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> you still have to pay full benefits

source?

I'm not sure how health insurance works in the US.

In Europe, health insurance and social security is just a percentage of your wage. So for the employer it doesn't matter how many hours you are employed, taxes and health insurance is just a percentage.

I was under the impression that in the US health insurance is a fixed cost, that depends mostly on what is covered, but it doesn't depend on the income of the individual. So if an employer offers health insurance to part time employees, the cost would be the same as for a full time employee.

Social security is a percentage, but since health insurance is not usually provided by the government (unless you have Medicare/Medicaid), you pay a flat fee to a private company regardless of income. But my understanding is that companies are not required to provide any benefits to part-time workers whatsoever, and frequently use that loophole to avoid having to pay, by making their workers either subcontractors or part-time. https://www.healthcare.gov/part-time-workers/

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