About 100,000 US nurses left workforce during pandemic
Apr 14, 2023
The results of a new survey lay bare the pandemic’s effect on nursing.
Making sure essential on-site work survives in a shiny new remote work world
By
Mark DiMassimo
Apr 13, 2023
The switch to hybrid work has put a new kind of pressure on employers that appropriately require on-site work.
Unfair labor practices charge filings, union petitions up from last year
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Apr 11, 2023
Unfair labor practice charges and union representation petitions are on the rise, according to the National Labor Relations Board.
145,000 jobs added in March while pay gains fall
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Apr 06, 2023
Private-sector employment added 145,000 jobs in March, and annual pay growth decelerated to 6.9% year-over-year, according to the March ADP National Employment Report produced by the ADP Research Institute...
Good Sam, Ebenezer parents’ merger delayed again
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Apr 05, 2023
A planned merger between the parent organizations of the Evangelical Lutheran Good Samaritan Society and Ebenezer Senior Living, which has been facing challenges since January, now has been delayed further.
LCS in rare company as ‘Exceptional Workplace’
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Apr 05, 2023
Des Moines, IA-based Life Care Services is one of just 57 employers nationwide and the only senior living company to earn a 2023 Gallup Exceptional Workplace Award, the company announced last week. This...
USCIS reaches limit for additional returning worker H-2B visas
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Apr 04, 2023
US Citizenship and Immigration Services has received enough petitions to reach the congressionally mandated cap for the additional 16,500 H-2B visas made available for returning workers for the early second...
Big things matter. Just like little things.
By
John O'Connor
Mar 30, 2023
No harm in making big plans. But that day job still has to get done.
Senior living industry tells federal lawmakers of ‘unprecedented’ financial issues
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Mar 27, 2023
A recent House hearing on healthcare inflation drew no shortage of comments from groups including the senior living industry sharing experiences with escalating costs.
Bill would close loophole on sexual predators working in senior living communities
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Mar 27, 2023
Legislation preventing sexual predators and human traffickers from working in senior living communities is working its way through the Oklahoma Legislature.