Post-hire noncompete agreements void in California as of Feb. 14
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Dec 20, 2023
Come Valentine’s Day, all current pre- and post-hire noncompete agreements will become void in the state of California.
States increase efforts to draw workers to healthcare
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jul 03, 2024
Multiple states are taking efforts to build the healthcare workforce with training and certification programs.
New monetary penalties for SNFs in California is ‘major policy change’
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Aug 03, 2021
Skilled nursing facilities in California will face much higher fines for not complying with transfer discharge hearing decisions under a new bill signed into law last week by Gov. Gaivin Newsom (D).
State AG seeks input on two proposed mergers including long-term care
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Oct 05, 2023
Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison (D) is considering the proposed mergers between healthcare systems Essentia Health and Marshfield Clinic Health System and between health systems St. Luke’s Duluth...
$1.6 million grant will help older workers train for CNA, other healthcare roles
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Oct 11, 2023
The National Council on Aging has received a $1.6 million AmeriCorps Seniors grant to test a program to train adults aged 55 or more years to become certified nurse assistants, electrocardiogram technicians...
National quits rate drops — as well as new job opportunities
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jan 25, 2024
The national job quits rate for a four-month period in 2023 reached the lowest it has been since August 2020, with the greatest rate in Alaska and the least in Massachusetts.
50 National Guard members activated to help Utah LTC facilities, hospitals ease staffing shortages
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Feb 03, 2022
The Utah National Guard’s COVID-19 Joint Task Force has activated approximately 50 service members statewide, according to Tuesday’s official statement from the National Guard. The move is meant to...
‘We’re not going to back away from the mandate,’ NJ governor says
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Feb 25, 2022
New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy (D) is standing firm on the Feb. 28 vaccine mandate deadline for healthcare workers to receive the COVID-19 booster shot, he said at a news briefing Wednesday. Under the governor’s...
Bereavement leave, family responsibilities focus of state’s pending employment laws
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Apr 06, 2022
Pending bills in the California Legislature would require employers to offer bereavement leave and add “family responsibilities” as a protected class under the Fair Employment and
No sign Supreme Court will block COVID-19 vaccination mandates, legal expert say
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Dec 15, 2021
The U.S. Supreme Court declined Monday in a 6-3 ruling to hear a challenge to New York’s vaccine mandate for healthcare workers on religious grounds, and a legal expert says evidence is mounting that...