3 states could lose ability to enforce workplace safety rules due to not protecting healthcare workers...
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Oct 21, 2021
The Labor Department put three states on notice that they could lose their authority to enforce their own workplace safety rules due to their refusal to adopt federal rules to protect healthcare workers...
24 state attorneys general threaten legal action over ‘disastrous and counterproductive’ vaccine...
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Sep 20, 2021
President Joe Biden’s plan to require employers with 100 or more workers to mandate COVID-19 vaccination or frequent testing is meeting with opposition at the state level, with 24 Republican attorneys...
Governor bans vaccine mandates by ‘any entity’ in Texas
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Oct 13, 2021
Lone Star State Gov. Greg Abbott (R) issued an executive order Monday evening prohibiting “any entity in Texas” from mandating COVID-19 vaccinations for an employee or consumer “who objects to such...
Wisconsin commits $500M for reimbursements to nursing homes, also increases HCBS reimbursement
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jan 13, 2022
Wisconsin will commit more than $500 million for payments and incentives to nursing homes by increasing reimbursement rates, Gov. Tony Evers (D) said Tuesday.
Ohio nursing homes get $300M for nursing home workforce
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Dec 13, 2021
The Ohio Legislature sent Gov. Mike DeWine (R) a bill Thursday afternoon that sets aside $300 million of more than $4 billion in federal coronavirus relief funding toward the state’s nursing homes.
New OSHA standard requires paid time off for vaccination, COVID case tracking and notification
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jun 11, 2021
Masking and social distancing remain at forefront of a new emergency temporary standard for healthcare workers issued by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational and Health Administration. The standard...
COVID ‘long-haulers’ may qualify as disabled under federal law
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jul 28, 2021
Employers may need to grant accommodations to some people experiencing long-term effects of COVID-19, who may qualify as disabled, according to new guidance issued jointly Monday by the Department of Health...
Feds include nursing homes, businesses in new COVID vaccination effort
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Oct 27, 2022
President Biden on Tuesday called on more Americans, especially older adults, to get the updated COVID-19 booster shot ahead of upcoming holidays. In response, Albertson’s grocery store pharmacies and...
OSHA, EEOC reviewing CDC guidance
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
May 19, 2021
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration and Equal Employment Opportunity Commission are reviewing the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s new guidelines about mask-wearing before releasing...
Long-term care sector must reinvest, rebuild workforce to meet ‘long tail’ COVID challenges: report
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Sep 10, 2021
Long-term care providers — in senior living, skilled nursing, home care and adult day services — must invest in their workforces if they are to survive the difficult circumstances facing the sector...