The state attorney general’s office reached a settlement with a healthcare company and a Ventura County hospital over an employment condition it had for some nurses.
California Attorney General Rob Bonta said HCA Healthcare required entry-level nurses to repay the cost of a mandatory training program if they didn’t work for the company for at least two years.
Bonta said the policy violates state employment laws. Investigators say it was used on nurses at HCA’s five California hospitals, including Los Robles Regional Medical Center in Thousand Oaks.
The settlement calls for the HCA to drop the policy, pay $83,000 in restitution for payments collected from nurses, and pay $1.1 million to the state for penalties.
