Jessica Aptman, spokesperson for ZocDoc, a doctor search website, said the company provides “100 percent of healthcare coverage for employees and their families, and we have no plans to stop hiring. In fact, we’re hiring aggressively.”
The pause, however, will give businesses time to figure out how to operate under the new law, whose significant reporting requirements affect even companies with large numbers of workers ineligible for coverage, said Michelle Neblett, the National Restaurant Association’s health care policy expert.
“It will help reduce some of the anxiety and fear of the unknown out there,” Neblett said.
Sears Holdings Corp “is already taking the necessary steps to assess and ensure compliance” with the law and does not expect the delay to impact hiring, said Howard Riefs, a spokesman for the company.