Civilization first developed in the Indus River valley in present-day Pakistan. in the middle of the 3d millennium B.C., more than a thousand years earlier. than it did in China. In fact, the civilization of the Indus valley, usually. called Harappan after its chief city, rivals Sumer and Egypt as humanity's. oldest.
The PPACAâs requirement for employers to offer health care coverage to employees working 30 or more hours per week to avoid penalties may result in some employers hiring more part-time employees who work less than 30 hours per week.
About 80 percent of hourly employees work at least 35 hours a week and the health law has had no measurable impact on their working hours. That makes sense: Cutting back workers from 40 hours to 29 would be highly disruptive for most businesses. And in any case, most of them already get health insurance.4.