End of PHE a good time to review employee accommodations—carefully, EEOC says
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
May 17, 2023
The end of the COVID-19 public health emergency does not mean that employers can automatically terminate reasonable accommodations that were provided due to pandemic-related circumstances, the Equal Employment...
Business briefs, Dec. 4
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Dec 04, 2023
Congressional lawmakers consider competing bills with differing views on union rights … What a Cigna-Humana deal would mean … This state is facing a massive nursing home worker shortfall by 2026 …...
Bipartisan BENES 2.0 Act could mean more money in the pockets of long-term care residents
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Feb 22, 2022
Older adults and long-term care residents could end up with more money in their pockets if the Senate’s bipartisan Beneficiary Enrollment Notification and Eligibility Simplification 2.0 Act becomes law....
Companies see financial wellness programs as ways to recruit, retain workers
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Oct 23, 2023
Employers are seeing financial wellness programs — with offerings such as basic money management tools and financial planning seminars and webinars — as a means of recruiting and retaining workers,...
48 percent of private-sector employees don’t have workplace retirement plans
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jul 15, 2022
Access to a workplace retirement plan is an important means of planning for financial security later on, and yet 48% of U.S. private-sector employees aged 18 to 64 work for an employer that does not offer...
Women entering Peak 65 Zone financially vulnerable, study finds
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jul 17, 2024
Financial security in retirement is a concern for all Americans, particularly women in what the Alliance for Lifetime Income calls the Peak 65 Zone; they are trailing their male contemporaries in assets.
Business briefs, April 17
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Apr 17, 2024
Bill promises ‘generational investment’ to support LTC workforce … Medicaid Access Rule a step closer to being finalized … Proposed information collection tool mean to help people recover ‘lost’...
Business briefs, April 3
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Apr 03, 2023
CCRC, music venue reach agreement on noise dispute … Many assisted living residents unable to age in place: report … National emergency will end early; here’s what it means for providers … Vitality...
Business briefs, May 16
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
May 16, 2023
Assisted living provider fined $200K+ for back wages, damages … 12 faith-based organizations join in call for White House aging policy office … Proactive risk management means resident, family expectations...
Thousands of Washingtonians look to opt out of long-term care insurance tax
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Sep 09, 2021
Washington state is set to launch next year the nation’s first publicly operated insurance program next year to help offset residents’ future long-term care costs, but not all workers are on board...