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Employment Law Update: Maryland’s Restrictions on Non-Compete Agreements for Healthcare Professionals, Among Other Employment...

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As of July 1, 2025, Maryland prohibits or restricts non-compete provisions for nearly all healthcare professionals. The prohibition applies to individuals: (1) required to be licensed under the Maryland Health Occupations...more

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HCBS Update: Indiana Implements Home-Grown 70/30 Direct Caregiver Compensation Requirement

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Executive Summary: On July 10, 2025, Indiana Medicaid issued guidance to providers of attendant care and structured family caregiver services requiring providers to pass through a specific percentage of their Medicaid...more

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2025 Newly Increased Health and Welfare Rates on SCA Government Contracts

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The Department of Labor’s (DOL) Wage and Hour Division (WHD) has again issued new Service Contract Act (SCA) health and welfare (H&W) rates. Effective July 7, 2025, WHD increased the prevailing H&W fringe benefits from a rate...more

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California’s Minimum Wage Increases on January 1, 2025

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On January 1, 2025, California’s state minimum wage will increase to $16.50 per hour for all employers. As previously described, California voters rejected Proposition 32, a stair-step-increased minimum wage initiative....more

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Next Year's Legal Buzz: What’s Brewing for Oregon and Washington Employers in 2025

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Grab a cup of coffee, settle in, and learn about new obligations and restrictions for Oregon and Washington employers....more

Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC

Suspected Abuse of FMLA Leave: What Can be Done?

The Family Medical Leave Act (the “FMLA”) entitles eligible employees of covered employers to take 12 (and in some cases related to military service, 26) weeks of unpaid, job-protected leave for specified family and medical...more

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NYS Paid Prenatal Leave: Employers Must Manage a New Entitlement in the New Year

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Beginning Jan. 1, 2025, all private-sector employers in New York must provide eligible employees 20 hours of paid prenatal leave. An amendment to the New York Paid Sick Leave Law (Labor Law Section 196-b) mandates employers...more

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Paid Prenatal Personal Leave Goes Into Effect for Pregnant New Yorkers in 2025 - UPDATED

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In April 2024, the New York State Legislature passed Governor Hochul’s 2025 Executive Budget that expands the statewide Sick Leave Law to provide 20 hours of paid prenatal personal leave per 52-week period for pregnant...more

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New York State Releases FAQs on New Prenatal Leave Mandate

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The New York Department of Labor (NYDOL) recently added a frequently asked questions (FAQs) section to its prenatal leave webpage, providing additional insight into the department’s interpretation of a new state law that...more

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Nebraska Joins the Growing List of States that Will Require Employers to Provide Paid Sick Leave

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Voters in Nebraska approved a measure that will require all employers to offer employees one hour of paid sick leave for every 30 hours worked, effective October 1, 2025. The total amount of sick leave employees may accrue...more

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New York State Leads the Nation with January 2025 Paid Prenatal Leave for Private-Sector Employees

Beginning January 1, 2025, New York will become the first state in the United States to require all private employers to provide their employees with paid prenatal personal leave. The new paid prenatal leave law, proposed...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Will the Trump Labor Department Continue the Current Sharp Focus on the Healthcare Industry?

In less than two months, Donald Trump will be sworn in as the 47th President of the United States. President-elect Trump has already announced that he will nominate Republican Congresswoman Lori Chavez-DeRemer as his pick to...more

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Cozen Currents: The Case for a Landslide

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The Cozen Lens - · With the polls showing the presidential race deadlocked and few voters remaining undecided, the two candidates are leaning on their respective strength on top issues in their closing arguments to try to...more

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California Raises Minimum Wages for Health Care Workers—Effective October 16, 2024

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As we previously reported here and here, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed into law SB 525, which provides a tiered approach for the increase of minimum wages for the state’s health care workers...more

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If Pain, Yes Gain – Part 124 : Massachusetts Expands Covered Sick Time Reasons to Include Reproductive Loss Events

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Effective November 21, 2024, Massachusetts employers must allow employees to use Massachusetts Earned Sick Time to address the employee’s or the employee’s spouse’s physical or mental health needs related to pregnancy loss or...more

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California Health Care Employers Must Implement California Health Care Minimum Wage Raise By October 16, 2024

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Last fall, California enacted Senate Bill 525, which substantially raises the base minimum wage for health care workers over time to $25 per hour.  The first incremental increase above the general state minimum wage was...more

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The U.S. Mental Health Crisis and the Workplace

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Real World Impact: This is the first in a series of Alerts that will provide guidance to employers on navigating the complicated mix of concerns that can arise when dealing with employee mental health issues....more

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Delay In California’s Minimum Wage Increase for Health Care Workers

As we previously reported here, nearly all health care facilities in California will soon be required to increase the minimum wage paid to health care workers, ranging anywhere from $18 per hour up to $23 per hour depending...more

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Paging Healthcare Workers! California Legislature Passes Bill Raising Minimum Wages (UPDATED)

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Update: On May 31, 2024, Governor Newsom passed S.B. 828, which delays implementation of S.B. 525, the health care minimum wage law signed by Governor Newsom on October 13, 2023. S.B. 828 delays all of the minimum wage...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

California’s Minimum Wage Increase for Health Care Workers is on the Horizon

On June 1, 2024, nearly all health care facilities in California will be required to increase the minimum wage paid to health care workers, ranging anywhere from $18 per hour up to $23 per hour depending on the type of health...more

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New York Is First State to Offer Employees Paid Prenatal Personal Leave

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On April 19, 2024, Governor Hochul signed an amendment to New York Labor Law § 196-b (the statewide paid sick and safe leave law), making New York State the first state to require private employers to offer their employees a...more

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Assessing Payroll Rounding Policies After Wage Hour Class Action Suit

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A recent concern in the healthcare sector, specifically hospitals, is a large class action wage hour claim in the state of Washington, Bennett v. Providence Health & Services. In this instance, a review of the order granting...more

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New York State Budget Includes Enhanced Employer Obligations

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The New York State enacted budget for fiscal year 2024 changes employers’ obligations by adding paid leave for prenatal care, converting unpaid break time for purposes of expressing breast milk into paid time, and...more

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Avoid Drama With A Regular Rate Check-Up for Healthcare Employers

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California healthcare employers are facing primetime levels of costly litigation alleging claims based on miscalculation of the regular rate of pay. Healthcare employers are often targets because non-exempt healthcare...more

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Reminder: San Francisco Employer Annual Reporting Form Due May 3

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Employers covered by San Francisco’s Fair Chance Ordinance or Health Care Security Ordinance are required to submit the Employer Annual Report Form to the San Francisco Office of Labor Standards Enforcement (OLSE) by May 3,...more

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