Silverado settles pregnancy discrimination lawsuit for $80,000
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Lois A. Bowers
Jan 31, 2018
Silverado will pay $80,000 to settle a pregnancy discrimination lawsuit brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, the agency announced Monday.
People in the news, June 20
By
Foster Stubbs
Jun 20, 2023
Appointments and promotions at Commonwealth Senior Living, Erickson Senior Living, Kendal Corp., National Church Residences, SenCare Management, Silverado, The Springs Living, Trilogy Health Services,...
Atria credits 98 percent employee COVID vaccination rate in part to mandate as operators take various...
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Lois A. Bowers
May 07, 2021
Atria Senior Living announced a 98% COVID-19 vaccination rate among its almost 10,000 staff members on Thursday, crediting an employee mandate, on-site clinics and its Sleeve-Up initiative. The announcement...
Staffer died because resident wasn’t properly screened, lawsuit alleges
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Dec 16, 2020
A California memory care operator is being sued by the family of a 32-year-old worker who died from COVID-19 complications after the community allegedly failed to properly screen a new resident.
Employee handbook language makes senior living provider’s arbitration policy ‘unenforceable,’ court...
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jul 31, 2023
A senior living provider’s employee arbitration agreement is “unenforceable” because the company reserved the right to unilaterally alter the policy without advance notice, a court has ruled.
To mandate or not to mandate? That is the COVID vaccination question for some senior living providers
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Feb 18, 2021
Some senior living operators are instituting mandatory COVID-19 vaccinations for employees, but others are weighing their options.
Long-term care staff vaccine hesitancy: Safety, efficacy, newness, distrust top factors
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Mar 22, 2021
Safety, efficacy and the newness of the COVID-19 vaccine, as well as distrust of the government, were among the major factors that long-term care and other healthcare workers cited as reasons for not receiving...
Education, mandates, incentives drive high long-term care staff COVID-19 vaccination rates
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
May 27, 2021
Hawaii’s assisted living and other long-term care facilities are beating the odds — and national averages — by achieving an average 84% staff COVID-19 vaccination rate. Elsewhere, some providers...
Senior living can limit liability exposure through legal, regulatory tools: panel
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Mar 05, 2021
As COVID-19 cases and deaths trend downward and senior living communities begin to reopen, tools are available to help mitigate their liability risk, according to a panel of experts speaking Wednesday...
People in the news, May 19
May 19, 2020
Appointments at Argentum, Discovery Senior Living, Lifespace Communities, Ohio Living, United Methodist Communities, Walker & Dunlop and Windsor Healthcare Management.