EEOC shares how it plans to implement law requiring employers to do more to protect pregnant workers
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Aug 08, 2023
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission on Monday issued a proposed rule to implement the bipartisan Pregnant Workers Fairness Act, which requires employers with 15 or more employees to provide reasonable...
Federal ESG investment rule withstands legal challenge
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Sep 28, 2023
A federal judge has upheld a Biden administration rule that lifts barriers to considering environmental, social and governance factors when employers are selecting 401(k) plans. The decision came after...
Capital Senior Living to rebrand as Sonida Senior Living
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Nov 05, 2021
Capital Senior Living is set to rebrand as Sonida Senior Living, effective Nov. 15, after closing its financing transaction with Conversant Capital on Wednesday.
Satellite campuses a common growth strategy for senior living providers
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Aug 18, 2023
Satellite campuses are growing in popularity as a growth strategy for senior living organizations, according to specialty investment bank Ziegler.
Free housing offered to short-term CNAs at resort town life plan community
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Mar 17, 2022
Casey’s Pond, a senior living community in the mountain resort town of Steamboat Springs, CO, is offering free housing as an incentive to draw certified nursing assistants to work temporarily for up...
New jobless claims reach three-month high
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Nov 20, 2023
Initial filings for unemployment for the week rose to 231,000 for the week ending Nov. 11. That’s an increase of 13,000 from the previous week and a three-month high for new claims, according to data...
Long-term care eligible for cut of $2M in workforce development grants
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jul 08, 2022
Wisconsin’s senior living and care operators are eligible to receive their share of the state’s $2 million grants from the Department of Workforce Development.
Voting mostly along party lines, the Senate voted Tuesday to nullify the Biden administration’s vaccinate-or-test mandate for companies with 100 or more employees.
New publication guides employers in recruiting, hiring people with disabilities
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Sep 27, 2023
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and the Department of Labor on Tuesday released a resource guide about recruiting, hiring and employing people with disabilities.
CareTrust REIT leads real estate investment trusts in female board membership
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jun 15, 2022
Sixty percent of CareTrust REIT’s board members are women, making it the leader in this regard among publicly traded real estate investment trusts, according to an analysis by S&P Global Market Intelligence.