Labor Department to issue new rule on misclassification of employees as independent contractors
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jun 14, 2022
The Department of Labor is seeking feedback before it issues a new rule to clarify whether a worker is an employee or independent contractor under the Fair Labor Standards Act.
GAO identifies three additional priority recommendations for Labor Department
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jun 10, 2024
Following up on priority recommendations outlined to the Department of Labor a year ago, the Government Accountability Office last month laid out three additional concerns: stronger protections for wage...
38 percent of workers are subject to noncompete agreements, GAO says
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
May 18, 2023
An estimated 38% of workers have been subject to an NCA at some time in their careers, the US Government Accountability said in a new report.
‘Tripledemic’ slowing pace of long-term care move-ins: NIC
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Dec 19, 2022
Senior living and care operators have reported a steady pace of move-ins for several months, but the “tripledemic” — respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), influenza and COVID-19 — is tempering the...
CCRC ratings unlikely to be affected by SNF staffing mandates: Fitch
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Sep 21, 2023
The minimum staffing rule that most nursing homes will be required to meet within the next three years will add to staffing pressures at continuing care retirement / life plan communities, but it will...
End of PHE a good time to review employee accommodations—carefully, EEOC says
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
May 17, 2023
The end of the COVID-19 public health emergency does not mean that employers can automatically terminate reasonable accommodations that were provided due to pandemic-related circumstances, the Equal Employment...
End of pandemic-era payments to family caregivers could complicate workforce shortages
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Sep 20, 2023
During the pandemic, most states allowed some form of payment to family caregivers whose loved ones were receiving Medicaid home- and community-based services. As those payments dry up, workforce shortages...
Overtime rule under review at White House
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jul 18, 2023
The Department of Labor’s proposed overtime rule has made its way to the White House Office of Management and Budget for final review. OMB approval is required under a 1993 executive order that requires...
National Labor Relations Board invites briefs regarding work rules standard
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jan 10, 2022
The National Labor Relations Board is inviting comments on whether it should adopt a new legal standard to determine whether certain employer work rules violate the National Labor Relations Act.
Congress calls for Provider Relief Fund deadline extension, clear guidelines
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
May 20, 2021
Unless the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services or Congress take action to extend the Provider Relief Fund deadline past June 30, providers must use or lose those dollars they have received for...