Background check bill raises red flags for advocates as overly broad
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Mar 14, 2022
The Connecticut Senate is mulling legislation that would require long-term care facilities to conduct background checks on prospective residents and staff. But some opponents say the legislation is overly...
Report from task force to address healthcare worker shortage coming in October
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jun 17, 2024
Texas’ Healthcare Workforce Task Force is up and running and set to release its final report Oct. 1.
Law requiring women on corporate boards is unconstitutional, judge rules
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
May 20, 2022
A California law requiring corporate boards to name at least three women as directors is unconstitutional, a federal judge ruled May 13. Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Maureen Duffy-Lewis said that the...
Business briefs, April 29
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Apr 29, 2024
NIC notes 4 takeaways from first-quarter fundamentals …… Tennessee creates coordinated response to Alzheimer’s disease … Arizona assisted living community turns over control to third party amid...
Business briefs, April 26
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Apr 26, 2024
Senate bill counts hospital ‘observation’ days toward time needed for skilled nursing coverage … This state is inching closer to universal sick leave … Senate, House appropriations subcommittees...
Maryland becomes sixth state to require salary, wage disclosures in job listings
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
May 10, 2024
Effective Oct. 1, Maryland will join five other states and the District of Columbia in requiring employers to disclose salary or wage ranges upfront in job listings.
States, courts take actions that complicate vaccine mandate effects
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Nov 01, 2021
So far, courts across the country—all the way up to the U.S. Supreme Court—have sided with state governments on imposed vaccine requirements. The justices declined Friday to even hear a case challenging...
Discrimination based on height, weight now illegal in NYC
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Dec 20, 2023
It is now illegal in New York City for employers to discriminate based on height or weight requirements.
New law prohibits layoffs, wage and benefit cuts during ownership transitions
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Aug 22, 2022
Companies that acquire nursing homes and other healthcare facilities will be required to preserve employee wages and benefits for at least four months during ownership transition under legislation signed...
State needs ‘continued investment’ in assisted living, department says
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Apr 22, 2022
Pennsylvania’s long-term care system is under scrutiny as the commonwealth looks to “increase its investment in caring for our seniors and people with disabilities,” Pennsylvania Department of Human...