Retaliation by employers is focus of new Labor Department resources
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Mar 11, 2022
Several new resources introduced Thursday by the Department of Labor are designed to help educate employers and protect employees from retaliation by their employers for exercising their workplace rights.
J-1 visa exchange visitor program could help long-term care ease workforce challenges
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Feb 18, 2022
Providers interested in building a pipeline of international talent can consider the J-1 visa exchange visitor program, LeadingAge advised Wednesday, sharing advice on how companies can use the program...
DOJ appeals court-ordered temporary stay of OSHA vaccine rule
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Nov 11, 2021
After a three-judge panel on the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals temporarily blocked the Biden administration’s new mandatory vaccination rules Saturday, the Department of Justice responded late Monday,...
CCRCs partner to offer home healthcare to independent living residents
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Apr 08, 2024
Two continuing care retirement communities in western New York have partnered to provide a home healthcare option for the communities’ independent living residents.
NLRB, OSHA partner to protect employees who report workplace violations
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Nov 02, 2023
The National Labor Relations Board and the Department of Labor’s Occupational Health and Safety Administration are teaming up to further protect whistleblowers.
Giving breaks to workers may lead to increased productivity
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jun 09, 2023
Taking breaks throughout the work day may positively affect employee productivity, according to recent research from the Department of Psychology at the University of Florida in Gainesville.
EEOC shares how it plans to implement law requiring employers to do more to protect pregnant workers
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Aug 08, 2023
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission on Monday issued a proposed rule to implement the bipartisan Pregnant Workers Fairness Act, which requires employers with 15 or more employees to provide reasonable...
Free housing offered to short-term CNAs at resort town life plan community
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Mar 17, 2022
Casey’s Pond, a senior living community in the mountain resort town of Steamboat Springs, CO, is offering free housing as an incentive to draw certified nursing assistants to work temporarily for up...
Long-term care eligible for cut of $2M in workforce development grants
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jul 08, 2022
Wisconsin’s senior living and care operators are eligible to receive their share of the state’s $2 million grants from the Department of Workforce Development.
Voting mostly along party lines, the Senate voted Tuesday to nullify the Biden administration’s vaccinate-or-test mandate for companies with 100 or more employees.