Change to Hawaii REIT tax status structure would not generate windfall for state, expert says
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Mar 25, 2022
Hawaii lawmakers have shelved a bill that if passed would have changed the tax structure for real estate investment trusts in the state. Proponents of the tabled bill claim that it could result in “millions...
Homeland Security says proposed rule for temporary foreign workers will help employers
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Sep 21, 2023
The Department of Homeland Security said that a proposed rule published Wednesday in the Federal Register will “modernize and improve” regulations related to the H-2B temporary nonagricultural worker...
New ‘joint employer’ definition proposed; providers could face greater liability
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Sep 07, 2022
The National Labor Relations Board on Tuesday announced a draft of its long-anticipated new “joint employer” definition.
Most think caregivers have ‘no promising way to develop or ascend’ career ladder, survey finds
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Apr 26, 2023
Most Americans do not view a caregiving career as a path to personal fulfillment, according to a report from the nonprofit think tank FrameWorks Institute.
Healthcare bankruptcy filings set to triple
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jul 25, 2023
Bankruptcy filings in the healthcare industry — including those in senior living and care settings — are trending approximately triple the level seen in 2021, according to a new report by Gibbins Advisors.
Government underinvestment responsible for aging services infrastructure decline: LeadingAge CEO
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Mar 29, 2022
The COVID-19 pandemic has brought to light “decades of state and federal underinvestment in our aging services infrastructure,” Katie Smith Sloan, president and CEO of LeadingAge, wrote in an opinion...
Healthcare, public health targeted most in ransomware attacks: FBI
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Mar 02, 2023
Healthcare and public health agencies were the most-attacked sectors for ransomware last year, according to the Federal Bureau of Investigation. Critical manufacturing and the government followed for being...
New campaign aims to address ‘unprecedented workforce crisis’
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jan 12, 2023
Skilled nursing and assisted living operators are experiencing an “unprecedented workforce crisis,” American Health Care Association / National Center for Assisted Living President and CEO Mark Parkinson...
Want to keep employees? Offer a pension instead of a 401(k)
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Apr 01, 2024
One way to entice employees to stay may be to offer them a pension instead of a hybrid retirement plan that is part pension and part 401(k), suggests a new report from the nonprofit National Institute...
New proposed ‘joint employer’ definition coming in July, NLRB says
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jun 24, 2022
Changing the definition of joint employer status under the National Labor Relations Act is high on the National Labor Relations Board’s to-do list, according to a list of spring rulemaking priorities...