“Older women workers — who comprise 47% of the labor force ages 55 and older — are plagued by a gender wage gap that is even larger than the one their younger counterparts experience,” according...
Legislation aims to protect healthcare professionals from violence in the workplace
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
May 13, 2022
A bill introduced Wednesday by U.S. Sens. Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) and Bill Cassidy (R-LA) is meant to protect healthcare professionals from violence in the workplace.
EEOC, DOL launch program to broaden inclusion strategies, remove hiring barriers
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jan 21, 2022
A new federal initiative, launched by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and the Department of Labor’s Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs, is meant to advance equal employment opportunities...
Retired women more likely to live in poverty than retired men: report
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
May 26, 2023
Generally speaking, women are more likely to live in poverty in retirement than are men, according to an issue brief released this month from the Women’s Bureau of the Department of Labor. Additionally,...
OSHA proposes change to recordkeeping regulation as agency works on final healthcare rule
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Apr 06, 2022
The Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration is proposing amendments to its occupational injury and illness recordkeeping regulation as it works to establish a final rule meant...
OSHA’s COVID-19 standard set to expire Dec. 21 if action not taken
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Dec 17, 2021
Time is running out for the Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s COVID-19 healthcare emergency temporary standard, which was meant to protect healthcare sector workers from the spread of the...
Business briefs, April 24
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Apr 24, 2024
New Labor Department rule meant to protect retirement investors’ savings … Analysis finds 4 in 5 nursing facilities don’t meet staffing requirements … Senior living hourly wages outpace private...
Business briefs, June 5
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jun 05, 2024
US Chamber, business groups sue over OSHA’s walk-around rule … Providers pick up another anti-staffing mandate measure in Senate … Assisted living’s ‘fragile’ workforce is under ‘threat’...
Paid leave eliminates ‘caregiver penalties’ for women, expert says
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
May 22, 2023
Paid leave policies help eliminate the “caregiver penalties” many women face for being the primary caregivers in their families, Deborah Pascal, senior program analyst in the Midwest regional office...
Federal court declines to lift stay on OSHA vaccine mandate
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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....