Unions advise NLRB to rescind old ‘joint employer’ rule and also drop new one
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jun 17, 2024
The AFL-CIO and the Service Employees International Union have petitioned the National Labor Relations Board to rescind a 2020 joint employer rule but also back off on trying to implement a replacement,...
Report from task force to address healthcare worker shortage coming in October
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jun 17, 2024
Texas’ Healthcare Workforce Task Force is up and running and set to release its final report Oct. 1.
Here’s where retirees’ savings could last longer
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jun 17, 2024
Overall spending for Americans aged 65 or more years has increased by 43.1% over the past decade, according to an analysis by DepositAccounts, so when choosing a place to retire, they may be drawn to places...
Business briefs, June 17
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jun 17, 2024
Provider groups praise bill streamlining Medicare Advantage prior authorization process … Consumer, industry advocates make recommendations for states to help combat rise in elder real estate fraud,...
Supreme Court ruling a victory for employers not supportive of worker unionization efforts
By
Lois A. Bowers
Jun 14, 2024
A Supreme Court ruling on Thursday marked a victory for petitioner Starbucks, and it also was a victory for employers that don’t support worker efforts to unionize.
Omega Healthcare Investors has ‘headroom’ to withstand LaVie’s bankruptcy: Fitch Ratings
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jun 12, 2024
Omega Healthcare Investors’ credit rating has enough of a cushion to weather the recent bankruptcy of tenant LaVie Care Centers, Fitch Ratings said Tuesday.
Almost a third of retirees consider picking up temporary jobs
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jun 12, 2024
One third of retirees are considering picking up one to three shifts of temporary work per week because their cost of living is increasing, according to Indeed Flex, an online temporary staffing platform.
Bank sues memory care community, calling for receivership and sale for alleged $17 million loan default
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jun 11, 2024
A bank is calling for a Georgia memory care community to be put into receivership and possibly be sold, saying it is owed almost $17 million for a loan.
Business briefs, June 11
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jun 11, 2024
Senior living sees slowing rate growth, high discounts in first quarter: NIC … Fitch Ratings affirms RiverWoods at Exeter at A-; outlook stable … Fitch rates Shell Point Retirement Community at BBB+;...
GAO identifies three additional priority recommendations for Labor Department
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jun 10, 2024
Following up on priority recommendations outlined to the Department of Labor a year ago, the Government Accountability Office last month laid out three additional concerns: stronger protections for wage...