On October 1, 2024, the California Department of Health Care Services took action that sets October 16th as the deadline for the first minimum wage increase applicable to health care workers.
The San Francisco Health Care Security Ordinance (HCSO) is a local ordinance that uniquely applies to employers with workers in the City of San Francisco.
On July 23, 2024, Pennsylvania enacted the Fair Contracting for Health Care Practitioners Act, which bans certain noncompete covenants, including patient nonsolicitation provisions, between an employer and health care practitioner.
On June 17, 2024, the NY DOH issued a Request for Proposals (RFP), seeking competitive proposals from qualified bidders to become the one Fiscal Intermediary to provide SFI services.
While some across the U.S. are working on their tans, many employers are working on managing their labor budgets so they don’t get burned by increases in minimum pay standards for non-exempt, tipped, and certain overtime-exempt employees.
On April 25, 2024, Governor Wes Moore signed into law new legislation prohibiting non-compete and conflict-of-interest clauses for certain veterinary and health care professionals in the state of Maryland.
The NY Budget includes legislation that significantly changes the state’s Consumer Directed Personal Assistance Program and leaves open whether most of the present Fiscal Intermediaries will be part of the program once the new framework is instituted.
In response to thousands of agency complaints it received in 2023, the New York State Department of Health has issued guidance to hospitals regarding compliance with recent legislation on clinical staffing committees and hospital staffing plans.
This Littler Lightbulb highlights some of the more significant employment law developments at the U.S. Supreme Court and federal courts of appeal in the last month.
