Henry Ford Health System nurses & hospital staff

· founded 1915

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documented benefits (2)

Paid training	Nurse Assistant Apprenticeship: a 12-month programme of paid on-the-job training that ends with Henry Ford paying for the State of Michigan CNA exam. Apprentices work full-time (36-40 hours a week) on Henry Ford payroll from the start, beginning with two weeks at a partner training facility. Entry requirement is a high-school diploma or GED - no prior clinical credential. Parallel apprenticeships run for Medical Assistant, Pharmacy Technician, Radiology Technologist and Optometric Assistant.
Degree paid upfront	Medical Assistant Apprenticeship: Henry Ford pays the medical-assistant college classes directly - not reimbursement - and pays the apprentice for two days (16 hours) a week of on-the-job training over 10 months, ending in the AAMA certification exam and a US Department of Labor completion certificate. This is a SHORT CERTIFICATE, the credential most tuition policies exclude, paid for before the worker does. Scope: apprentices accepted into the MA programme, not all employees; general staff education is tuition reimbursement.

Paid training

Nurse Assistant Apprenticeship: a 12-month programme of paid on-the-job training that ends with Henry Ford paying for the State of Michigan CNA exam. Apprentices work full-time (36-40 hours a week) on Henry Ford payroll from the start, beginning with two weeks at a partner training facility. Entry requirement is a high-school diploma or GED - no prior clinical credential. Parallel apprenticeships run for Medical Assistant, Pharmacy Technician, Radiology Technologist and Optometric Assistant.

Degree paid upfront

Medical Assistant Apprenticeship: Henry Ford pays the medical-assistant college classes directly - not reimbursement - and pays the apprentice for two days (16 hours) a week of on-the-job training over 10 months, ending in the AAMA certification exam and a US Department of Labor completion certificate. This is a SHORT CERTIFICATE, the credential most tuition policies exclude, paid for before the worker does. Scope: apprentices accepted into the MA programme, not all employees; general staff education is tuition reimbursement.

the legal floor where they are

Set by law, not by Henry Ford Health System nurses & hospital staff. It applies to every employer in this place.

IVF cycles the state covers	THERE IS NO FEDERAL MANDATE. No US law requires an employer health plan to cover IVF or any infertility treatment, so coverage comes either from the insurance mandate in the state where the plan is written or from the employer's own choice. And the state mandates reach less far than they look: they bind fully insured plans bought from a state-regulated carrier, while a self-funded employer plan is governed federally under ERISA and is preempted from state insurance regulation. KFF's 2025 employer survey puts 67% of covered workers in a self-funded plan, and 80% of those at firms of 200 or more — so at the size of employer this site mostly covers, the state mandate usually does not apply, and any fertility benefit is a genuine company choice rather than a restatement of law. That is precisely why it belongs on a benefits page here. Perks has not yet read this employer's own state insurance mandate from an official source; the states that have been read carry their own entry. (No federal statute requires an employer health plan to cover infertility treatment or IVF. The Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) preempts state insurance regulation as applied to self-funded employer plans, which is why a state mandate does not reach them.)
Adoption leave the law gives	12 workweeks of UNPAID job-protected leave in any 12-month period on the placement of a child for adoption or foster care, and only for employees who meet the FMLA eligibility test. There is no federal paid adoption leave. (Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993, 29 U.S.C. 2612(a)(1)(B) and 2612(c); eligibility at 29 U.S.C. 2611(2) and (4). Quoted from the 2023 edition of the US Code.)
Pay when you are ill	No federal law requires any paid sick leave. The FLSA does not require payment for time not worked, and the FMLA gives 12 workweeks of UNPAID job-protected leave in any 12-month period for a serious health condition, and only for employees who meet the FMLA eligibility test. Any paid sick time comes from a state or city law, or from the employer's own choice. (Fair Labor Standards Act, per the Department of Labor's statement on payment for time not worked; Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993, 29 U.S.C. 2612(a)(1)(D) and 2612(c). Quoted from the 2023 edition of the US Code on govinfo.gov.)

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