Both sides reach for talking points as joint-employer debate heats up
By
John O'Connor
Dec 14, 2018
The Department of Labor has extended its comment period for a joint employer rule to late January. But advocates on both sides are hardly waiting to express their views.
Ready for some additional staffing headaches?
By
John O'Connor
Oct 04, 2018
As if staffing weren’t enough of a senior living challenge, two fresh developments show it might soon get worse.
Senior living has way too many Marias
By
John O'Connor
Sep 13, 2018
I met Maria in a coffee line. We both work in senior living, but our day jobs hardly could be more different.
Sizing up the state of labor in senior living
By
John O'Connor
Aug 30, 2018
Monday will be Labor Day. This may be as good a time as any to size up the state of labor in senior living.
When it comes to recruitment and retention, these guys school the competition
By
John O'Connor
Aug 16, 2018
So what’s to be done when you need employees who are better trained and more loyal?
Staffing options can get downright creative when you ‘give a damn’
By
John O'Connor
Jul 26, 2018
A new strategy could result in a “motivated, energized, stimulated, loyal” senior living workforce. And it’s pretty simple to implement.
Quitters never win? Your staff might beg to disagree
By
John O'Connor
Jul 12, 2018
What do the latest numbers from the Labor Department mean for you as a senior living operator? Perhaps the least painful answer is that this is a time of challenge and opportunity.
A remarkably great time to be in the senior living business
By
John O'Connor
Jun 28, 2018
Perhaps it’s too soon to call 2018 the Golden Age of Senior Living. Then again, maybe it’s not.
What’s in your company’s wallet? Unions suddenly are a lot more curious
By
John O'Connor
May 03, 2018
It would appear the next management-union standoff is about to begin. And both sides are loading up for bear.
Two new developments that might give senior living operators labor pains
By
John O'Connor
Apr 26, 2018
Two entities outside this sector just got seriously slapped for dubious labor practices. Wise senior living operators would do well to take a lesson or two here.