‘Nothing less than a crisis’ as 45 percent of SNFs cite serious financial issues in AHCA survey
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Mar 06, 2024
Forty-five percent of skilled nursing facility participants in a new survey said they are “either operating in the red or barely breaking even.”
25 attorneys general sue Labor Department over ESG rule
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Feb 01, 2023
Twenty-five Republican state attorneys general have filed a lawsuit challenging the Department of Labor’s new rule that allows plan fiduciaries to consider climate change and other environmental, social...
Nursing and residential care facilities add 8,000 jobs in October: BLS
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Nov 06, 2023
Nursing and residential care facilities collectively added 8,000 jobs in October, according to Friday’s jobs report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Employers can’t penalize workers for time off taken under FMLA, court rules
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Mar 18, 2024
Employers must consider and adjust performance expectations accordingly for time off that employees take under the Federal Medical Leave Act, the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled.
Priority Life Care assumes management of 7 more Ventas-owned properties
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jan 27, 2023
Priority Life Care of Fort Wayne, IN, has assumed management of seven communities across five states in the portfolio of Chicago-based real estate investment trust Ventas.
Green and Resilient Retrofit Program focus of HUD webinar today
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
May 23, 2023
Those who want to learn more about funding coming online for the Department of Housing and Urban Development’s Green and Resilient Retrofit Program can attend a webinar today at 2 p.m. ET.
Life plan community outlook ‘deteriorating’ in 2023: Fitch Ratings
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Dec 07, 2022
The outlook for continuing care retirement / life plan communities is “deteriorating” due to continued labor challenges and a “softening broader economy.” That’s according to a newly released...
Employees’ computer boot-up time is compensable under FLSA, court rules
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Nov 09, 2022
Work-from-home employees should be paid for the time it takes for their computers to boot up before they can clock in, according to a panel of judges in the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals.
Noncompete agreement ban faces first legal challenge
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Apr 25, 2024
Less than 24 hours after the Federal Trade Commission issued a final rule Tuesday that will prohibit employers across the country from using noncompete agreements in most instances, the rule faces its...
68 percent of pre-retirees say they will not be able to retire as planned at 65: survey
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Apr 16, 2024
Sixty-eight percent of workers aged 55 to 65 years participating in a new survey said they are facing the reality that retiring fully or comfortably at 65 is more or less a pipe dream, with 41% planning...