Employer-based treatment programs could reduce absenteeism, be ‘powerful ally’ against substance...
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Dec 07, 2022
ho use opioids and other substances are more likely to miss work. Employers that promote employee treatment programs are able to reduce absenteeism, according to a recent Boston University study.
Business briefs, Aug. 11
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Aug 11, 2023
AlerisLife, DHC manager RMR Group reports earnings of $24M for quarter ending June 30 … House legislators call for stringent climate disclosure requirements for publicly traded companies … Aveanna...
Employers must use updated I-9 form for new or rehired workers, effective Nov. 1
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Oct 31, 2023
Starting tomorrow, employers will be required to use Homeland Security’s new, shortened and streamlined version of Form I-9 for new and rehired employees.
Unions can organize ‘micro units’ under revived NLRB standard
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Dec 21, 2022
A Trump-era standard that prevented unions from organizing “micro units” that can include subsets of the overall workforce has been overturned in a decision issued by the National Labor Relations Board.
Staffing shortages tops this year’s list of safety concerns: ECRI
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Mar 15, 2022
Staffing shortages topped the list of safety concerns of healthcare providers, according to an annual report released Monday by ECRI.
Building a thriving care workforce means addressing burnout: Surgeon General advisory
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
May 24, 2022
“Confronting the long-standing drivers of burnout among our health workers must be a top national priority,” Surgeon General Vivek H. Murthy, M.D., M.B.A. said in an advisory published Monday.
Center aims to help in recruiting, retention, training direct care workforce
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Mar 04, 2024
States will be able to improve their systems for recruiting and retention of direct care workers via technical assistance from the National Council on Aging’s Direct Care Workforce Strategies Center.
Staffing more challenging for nursing homes in socioeconomically deprived areas, study finds
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Apr 13, 2023
Nursing homes in neighborhoods experiencing socioeconomic deprivation could find it challenging to sufficiently staff their facilities, according to a recent study published in the Journal of the American...
Anticompetitive, unfair, deceptive practices in workplace targeted under new FTC, DOL agreement
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Sep 25, 2023
Operators may find themselves under increased scrutiny as the Federal Trade Commission and the Department of Labor team up to target anticompetitive, unfair and deceptive practices in the workplace.
New NLRB standard puts employee handbooks under scrutiny, tips scales in favor of workers
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Aug 04, 2023
A new legal standard for evaluating workplace rules, adopted Wednesday by the National Labor Relations Board, “directly impacts every employer’s workplace policies and ability to enforce day-to-day...