Chief Healthcare Executive October 6, 2023
A coalition of 30 organizations has asked the Labor Department for clarification. They note some temp agencies are using independent contractors for nursing roles.
With persistent staffing shortages in post-acute care facilities, a coalition of nurse staffing agencies is asking the government to classify temporary workers as employees under federal law.
A coalition of 30 nurse staffing agencies asked the Department of Labor to determine that nurses working in temporary roles should be classified as employees and not as independent contractors. Agencies such as IntelyCare, Gale Healthcare Solutions, ShiftMed, connectRN and others made the case in a joint letter to the Labor Department in August.
The coalition emerged as some staffing agencies have been hiring nurses as independent contractors to...
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