Paid sick leave tied to lower US workforce mortality
Aug 30, 2022
State laws preempting local authority to mandate paid sick leave may contribute to increased mortality in working-age adults.
IntegraCare mentorship program benefits employees, residents across 3 states
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jan 10, 2022
IntegraCare’s Motivational Advancement Program, available to employees at all 15 of the company’s properties in Pennsylvania, Maryland and Virginia, aims to improve employees’ lives and, subsequently,...
Staffing shortages ease for SNFs, but they’re not out of the woods yet
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Oct 18, 2022
Skilled nursing properties reporting shortages of nursing staff dropped from 28% in January to 20.8% in September, according to the National Investment Center for Seniors Housing & Care.
Labor market solid, with ‘notable pockets of weakness,’ ADP finds
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jun 06, 2024
“Job gains and pay growth are slowing going into the second half of the year,” ADP Chief Economist Nela Richardson said in a press release issued Wednesday in conjunction with the monthly ADP National...
Continuing Care Hall of Fame to induct Leary, Proctor, Townsley, Van Scoyoc
By
Lois A. Bowers
Sep 08, 2023
Mary Leary, Stephen Proctor, Scott Townsley and Gardner Van Scoyoc will be inducted into the Continuing Care Hall of Fame Nov. 5 in Chicago.
Proposed overtime rule slated for May publication
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jan 19, 2023
The Department of Labor Wage and Hour Division’s proposed overtime rule will be published in May, according to the Fall 2022 Unified Agenda of Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions published earlier this...
Go West? California providers reimagine caregiver roles, propose guest worker program to fix caregiver...
By
Diane Eastabrook
Jun 17, 2021
California — the state that has led the nation on everything from environment standards to labor rights — now may be blazing a trail on the caregiver crisis.
Overtime rule publication pushed to August
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jun 16, 2023
The Department of Labor Wage and Hour Division has pushed back publication of its overtime rule proposal from May to August.
Workforce crisis not expected to improve any time soon: expert
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Dec 03, 2021
Kentucky’s long-term care facilities are facing a workforce crisis that has 57% of operators concerned they may have to close facilities.
LTC workforce has declined nearly 5% since February
By
Amy Novotney
Jun 09, 2020
Employment in nursing homes and other residential care settings fell again in May, but at a lower rate: 37,000 jobs lost versus 117,000 lost in April. That’s according to the latest jobs report from...