Employers cannot artificially reduce an employee’s pay rate to avoid paying the proper amount of overtime, the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals has affirmed.
Internal candidates have edge in leadership transitions: Ziegler
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Apr 04, 2022
Among organizations on the LeadingAge Ziegler 200 list, almost 70 have had a turnover in the CEO role since 2015. Such transitions take careful planning, and for most C-suite positions, internal candidates...
Negative attention on social media deters prospective nurses, study finds
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jun 07, 2024
Social media often paints nursing in a negative light, and that reality is drawing prospective caregivers away from the profession, according to a study released Tuesday by health technology firm ShiftKey.
American labor force growing older, more diverse: report
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
May 31, 2024
The American labor force has more workers aged 55 or more years than ever before, according to an issue brief released this month from the Employee Benefit Research Institute.
NLRA doesn’t shield strikers who don’t take ‘reasonable precautions’ to protect employer’s...
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jun 02, 2023
Labor unions cannot use provisions of the National Labor Relations Act to try to shield themselves from taking “reasonable precautions” to protect an employer’s property from damage caused by a sudden...
Unions can organize ‘micro units’ under revived NLRB standard
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Dec 21, 2022
A Trump-era standard that prevented unions from organizing “micro units” that can include subsets of the overall workforce has been overturned in a decision issued by the National Labor Relations Board.
Physician groups ‘concerned’ about bill to expand nonphysicians’ scope of practice in SNFs
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Nov 15, 2022
Seventy-six medical associations have expressed their opposition to pending legislation that would expand nonphysician practitioners’ scope of practice, including in nursing homes.
Hourly wage growth slowing across long-term care, Fitch Ratings says
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Apr 12, 2023
Wage growth is slowing as labor begins to stabilize in continuing care retirement / life plan communities, assisted living communities and nursing care facilities, according to Fitch Ratings latest monthly...
Few COVID-displaced direct care workers return: study
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Oct 14, 2021
Approximlately 4% of direct care workers were displaced during the second quarter of 2020. A year later, few had returned to direct care, according to a new study by PHI and the Health Workforce Research...