/tags/health-care-workers Health care workers en-US Copyright Fri, 03 Jan 2025 13:48:53 GMT /labor-employment/2025-01-03/providence-says-it-is-prepared-for-a-major-nurses-strike-but-asks-doctors-not-to-walk Just days after 5,000 Providence nurses and doctors announced plans to strike, the health care organization says it wants to return to mediation with doctors and other advanced practitioners who are planning to walk out. Fri, 03 Jan 2025 13:48:53 GMT /labor-employment/2025-01-03/providence-says-it-is-prepared-for-a-major-nurses-strike-but-asks-doctors-not-to-walk Amelia Templeton /law-and-justice/2024-12-30/emergency-room-workers-are-facing-more-attacks-a-new-california-law-increases-penalties A new California law imposes harsher penalties for assaulting emergency room workers. It responds to rising attacks on health care workers, despite concerns from progressives and prison-reform advocates Mon, 30 Dec 2024 13:41:43 GMT /law-and-justice/2024-12-30/emergency-room-workers-are-facing-more-attacks-a-new-california-law-increases-penalties Ryan Sabalow /labor-employment/2024-10-16/california-health-care-workers-get-a-pay-bump-under-a-new-minimum-wage-law Some of the lowest-paid health care workers in California will get a pay bump Wednesday under a state law gradually increasing their wages to at least $25 an hour. Wed, 16 Oct 2024 23:27:10 GMT /labor-employment/2024-10-16/california-health-care-workers-get-a-pay-bump-under-a-new-minimum-wage-law Sophie Austin /labor-employment/2024-10-02/a-minimum-wage-increase-for-california-health-care-workers-is-finally-kicking-in A California minimum wage law that was delayed amid budget troubles is now set to go into effect Oct. 16. It’s expected to benefit hundreds of thousands of workers. Wed, 02 Oct 2024 13:17:41 GMT /labor-employment/2024-10-02/a-minimum-wage-increase-for-california-health-care-workers-is-finally-kicking-in Ana B. Ibarra /politics-government/2024-06-29/californias-25-health-care-hourly-wage-relies-on-federal-boost-state-worker-exemption California’s nation-leading $25 minimum wage for health workers will rely on a significant boost in federal funding and exempt thousands of state employees under an agreement that is expected to be approved in the coming days. Sat, 29 Jun 2024 14:12:44 GMT /politics-government/2024-06-29/californias-25-health-care-hourly-wage-relies-on-federal-boost-state-worker-exemption Don Thompson /labor-employment/2024-06-20/californias-new-health-care-minimum-wage-is-changing-here-are-answers-to-your-questions Hundreds of thousands of California health care workers expect to get a raise under a new law that sets a higher minimum wage for them. The law has a number of variables, including when it will actually take effect. Thu, 20 Jun 2024 13:38:20 GMT /labor-employment/2024-06-20/californias-new-health-care-minimum-wage-is-changing-here-are-answers-to-your-questions Ana B. Ibarra /labor-employment/2024-04-08/they-work-80-hours-a-week-for-low-pay-now-californias-early-career-doctors-are-joining-unions Medical residents have a grueling job, typically working 60 to 80 hours a week. Now, early-career doctors at several California hospitals are forming unions as they press for better pay and working conditions. Mon, 08 Apr 2024 21:42:10 GMT /labor-employment/2024-04-08/they-work-80-hours-a-week-for-low-pay-now-californias-early-career-doctors-are-joining-unions Kristen Hwang /labor-employment/2023-12-22/california-is-raising-the-minimum-wage-for-2-industries-others-could-see-pay-hikes-too California fast-food workers will earn a $20 minimum wage in April. Other employers might have to raise their pay floor to recruit and retain staff. Fri, 22 Dec 2023 13:33:21 GMT /labor-employment/2023-12-22/california-is-raising-the-minimum-wage-for-2-industries-others-could-see-pay-hikes-too Levi Sumagaysay, Shreya Agrawal /labor-employment/2023-11-13/minimum-wage-hike-for-california-health-workers-will-cost-billions-workers-say-they-need-it More than half a million California health care workers are expected to see a pay increase in January thanks to a law raising the minimum wage for their industry. Gov. Gavin Newsom signed the law without a clear estimate about how much it would cost the state. Mon, 13 Nov 2023 14:35:20 GMT /labor-employment/2023-11-13/minimum-wage-hike-for-california-health-workers-will-cost-billions-workers-say-they-need-it Shreya Agrawal /health-and-medicine/2023-10-31/oregon-lags-behind-goal-of-high-flu-vaccination-rate-for-health-care-workers A lower percentage of health care workers are vaccinated against the flu than during the 2019-20 flu season. Tue, 31 Oct 2023 13:32:01 GMT /health-and-medicine/2023-10-31/oregon-lags-behind-goal-of-high-flu-vaccination-rate-for-health-care-workers Lynne Terry