Long-term care corporate executives see 2.67 percent salary increase
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Feb 10, 2022
Long-term care corporate executives saw an average 2.67% increase in salary in 2021, according to the 38th edition of the Multi-Facility Corporate Compensation Report, released Thursday by the Hospital...
Support growing for bill that would limit noncompete agreements, lawmakers say
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Feb 13, 2023
A bipartisan group of lawmakers says that support is growing for a bill reintroduced in both the Senate and the House of Representatives earlier this month that seeks to limit the use of noncompete agreements....
Overtime rule sometimes applies to ‘highly paid’ workers, Supreme Court rules
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Feb 24, 2023
The Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that, under certain circumstances, “highly paid” employees can be eligible for overtime pay if they are paid daily rather than on a salaried basis.
Supreme Court agrees to hear case determining employer burden of proof regarding overtime pay
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jun 18, 2024
The Supreme Court said Monday that it will hear a case to determine where the burden of proof lies for an employer claiming to be exempt from paying overtime pay to employees who work more than 40 hours...
‘Joint employer’ rule could inhibit ESG initiatives, group cautions
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Dec 12, 2022
The unintended consequence of the National Labor Relations Board’s proposed “joint employer” rule could be a stifling of environmental, social and governance initiatives among corporations....
Study finds significant quick upside to appointing Black leaders
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Oct 25, 2022
Investors rally and stocks jump when companies hire Black leaders, according to the results of a study published in Strategic Management Journal.
Proposed rule would rescind Trump-era restrictions on workplace union representation, collective bargaining
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Nov 04, 2022
Employers might find it more difficult to stand in the way of unionization and collective bargaining under a rule proposed by the National Labor Relations Board and set to be published in the Federal Register...
Construction executives remain pessimistic about economy
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Apr 19, 2023
Construction executives remain somewhat pessimistic about the economy, with the Construction Confidence Index — which measures executive sentiment about where
the market is headed in the near future...
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...
‘Fractional executives’ trending in the C-suite
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Sep 13, 2023
“Fractional executives” are becoming prevalent in the C-suite, as reported by the Society for Human Resource Management.