New tool helps employers avoid discriminating when using AI in recruiting, hiring
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Sep 26, 2024
The Department of Labor has a new tool meant to help employers avoid discriminating against disabled individuals when they use artificial intelligence to assist them with recruiting and hiring.
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.
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.
Working long hours may ‘modestly increase’ certain health risks, GAO study shows
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Sep 13, 2024
Working 55 hours or more per week may “modestly increase” the risk of stroke and heart disease, according to a recent study from the US Government Accountability Office.
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.
‘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.
Court cites Civil War-era statute in decision that could lead to lawsuits against companies that hire...
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Aug 14, 2024
A recent federal appeals court ruling could result in more discrimination lawsuits filed by US citizens against companies that hire holders of temporary visas, according to one attorney.
Donor-driven scholarship program awards $84,000 to CCRC employees
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Aug 14, 2024
Twenty-four years after a group of residents at Friendship Village of Dublin got together and raised the money to award three $500 scholarships to the community’s workers, the program this year awarded...
Retirement community wins challenge against FTC’s noncompete ban
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Aug 16, 2024
A federal judge on Wednesday ruled against the Federal Trade Commission and in favor of the Florida retirement community The Villages, stating that the commission’s ban on most noncompete agreements...
Educational, medical debt high among nursing home, home health workers: study
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jul 29, 2024
Healthcare workers may carry higher educational and medical debt than workers in other professions, and nursing home and home health workers are among those with the highest debt, according to a study...