Lifespace Communities aims to get, keep employees with double-digit percentage wage increases
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Dec 02, 2021
With an eye toward recruitment and retention, and maybe even luring some previous employees back, Dallas and West Des Moines, IA-based Lifespace Communities is investing $17 million into wage increases,...
Healthcare leads all other industries in jobs advertised
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Feb 08, 2024
The healthcare industry is leading all others in active job postings, according to a new study from the Schmidt & Clark law firm.
Personal savings a priority as two-thirds of Americans brace for recession: report
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
May 22, 2023
As Americans brace for a possible recession, some baby boomers, those born between 1945 and 1964, are putting off actions such as buying a new home in favor of increasing personal savings toward retirement....
OSHA’s move to make COVID standards permanent met with skepticism from long-term care industry groups
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jan 05, 2023
The final version of the Occupational Health and Safety Administration’s rule meant to protect healthcare workers from COVID-19 has reached the White House Office of Management and Budget for review...
Almost a third of nation’s workforce earns less than $15 an hour, research shows
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Mar 25, 2022
New research from Boston-based Oxfam America indicates that 51.9 million workers, 31.9% of the nation’s workforce, earn less than $15 an hour.
Should US follow Canada’s example in addressing workforce woes?
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Feb 07, 2023
Canada is turning to immigration in a big way to fill jobs left unfilled by its citizens. Could there be a lesson for the United States? Immigration accounts for almost 100% of Canada’s labor force growth,...
REIT ownership linked to decline in RN staffing, increases in LPN, CNA use
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jan 27, 2023
Nursing homes, after being purchased by a real estate investment trust, are likely to see increases in licensed practical nurse and certified nursing assistant staff hours per resident day of 2.15% and...
Providers need ‘meaningful aid,’ groups say as president unveils executive order
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Apr 19, 2023
Building a pipeline of professional caregivers and then retaining them in long-term care are some of the goals of an executive order signed Tuesday by President Biden. Provider groups responded by calling...
Dwyer Workforce Development closes $590 million, 50-SNF deal
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Sep 22, 2022
The Baltimore-based Jack and Nancy Dwyer Workforce Development Center announced Wednesday the $590 million acquisition of a Texas-based 50-skilled-nursing-facility portfolio managed by Regency Integrated...
Health services, education sector loses 29,000 jobs in May
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jun 02, 2023
Private-sector employment added 278,000 jobs last month, but the health services and education sector lost 29,000 jobs. That’s according to the May ADP National Employment Report produced by the ADP...