Not by default. Cursor is a general-purpose AI code editor, and its public security and data-use pages do not mention HIPAA or a Business Associate Agreement. That does not ban it from healthcare teams, but it should stay away from protected health information (PHI) until your compliance team has assessed it, settled the BAA question and set clear usage rules. Disclosure: The author works at CloudApper, which makes the CloudApper AI Platform. This article is for healthcare CIOs, security officers and engineering leads whose developers are already using Cursor, or are asking to. Key takeaways Cursor sends code context through its own backend to AI model providers to generate suggestions. That is how the product works, even with your own API key. Privacy Mode stops Cursor from training on your data and applies zero data retention with model providers, with stated exceptions. It is a privacy control, not a HIPAA agreement. If a vendor will create, receive, maintain or transmit P...

To set up payroll for tipped hourly employees, decide whether you will take a tip credit in each state, configure the correct cash wage, build a way to capture reported tips every pay period, and set up tip pool, service charge and Form 8027 rules before the first pay run. Get those right and most downstream errors disappear. Disclosure: The author works at CloudApper, which makes CloudApper WorkBridge and CloudApper Tip Management. This guide is for payroll and finance leaders at restaurants, hospitality and service businesses, especially those running payroll in several states at once. Key takeaways Federally, a tipped employee customarily and regularly receives more than $30 a month in tips. The minimum cash wage is $2.13 an hour, with a maximum tip credit of $5.12. Several states, including California, Washington, Minnesota, Oregon, Nevada, Alaska and Montana, require the full state minimum wage before tips. Configure each state separately. Employees report cash tips of $...