Will wage increases elsewhere affect you? Yes and no.
Employers cannot use past salary as reason to pay women less, court says
By
Lois A. Bowers
Apr 12, 2018
Employers cannot use salary histories as justification for paying female employees less than male ones who perform the same work, a federal court ruled on Monday.
CCRC tests 8-hour pay for 6-hour day
By
Lois A. Bowers
Apr 03, 2018
A Virginia continuing care retirement community is launching a program it hopes will help attract and retain full- and part-time certified nursing assistants in a competitive market.
Employers can avoid Wage and Hour penalties through pilot program
By
Lois A. Bowers
Mar 08, 2018
Employers who inadvertently violated the overtime and minimum wage provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act can avoid penalties through a new pilot program, the Wage and Hour Division of the U.S. Department...
Will 2018 be a year of opportunity or challenge?
By
Jim Moore
Mar 01, 2018
Two current issues can make a big difference in individual performance: minimum wage impacts and CNA turnover trends.
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.
NLRB reverses decisions on joint employers, micro unions
By
Lois A. Bowers
Dec 19, 2017
The National Labor Relations Board has reversed rulings related to joint employers and micro unions that some in senior living believed negatively affected management-employee relations and residents.
Senior living association recommends overtime changes to Labor Department
By
Lois A. Bowers
Oct 02, 2017
The Labor Department should base increases in the minimum salary threshold used to determine overtime pay on the 20th percentile for salaried employees in the lowest paid geographic region of the country,...
Labor Department seeks input for overtime rule
By
Lois A. Bowers
Jul 25, 2017
The Department of Labor is accepting input as it prepares to propose a new rule related to circumstances under which certain workers would be entitled to overtime pay.
Trump administration will develop own overtime rule
By
Lois A. Bowers
Jul 05, 2017
The Department of Labor under President Trump plans to develop its own rule regarding overtime pay rather than continue a legal battle to enact a rule proposed under the Obama administration, government...