Wage growth deceleration ‘gives clearest signal’ of labor market fundamentals
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
May 04, 2023
April saw a “burst of hiring” as private-sector employers added 296,000 jobs, yet annual pay growth decelerated to 6.7% year-over-year, according to the April ADP National Employment Report produced...
Temporary workers’ bill of rights affects healthcare workers
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Feb 28, 2023
Some healthcare employers will feel the effects of New Jersey’s newly enacted temporary workers’ bill of rights. The bill, signed into law earlier this month by Gov. Phil Murphy (D), requires temporary...
Healthcare staffing crisis isn’t pandemic-related phenomenon, union says
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Nov 21, 2022
Nurses and other healthcare workers are leaving the profession in record numbers. And that isn’t just a pandemic-related phenomenon, according to a report released Thursday by the American Federation...
Healthpeak Properties to be ‘opportunistic’ with CCRC portfolio
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Nov 03, 2022
Healthpeak Properties is prioritizing its capital allocation on its life science and medical offices businesses and will be “opportunistic” regarding its continuing care retirement community portfolio,...
Healthcare employers more likely than those in other industries to shrink workforce: survey
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jul 29, 2022
More than 40% of employers plan on expanding their workforces this year, but healthcare employers are not among them. That’s according to the results of a recent Fisher Phillips flash survey published...
$414 million for healthcare providers approved by Michigan legislature
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Feb 15, 2022
A bill passed last week by the Michigan legislature, if signed by the governor, will provide $414 million for healthcare providers via federal relief funding.
Feds award $103M in ARP funds to reduce healthcare worker burnout, shortages
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jan 25, 2022
The Biden administration is awarding $103 million in American Rescue Plan funds to 45 grantees to help reduce healthcare worker burnout and staffing shortages, the Department of Health and Human Services...
Kandu / Bloom divest of skilled nursing facilities to focus on senior living
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Mar 28, 2023
Birmingham, MI-based Bloom Senior Living and Kandu Capital have extricated themselves from their skilled nursing facilities and mental health / psychiatric facilities to focus on their portfolio of independent...
Business briefs, Dec. 20
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Dec 20, 2022
Ransomware attacks lead CMS to issue new IDs to 254K Medicare beneficiaries … CareTrust REIT announces extension, renewal of unsecured revolver … Broadmark Realty Capital declares monthly cash dividend...
74 percent of workers are concerned about their well-being at work: survey
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Oct 12, 2023
Seventy-four percent of US workers are “moderately” or “highly” concerned about their workplace well-being, according to the results of the 2023 EBRI/Greenwald Research Workplace Wellness Survey.