Top senior living concerns are recruiting, retaining, paying, survey says
By
Lois A. Bowers
Feb 12, 2018
Staffing and labor issues by far are the biggest concerns of senior living chief financial officers responding to a recent poll by specialty investment bank Ziegler.
New opportunities in assisted living offer reasons for hope, leaders say
By
Lois A. Bowers
Oct 09, 2018
Times may be challenging for long-term care providers right now, but opportunities exist to help determine the future of the industry, leaders of the American Health Care Association and National Center...
Empower your team for better results
By
Tonya Headen-Lee, CDP
Feb 20, 2024
How do you build and empower great teams? Several lessons apply in all senior living settings and would make great goals for executive directors in 2024.
More stringent equal pay laws, minimum wage hikes expected under Biden administration: experts
By
Amy Novotney
Jan 14, 2021
Long-term care operators can anticipate several changes in employment and labor laws once the country inaugurates a new president next week, according to a group of legal experts from the international...
What could replace ‘quiet quitting’ in 2023
By
Lois A. Bowers
Jan 23, 2023
“Quiet quitting” is so last year. The top workplace phenomenon that employers will see in 2023 is “quiet hiring,” according to one expert. The good news for organizations is that, in contrast to...
Senior living operators share secrets to finding, keeping executive directors
By
Lois A. Bowers
Aug 02, 2017
Leaders of Capital Senior Living and Five Star Senior Living used their second-quarter earnings calls this week in part to discuss their companies’ approaches to recruiting and retaining executive...
Proposed rule would rescind Trump-era restrictions on workplace union representation, collective bargaining
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Nov 04, 2022
Employers might find it more difficult to stand in the way of unionization and collective bargaining under a rule proposed by the National Labor Relations Board and set to be published in the Federal Register...
Overtime rule review completed by White House
By
Lois A. Bowers
Apr 11, 2024
The Department of Labor’s proposed overtime rule has moved a step closer to being finalized. The White House Office of Management and Budget’s Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs has completed...
OnShift introduces employee engagement software
Jan 30, 2017
Human capital management software company OnShift has introduced its new OnShift Engage cloud-based software, designed to help increase staff satisfaction and employee engagement to improve organizational...
Senior living groups oppose proposed overtime rule
By
Lois A. Bowers
Sep 08, 2015
Several organizations representing senior living providers have told the U.S. Department of Labor that they oppose a proposed rule that would extend Fair Labor Standards Act overtime protections to almost...