We have written about the General Assembly’s Labor and Public Employees Committee’s final flurry of activity of approving and advancing bills out of committee. In addition to the bills that we have already summarized, here is a brief summary of other bills approved by the Committee (and which now await action by the full General Assembly).
MANDATORY OVERTIME FOR HOSPITAL NURSES: H.B. No. 5357 (“An Act Concerning Mandatory Overtime For Nurses In Hospitals”) would generally prohibit hospitals from requiring nurses to work overtime. The bill defines "overtime" as working 1) in excess of a predetermined scheduled work shift, regardless of the length of the shift (provided such scheduled work shift is determined and communicated not less than 48 hours prior to the commencement of such shift), 2) more than 12 hours in a 24-hour period, 3) during the 10-hour period immediately following the end of the previous shift of eight hours or more, or 4) more than 48 hours in any hospital-defined work week. The bill further provides that while a nurse may voluntarily agree to work overtime, a nurse shall not be permitted to work in excess of 16 consecutive hours in a 24-hour period; in the event a nurse works 16 consecutive hours, the nurse shall be given not less than 10 consecutive hours of off-duty time immediately following such work period. There is an exception to the mandatory overtime prohibition for the following circumstances, provided “there is no reasonable alternative” and...
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