Assisted living a focus as OSHA increases COVID-19 inspections
By
Lois A. Bowers
Jul 07, 2022
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration plans to increase its inspections of assisted living communities and some other types of long-term care and healthcare-related employers as it extends...
Home health employers may not need to compensate workers for travel time, extended shifts in some cases:...
By
Joe Jancsurak
Jan 08, 2021
Home care workers may not need to be compensated for some travel time or time they spend in clients’ homes under certain conditions, according to opinion letters issued Dec. 31 by the Department of Labor.
Federal court declines to lift stay on OSHA vaccine mandate
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Nov 16, 2021
The 5th Circuit Court of Appeals declined Friday to lift its stay on the Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s vaccine mandate for businesses with 100 or more workers, following a Nov....
Retaliation by employers is focus of new Labor Department resources
By
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.
DOJ appeals court-ordered temporary stay of OSHA vaccine rule
By
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,...
Senior living community fined for not paying overtime to salaried employee
By
Amy Novotney
Jun 13, 2022
A senior living community serving more than 900 residents will pay almost $7,000 in back wages after denying a salaried worker overtime wages, the Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division announced...
Canceling OSHA healthcare standard puts workers in ‘grave danger,’ unions tell court
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Feb 01, 2022
The federal government has placed healthcare workers in “grave danger” by withdrawing portions of the Occupational Health and Safety Administration’s COVID-19 healthcare emergency temporary standard,...
DOL targets home care for wage, employment rule violations: attorney
By
Liza Berger
Sep 23, 2021
When it comes to labor and wage matters, home care agencies are in for a bumpy ride. The Department of Labor under President Biden is cracking down on home care and home health agencies that violate the...
Mental health matters: Department of Labor
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Mar 31, 2022
A new public education campaign will stress the importance of mental health-friendly workplaces, the Department of Labor announced Wednesday at the Society for Human Resource Management’s Workplace Policy...
OSHA doubles down on long-term care workplace inspections
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Mar 10, 2022
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration from March 9 to June 9 will devote 15% of all of its workplace inspections per region to nursing homes, assisted living communities and hospitals that...