The bill, sponsored by the California Nurses Association — a union that is part of National Nurses United with more than 100,000 members — will penalize employers by requiring them to pay workers for missed breaks, according to the release.
This will incentivize employers to properly staff each unit and will benefit healthcare workers’ well-being, the release said.
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