ME LTC workers see expected pay increases as minimum wages increase across country
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jan 04, 2022
Direct care workers in skilled nursing and assisted living facilities in Maine are expected to see wage increases to at least 125% of the state’s minimum wage after Gov. Janet Mills (D) announced last...
Assisted living providers balance care and service delivery, compliance with complex policies: speaker
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Oct 27, 2021
ATLANTA — Assisted living and life plan communities have had much to deal with in the past 18 months, including fair housing challenges, vaccine mandates and exemptions, COVID-19 liability lawsuits,...
Senior living operator ordered to pay $8.5 million for ‘systemic, egregious’ wage theft violations
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Oct 22, 2021
The owner of six California residential care facilities for the elderly must pay $8.5 million in citations over “systemic and egregious” wage theft violations after the state upheld an earlier finding.
Raise the Wage Act would benefit almost 2 million direct care workers, analysts say
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Sep 29, 2021
Almost two million direct care workers could see their minimum pay raised to $15 an hour if Congress passes H.R. 602, better known as the Raise the Wage Act, according to analysis from the Economic Policy...
$15 minimum wage can’t alleviate all pandemic stressors, but it’s a start: senior living execs
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Aug 27, 2021
Recognizing that a career in senior living is rewarding — but not easy — Messiah Lifeways announced Thursday that it is raising wages across the organization, including implementing a $15-an-hour minimum...
Two-thirds of Americans support raising minimum wage to $15 an hour
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Amy Novotney
Mar 17, 2021
More than 80% of Americans believe that the federal minimum wage of $7.25 an hour is too low, and approximately two-thirds say they support raising it to $15 an hour, according to a survey published Tuesday...
Senior living braces for a workplace shift
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John O'Connor
Jan 28, 2021
From strictly a policy perspective, President Trump was more of a business person’s ally. But he was defeated by a man who promised to bring a lot of change. And this week we got a real taste of how...
$1.9 trillion stimulus plan may not go far enough for senior living, leaders say
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jan 19, 2021
President-elect Joe Biden’s $1.9 trillion coronavirus rescue plan, unveiled Thursday evening, includes an initiative to “protect vulnerable populations in congregate settings,” but it may not go...
Biden proposes $1.9T COVID-19 stimulus plan to speed up vaccinations, increase minimum wage and unemployment...
By
Amy Novotney
Jan 19, 2021
President-elect Joe Biden detailed the first of two relief proposals at a speech in Delaware Thursday evening.
2020 election has impending effects on senior living industry: Argentum
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jan 15, 2021
A new administration and Congress could bring new scrutiny, legislation and regulation to an industry already daunted by COVID-19 challenges, according to speakers Thursday at an Argentum webinar on the...