Bipartisan bill would ease long-term care workforce shortage, advocates say, but ‘there’s more to...
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Oct 04, 2024
Legislation introduced last week by Reps. James Comer (R-KY) and Morgan McGarvey (D-NY) aims to boost the nation’s shortage of nurses, nurse aides and other healthcare professionals.
Impact of dockworker strike on medicine, medical device supply currently assessed as ‘limited’
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Oct 03, 2024
Supply chains could be disrupted by striking dockworkers at the country’s East Coast and Gulf Coast seaboards, but the Department of Health and Human Services said Monday that preliminary assessments...
Overall job creation rebounds after 5-month slump, but not for healthcare
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Oct 03, 2024
Job creation among private employers in September showed a “widespread rebound” after a five-month slowdown, according to the ADP National Employment Report Economy Lab report released Wednesday.
H-2B cap reached for first half of fiscal year 2025
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Sep 23, 2024
The US Citizenship and Immigration Services announced it has received enough petitions to meet the H-2B visa cap for the first half of fiscal year 2025.
Median household income increases for first time since before pandemic: Census Bureau
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Sep 13, 2024
Median household income rose to $80,610 in 2023, according to a report published Wednesday by the US Census Bureau. The 4% increase from 2022 marked the first annual increase since 2019.
Immigration reform needed to beef up care workforce: LeadingAge
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Sep 12, 2024
Immigration reform is needed to bring more foreign-born care workers to the United States, legally, to help resolve long-standing workforce shortages, according to a report published Wednesday by LeadingAge.
Lorien Health Services holds ‘Signing Day’ to help build pipeline of nursing assistants
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Sep 12, 2024
Signing Day isn’t an event solely for student athletes to showcase their college commitment, at least in one Maryland school district.
Senior living, home care add jobs, while positions in nursing homes decline
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Sep 09, 2024
Long-term care saw mixed results in the employment situation summary for August, released Friday by the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Employer job creation slows for fifth consecutive month, ADP finds
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Sep 06, 2024
The labor market continued to cool last month, and job creation among private employers slowed for the fifth straight month, according to the monthly ADP National Employment Report Economy Lab report released...
‘Any downturn’ in economy could affect workers’ retirement savings: report
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Sep 05, 2024
Labor force participation is improving, but a downturn in the economy could have significant implications for workers’ retirements, according to a report from the Employee Benefit Research Institute.