As companies strive to hire a diverse mix of employees based on gender, racial background and culture, one marker is starkly missing in most diversity, inclusion and equity statements, according to research...
OSHA, EEOC reviewing CDC guidance
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
May 19, 2021
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration and Equal Employment Opportunity Commission are reviewing the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s new guidelines about mask-wearing before releasing...
Investigations in 660 tax and money laundering cases have uncovered more than $1.8 billion in alleged COVID-19 fraud over the past two years, IRS Criminal Investigation announced Thursday.
New program will train nurses for work outside hospitals
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Lois A. Bowers
Jun 14, 2016
The Rutgers School of Nursing will train nurses to work in continuing care retirement communities and other nonhospital settings through a new residency program, the school announced Monday.
Ultraprocessed food consumption linked to dementia risk
Jul 28, 2022
Replacing ultraprocessed foods weight in diet with an equivalent proportion of unprocessed or minimally processed foods may lower risk.
Documentation key in avoiding COVID-19 employment and wrongful death lawsuits
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Amy Novotney
Jan 22, 2021
As of Wednesday, more than 8,000 COVID-19-related complaints have been filed across the United States, according to a national lawsuit tracker by international law firm Hunton Andrews Kurth. Although many...
‘Significant benefits’ gained from state-run retirement savings programs: study
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jun 07, 2024
A state-run retirement savings program can provide “significant benefits” for workers whose employers don’t offer plans, according to a study of a model in Oregon recently published in Contemporary...
United Church Homes and Services rebrands as EveryAge to reflect ‘broader base of constituents’
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Aug 24, 2021
Newton, NC-based United Church Homes and Services is celebrating its 50th anniversary with a name change to EveryAge.
Effort would add ‘residents’ bill of rights’ to Florida constitution
By
Lois A. Bowers
Jan 22, 2018
The man behind a proposal that would add a “Nursing Home and Assisted Living Facility Residents’ Bill of Rights” to the Florida constitution says it is an effort to “establish a...
Union dues issue back in spotlight as Supreme Court schedules conference in case
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jun 19, 2020
The U.S. Supreme Court could revisit the case barring public-sector unions from collecting fees from nonmembers without their explicit consent in a case that could determine whether public employees will...