A Florida-based Denny’s franchisee who said last week that he’d impose a surcharge and cut employees’ hours in order to pay for the new health care law received a slap on the wrist from his corporate higher-ups on Monday.
John Miller, chief executive of Denny’s, told the Huffington Post that he privately expressed “disappointment” to John Metz, who made headlines last week when he said he will implement a 5 percent surcharge and slash employees’ hours to less than 30 per week in order to prepare his business for the costs associated with the Affordable Care Act, widely known as ‘Obamacare.’
“We recognize his right to speak on issues, but registered our disappointment that his comments have been interpreted as the company’s position,” Miller told HuffPo via email. Metz, who owns more than 40 Denny’s restaurants throughout the South, expressed “regret” in a statement released on Monday.