Dwight Mortgage Trust launches CRE rescue capital fund
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jan 19, 2023
Dwight Capital and its affiliated real estate investment trust, Dwight Mortgage Trust, have launched a commercial real estate rescue capital fund meant to aid sponsors with equity shortfalls, Dwight Capital...
Court sets aside parts of NLRB union election rule
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jan 18, 2023
The US District Court of Appeals for Washington, DC, in a 2-1 split-decision ruling on Tuesday, rejected parts of a Trump-era National Labor Relations Board rule meant to slow the union election process.
Brookdale to ‘shore up forecasting and financial control’ with leadership changes, analyst says
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jan 17, 2023
Leadership changes announced Friday by Brookdale Senior Living President President and CEO Lucinda “Cindy” Baier are meant to “shore up forecasting and financial control,” Stifel analyst Tao Qiu...
New campaign aims to address ‘unprecedented workforce crisis’
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jan 12, 2023
Skilled nursing and assisted living operators are experiencing an “unprecedented workforce crisis,” American Health Care Association / National Center for Assisted Living President and CEO Mark Parkinson...
New ruling could be expensive for employers that violate labor laws
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jan 10, 2023
Providers could find themselves paying heftier fines in 2023 for labor law violations.
Worker classification rule ‘problematic’ for healthcare employers as written, coalition says
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jan 05, 2023
A coalition of 17 healthcare organizations is urging the US Department of Labor to exempt skilled nursing and other healthcare providers from a proposal that would more strictly limit how employers classify...
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...
Proposed ‘joint employer’ rule could be finalized in August
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Dec 22, 2022
The National Labor Relations Board’s proposed “joint employer” rule, barring unforeseen circumstances, should be finalized in August, the board stated Wednesday in an updated filing with the District...
Unions can organize ‘micro units’ under revived NLRB standard
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Dec 21, 2022
A Trump-era standard that prevented unions from organizing “micro units” that can include subsets of the overall workforce has been overturned in a decision issued by the National Labor Relations Board.
Demographic disparities play significant role in retirement savings
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Dec 21, 2022
Many American workers could be woefully short of the funds needed to pay for home care, senior living or skilled nursing facility care, according to a new report by the nonprofit Transamerica Center for...