DFS announces key elements of PFL program for 2021, including increase in covered benefits, premium amounts, and risk adjustment for paid COVID-19 claims.

Weekly webinars focused on employers.

Report addresses population characteristics, health care sector employment by region and sector, graduations and licensure by occupation, trends in RN education, and projected job growth.

Effective Jan. 6, 2020, employers are prohibited from asking job applicants about their past salary, compensation, or benefits and from relying on salary history to determine pay rates. Employers may ask applicants for their salary expectations for the position, instead of asking what they earned in the past.

New York State is making available $175 million for workforce development initiatives through a Consolidated Funding Application.

The Medicare-Medicaid Coordination Office has released issue briefs on developing cultural competence within organizations, leveraging cultural competence to improve worker recruitment and retention, and training culturally competent direct care workers.

LeadingAge NY’s general counsel provides analysis of law prohibiting employer retaliation.

Proposed rule clarifies what benefits, expenses, and perks are included in the definition of “regular rate of pay.”