Our Great Place to Work journey — before and after COVID
By
Warren Spieker
Jan 11, 2021
When we created Continuing Life to support a growing group of continuing care retirement communities, we invested in being a great place to work. It took a few years of work, and we’re not perfect,...
Trilogy improves employee retention through education assistance program
Nov 13, 2019
Trilogy Health Services has begun offering an expanded suite of education assistance benefits to help its employees manage the cost of higher education and alleviate their student debt, improving employee...
Retirement community settles lawsuit alleging hiring discrimination after text message exchange
By
Lois A. Bowers
Aug 15, 2019
A Florida retirement community will pay $70,000 to settle a lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission alleging that a prospective employee was not hired because she might become...
Operator must pay workers who didn’t take lunch breaks, Labor Department says
By
Lois A. Bowers
Jan 23, 2019
A Georgia senior living community operator has paid $15,241 in back wages and damages to six employees who worked through their lunch breaks but were not paid for the time, according to the U.S. Department...
Workforce issues loom large as 2019 begins, leaders say
By
Lois A. Bowers
Jan 02, 2019
Workforce issues will continue to be a dominant challenge in the senior living industry in 2019, according to leaders of several organizations representing providers. But they are entering the new year...
Employers increasingly accommodating family caregivers: report
By
Lois A. Bowers
Nov 14, 2018
A bright spot in a new report from Genworth Financial is that employers appear to be doing a better job of meeting the needs of workers who provide for the long-term care needs of their family members,...
NLRB proposes change to joint employer standard
By
Lois A. Bowers
Sep 14, 2018
A senior living operator or other employer would be defined as a “joint employer” of another company’s workers only if it “possesses and exercises substantial, direct and immediate control over...
Learn recruiting and retention best practices and earn a CE credit Sept. 20
By
Lois A. Bowers
Sep 12, 2018
Earn a continuing education credit Sept. 20 while learning how to attract, engage and retain top talent.
New senior living recruiting software is text message-based
Sep 05, 2018
OnShift has introduced text message-based software to help senior living communities in their recruiting efforts.
How to care for the unpaid caregivers in your workforce
By
Lois A. Bowers
Jul 01, 2019
Given that recruiting and retaining workers are two of the biggest challenges facing senior living operators, it’s worth listening to what these researchers have to say.