Individual senior living properties perform about as well as they did a year ago: NIC analysis
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Sep 27, 2021
Last year’s senior living occupancy seems to be an indicator of current performance, according to Beth Burnham Mace, chief economist, and Anne Standish, research statistician, at the National Investment...
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.
Nurses supported by managers more likely to stay with employers
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Sep 14, 2023
Retaining nurses could be as simple as supporting their efforts to upskill, according to the results of a new study by Perceptyx.
Employers cannot artificially reduce an employee’s pay rate to avoid paying the proper amount of overtime, the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals has affirmed.
Noncompete agreements violate National Labor Relations Act, NLRB general counsel says
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
May 31, 2023
An estimated 38% of workers have been subject to a noncompete agreement at some time in their careers, according to US Government Accountability Office, but the agreements are “overly broad” and violate...
COVID-19 outbreaks could follow low employee vaccination rates
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jun 08, 2021
COVID-19 cases and mortality in long-term care facilities have decreased significantly in the months since residents and staff members were prioritized for vaccination. Nationwide, however, vaccination...
Christian groups appeal to Supreme Court to block OSHA vaccinate-or-test mandate
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Dec 21, 2021
Following the 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruling on Friday that the Occupational Health and Safety Administration can enforce a vaccinate-or-test mandate for large companies, multiple faith-based...
EEOC to home in on workplace discrimination
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Aug 24, 2023
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission plans to increase its focus on protecting people with disabilities, older workers, LGBTQ+ individuals and temporary workers over the next five years. That’s...
Anticompetitive, unfair, deceptive practices in workplace targeted under new FTC, DOL agreement
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Sep 25, 2023
Operators may find themselves under increased scrutiny as the Federal Trade Commission and the Department of Labor team up to target anticompetitive, unfair and deceptive practices in the workplace.
Long-term care eligible for cut of $2M in workforce development grants
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jul 08, 2022
Wisconsin’s senior living and care operators are eligible to receive their share of the state’s $2 million grants from the Department of Workforce Development.