OSHA’s authority to issue, enforce safety standards affirmed by appeals court
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Aug 25, 2023
The 6th Circuit Court of Appeals on Wednesday upheld a lower court’s ruling affirming the Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s authority to regulate workplace safety.
Powell hints that lower interest rates may be on the horizon
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jul 11, 2024
Interest rates may start to go down soon, Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell testified before the Senate Banking Committee on Tuesday during the Semiannual Monetary Policy Report to the Congress.
HUD awards millions in ‘green’ funding to 17 affordable senior housing communities
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jun 26, 2024
Seventeen affordable seniors housing properties will receive funding ranging from $2.4 million to $20 million, the Department of Housing and Urban Development announced Tuesday as it makes available a...
Rising cost of employer-sponsored healthcare cutting into worker wages, study finds
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jan 17, 2024
Employers are paying more for healthcare insurance, and the costs are cutting into wages and contributing to growing income inequality. That’s according to research published Tuesday in the Journal of...
DOJ: Healthcare competition warrants ‘scrutiny and discussion’
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Nov 02, 2023
The Department of Justice is keeping an eye on potentially anti-competitive deals in the healthcare industry.
Earnings calls wrap-up: Welltower, LTC Properties
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jul 31, 2024
Welltower and LTC Properties reported second-quarter earnings to investors and analysts on Tuesday.
Providers would be prohibited from acting as guardians, POAs under proposed bill
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Feb 15, 2023
A bill introduced to the New Jersey Legislature on Monday by state Sens. Joseph F. Vitale (D) and Robert W. Singer (R) would prohibit senior living and skilled nursing providers from acting as financial...
FTC’s noncompete ban upheld in one district court — a different conclusion than reached in another...
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jul 25, 2024
A federal judge in Pennsylvania on Tuesday denied a request to block enforcement of the Federal Trade Commission’s final rule banning noncompete agreements in most instances.
Proposed OSHA rule would double time for employees to report suspected employer criminal antitrust...
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Feb 17, 2023
An interim final rule published by the Occupational Health and Safety Administration, if finalized as currently written, would give employees twice as much time as they have now to report suspected criminal...
Fitch Ratings lowers REIT sector outlook to ‘deteriorating’
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jun 07, 2023
Factors such as tightening of commercial real estate lending conditions, higher interest rates and macroeconomic headwinds led Fitch Ratings to reduce its 2023 outlook for the real estate investment trust...