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National Labor Relations Board takes aim at employee handbook
By
John O'Connor
Dec 19, 2016
Employee handbooks with seemingly innocuous policies can land your organization in trouble with federal officials. At least, that appears to be the message contained in a recent National Labor Relations...
Nurse practitioners hailed as worker shortage solution
By
John O'Connor
Jul 19, 2019
The new president of the American Association of Nurse Practitioners is touting her organization’s members as a partial solution to senior living’s chronic caregiver shortage.
House passes bill to more than double the minimum wage
By
John O'Connor
Jul 19, 2019
House lawmakers on Thursday passed legislation that raises the federal minimum wage to $15 an hour by 2025. The measure faces dim prospects in the Republican-controlled Senate, however.
New staffing option for budget-strapped communities?
By
John O'Connor
Oct 14, 2015
Many staffing-challenged communities may be overlooking an obvious relief valve: social workers. New findings from the University of Missouri reveal that this largely overlooked group can help improve...
Workers wrongly classified as contractors entitled to $103,000 in back pay
By
John O'Connor
Mar 18, 2019
Twenty employees at five Florida senior living facilities were wrongly classified as contractors, the Department of Labor announced. Paradise Villa Retirement Home Inc. has agreed to give the workers...
Judge: 10 states can join union lawsuit that targets the ‘persuader rule’
By
John O'Connor
May 24, 2016
Ten states can join a lawsuit that targets a controversial union-campaign rule, U.S. District Judge Sam Cummings has ruled.
Oversight rules vary by state, report finds
By
John O'Connor
Oct 15, 2015
Training requirements for residential care workers vary dramatically across the nation, a new report finds. Ten states have no rules on the books.
Measure helps employers unify leave and flex-time policies
By
John O'Connor
Nov 06, 2017
More than 20 states have specific laws addressing employee leave requirements. That creates additional burdens for senior living organizations operating in multiple states. A new House bill targets the...
A temporary reprieve?
By
John O'Connor
Dec 01, 2016
A new federal rule that would have disallowed arbitration agreements during resident admissions has been put on hold, at least for now.