Creativity is key to recruiting, retaining quality workers in new era, experts say
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Sep 15, 2022
Employers must get creative to recruit and retain the best workers, executives at Paychex told National Investment Center for Seniors Housing & Care Chief Operating Officer Chuck Harry during a recent...
Companies with female CEOs are more eco-friendly, researchers say
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Oct 07, 2022
Companies led by women tend to make more environmentally friendly decisions, according to researchers at the School of Management at Northwestern Polytechnical University in Xi’an, China.
Operator to spend $2.5 million to raise minimum wage, adjust pay for others at its communities
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Nov 29, 2021
Richamond, VA-based Pinnacle Living expects to spend $2.5 million on an initiative that will see the minimum starting wage increase to $15 and wages adjusted for other employees at its retirement communities,...
Maryland becomes sixth state to require salary, wage disclosures in job listings
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
May 10, 2024
Effective Oct. 1, Maryland will join five other states and the District of Columbia in requiring employers to disclose salary or wage ranges upfront in job listings.
Hourly wage growth slowing across long-term care, Fitch Ratings says
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Apr 12, 2023
Wage growth is slowing as labor begins to stabilize in continuing care retirement / life plan communities, assisted living communities and nursing care facilities, according to Fitch Ratings latest monthly...
Specialty positions pick up in long-term care
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Feb 02, 2023
Specialty positions are on the rise within senior living and care companies, according to specialty investment bank Ziegler
Proposed national paid leave program could ‘open up larger conversation’
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Mar 15, 2024
President Joe Biden’s proposed budget for 2025 includes a measure to establish a national paid family and medical leave program. The program would be administered by the Social Security Administration.
38 percent of workers are subject to noncompete agreements, GAO says
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
May 18, 2023
An estimated 38% of workers have been subject to an NCA at some time in their careers, the US Government Accountability said in a new report.
Employers can’t penalize workers for time off taken under FMLA, court rules
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Mar 18, 2024
Employers must consider and adjust performance expectations accordingly for time off that employees take under the Federal Medical Leave Act, the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled.
Apply for a job at your own organization ‘to evaluate processes, barriers and opportunities,’ committee...
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Nov 23, 2022
The American Hospital Association’s American Organization for Nursing Leadership affiliate this week released the first section in a three-part compendium that will focus on best practices to manage...