Rule clarifies compensation for employees who work untraditional hours
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
May 21, 2020
Employers can now offer bonuses or other incentive-based pay to employees whose hours vary from week to week, under a final rule announced by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division.
Atria to pay $1.3M in wage class-action settlement
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Oct 16, 2023
Atria Senior Living has agreed to pay $1.3 million in a wage and hour class action settlement over its alleged misclassification of community sales directors as outside salespeople, but the company denies...
HUD reopens COVID-19 relief applications for affordable senior housing providers
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Nov 25, 2020
The federal government has announced a second application period for COVID-19 supplemental payments for affordable senior housing providers and other multifamily housing providers.
Resident cracks security combo with Morse code knowledge, translates into fine for community
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
May 04, 2021
A Tennessee senior living community was fined $2,000 by the state after two residents eloped from the memory care unit undetected last spring.
Oregon makes ‘significant investments’ in long-term care through legislative package
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jul 06, 2021
A package of bills recently passed by the Oregon Legislature aims to address long-term care staffing, transparency and healthcare for residential care facility employees.
Proposed changes could double budget rate increase for affordable senior housing providers
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Nov 22, 2022
A proposed change in how operating costs are calculated for affordable housing communities is projected to double the annual budget rate increase for those providers in 2023.
CCRC uses interactive gaming system to improve residents’ quality of life
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jul 23, 2021
A Fairfax, VA, continuing care retirement community is among the first in the nation to use an interactive gaming system with microchip-based technology designed to improve the quality of life for older...
Senior living community for retired entertainers to benefit from $300 million fundraising effort
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
May 03, 2021
A $300 million fundraising drive celebrating the 100th anniversary of the Motion Picture Television Fund will benefit a senior living community for retired members.
Miami senior living community hit with $2.5 million jury verdict in negligence case
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
May 10, 2024
A South Florida senior living community will need to pay the estate of a former resident $2.5 million over allegations that a resident sustained a severe brain injury in an unsupervised bathroom fall.
Washington long-term care insurance program, a ‘compliance nightmare,’ may face ERISA preemption
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Apr 05, 2021
Washington state passed the nation’s first publicly-operated long-term care insurance program in 2019 to help offset assisted living and other costs.