on passing legislation that would redefine it as 40 hours a week.

Inside Higher Ed reports that many colleges and universities have started limiting the number of hours adjunct faculty can work to keep them under than 30-hour threshold and keep them as part-time workers.

These institutions support the move up to a 40-hour work week.

Thomas J. Snyder, president of Indiana’s community college system, told Inside Higher Ed that he supported the change. His school system employs about 4,000 adjunct professors and about 1,500 full-time faculty.

“Part of our strategy to keep tuition affordable is to have 50 percent of our classroom time taught by adjunct professors,” he said. “The Affordable Care Act has caused us to reassess our ability to do that.”