EEOC: Harassment prevention training needs to change
By
Lois A. Bowers
Jun 20, 2016
Employers should change their training programs aimed at preventing workplace harassment to focus on the culture and needs of their individual workplaces rather than trying to avoid legal liability, according...
Career growth opportunities important to millennials
By
Lois A. Bowers
May 26, 2016
To attract millennials to your workplace, focus on enabling career growth. That’s one takeaway from a new Gallup report.
The senior living agenda for 2016
By
Lois A. Bowers
Jan 04, 2016
Relatively new leaders at three associations representing senior living providers will be facing established and evolving issues in 2016, they tell McKnight’s Senior Living in exclusive interviews.
6 keys to job satisfaction
By
Lois A. Bowers
Dec 17, 2015
Six factors are responsible for 71% of job satisfaction for some people, according to one report. And when people are happy at work, they tend to be more productive, creative and collegial, and less likely...
Why you shouldn’t tolerate rude behavior
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Lois A. Bowers
Dec 07, 2015
It’s more than a matter of manners. Rudeness can become a vicious circle with considerable consequences for the entire workplace, according to new research. Learn the consequences and how to prevent...
5 steps to ensure staff productivity, retainment
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Lois A. Bowers
Nov 23, 2015
This approach results in workers who are more engaged, more productive and less likely to leave their positions, one analysis finds.
Advocates for seniors identify their top issues for Trump administration
By
Lois A. Bowers
Jan 22, 2017
Medicaid, home- and community-based services, long-term services and supports, the elder care workforce and Medicare are among the important areas that President Donald Trump and members of Congress should...
Provider settles EEOC national origin discrimination lawsuit for $335,000
By
Lois A. Bowers
Nov 29, 2017
A Colorado company and one of its assisted living communities will pay $335,000 to settle allegations from the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission that they violated federal law by implementing an...
Pay and benefit information sought for assisted living report
By
Lois A. Bowers
Nov 17, 2017
Assisted living communities have until Dec. 4 to submit management salary, nonmanagement wage and fringe benefit information to the Hospital & Healthcare Compensation Service for its Assisted Living/Personal...
Operator on hook for $165,400 in overtime violations for 594 workers
By
Lois A. Bowers
Sep 14, 2017
The manager of senior living communities in three Midwest states will pay 594 workers a total of $165,379 in back wages and damages as part of an agreement to resolve overtime violations at its 23 communities,...